Thanks, guys. Everyone!
Being a new owner, I was aware that I might have missed something. So, for clarification.... I knew I wasn't necessarily seeing the right amount if I was trying to hold the bike up and bend over to look at the sight glass. So I had a friend who is a longtime rider come over to double check what I was seeing and doing BEFORE I panicked completely and certainly before I called the dealer! He saw the same things I did- the barest smidge of oil at the very bottom of the sight glass when the bike was upright (not on it's stand- he held it up while I looked and then we switched), and that it would not start. At first there was a slight sputter. Then nothing- no sound, not a sputter. Just nothing.
LOVE the mirror idea, btw. Fantastic!
The next day he was here again when I was talking with the dealer, and he again saw the same things I did- that the sight glass was VERY full of oil and that it started.
The filter thing seems a bit weird to me. I'm certainly no mechanic, but I don't see how the filter could hold that much oil. I also asked if the extra quart I put in would pose a problem if the capacity is around 4 quarts and there was about 5 quarts in there and he said it wouldn't be a problem. True? False?
When I put the quart of oil in, I had no idea what the tank capacity was. That was one of my questions in my original post. So I didn't know that my seeing the wee bit on the bottom of the sight glass meant that there had to be oil in there already.
Not sure what the oil cooler is, but I'll research that now too and see what new and exciting questions I can come up with.
It's running fine now. Or seemingly fine. Sounds great. No sputtering or stalling. Just a nice, healthy engine sound. Or seemingly healthy engine sound! When I get back from my business trip I think I'm going to take it to another dealer to have them take a looksee.
Keep your thoughts coming!
