I purchased my XTR recently from a main Yamaha dealer. It had a service the day before I collected it. Having done about 1000 miles on it I just checked the oil for the second time. The first time was in a petrol station (my habit because the engine needs to be warm) and I wasn't getting a clear level reading.

So I just checked when cold and level and the oil level is near the top of the dipstick.

My old XT600 also a dry sump bike, needed checked when warm, and the oil level when cold was either very low or not showing on the dipstick at all.

What should I be seeing on a 2012 XTR? Unless it has a non return valve I'd expect the oil tank to be near empty when cold, and only show a high dipstick reading when warm and the oil sump evacuation pump has been running a while.

Thanks