Oil level after bike has started?

[Fenixgoon]

Just started my baby for the first time.

However, I checked the oil level and it just drops to nothing once the engine is running. If I stop the engine, the oil level returns to between low and full (I also added some oil after I noticed this). Is this normal operation, as a result of the oil pump, or is my engine drinking oil? I can't find any leaks for the life of me (save my air filter, which I didn't squeeze out enough and the airbox is not perfectly sealed).

Thanks in advance, everyone!

[Octain]

I think I'd worry if you still saw a level of oil in the sight glass after the bike was running.
Congrats on getting it on the road!!

[hampshirehog]

That's normal. when the bike is running that oil is being splashed about all over the place and needs a moment or 2 to settle when the motor is stopped.

[Steve]

The procedure for checking oil is to warm the oil a bit, then let it sit for a few minutes, then check the level in the window.

As hampshirehog said, when the engine is running, there is oil EVERYWHERE except in the window.

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