IM PUTTING SOME SYN OIL IN AND IT SAYS I CAN USE THE SAME 20-50 FOR BOTH..SO WHEN I DRAIN IT.. DOES IT ALL GO BACK IN OIL RES.I KNOW THERE IS A HOSE I TAKE LOSE AND ON THE BOTTOM THERES A NUT I TAKE OFF .THANKS FOR THE HELP DAMON 2004 1200 XLR
Damon, on the bottom the drain hose has a plug. Remove the plug to drain ENGINE oil. When done draining (takes a long time as it drains slowly), put the plug back in and add oil to the oil tank on right side of the bike (don't forget to change the oil filter too). Transmission/chaincase/clutch oil is drained by removing the plug from the bottom of the tranny case. Adding tranny oil is done through the clutch inspection cover or chain inspection cover on the left side of the bike using a funnel with a hose attached (sold in aoutoparts stores everywhere). Tranny oil and engine oil are not the same! I would use Sportrans or HD tranny oil for that instead of 20W50 in the tranny. Add no more than 28 oz. If you add the whole quart (32 oz) you will have hard time finding neutral as the case will be over-filled. If you take the clutch inspection cover (a.k.a. derby cover) off, make sure the bike is not leaning on the kick stand but is upright or the proper amount of oil in the tranny will spill out. I put a brick under the kick stand and it centers the bike pretty well.
Good luck!
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