Some advice, settle a discussion

[MSTRS:Me]

You may be right on that.
I mean 1 mans 90 degrees is anothers 80 degrees........

Some farm bikes have a sidestand on both sides...forgot about them.
Otherwise, to check you bike is vertical, just stand it up and, holding onto the rightside bar, the bike should be in a state of 'balance' (not requiring any effort to hold it from falling either way). You can be sure that it is directly upright, no matter if the ground is not level, then you can crouch down to view the sight glass to see the level in the casing window is right.

[bogan]

Mine must be screwed in to check oil level!

Yep same with my Triumph...must be screwed in to check.

Always one who's gotta be different for the sake of being different aye

[Owl]

Now checking on a pit stand raises the rear and as most dipsticks are at the rear of the motor you may actually be putting in too much oil but how anal do ya want to be!!

So check when up right on both wheels would be correct. Manuals don't assume everyone has pit stands.

I certainly wouldn't recommend checking on a stand................or two.

My rear stand leans the bike to the left side and even with two stands, the rear is still raised higher than the front. What's wrong with the ground?

Always one who's gotta be different for the sake of being different aye

Some poor Triumph owner has probably just added an extra 2ltrs to their bike after reading your first post.

[onearmedbandit]

Bike on flat even ground, standing upright on both wheels (don't use stands). Check window or dipstick. Simple. That's been the procedure for every bike I've owned, and I've only ever run a big end on one, and that was on purpose on a Kwaka Z440 many moons ago. Still managed to ride it most of the way back to town as well.

[imdying]

I mean 1 mans 90 degrees is anothers 80 degrees........

1 man is a retard then. Upright is always upright, but sidestands can sag. Besides which, 10 degrees isn't going to make much of a difference at the window.