Do bear with me, just abit of quick info.

For older or some bikes, they have their engine oil top up hole ON the engine case. These are wet sump bikes and checking oil requires them to be cold. As their dip sticks are ON the engine case, where all the oil collects after a good nite's drip-down.

For dry sump XR4, DRZ, WR4 etc., we check oil level AFTER the bike's hot and warmed up. Reason being the dipstick is located at the highest part of the whole system. So the engine needs to pump the overnite oil up to the dipstick, before we can get a proper 'dip'.

P.S. At times even warming up wun give a true oil level, it might raise abit after a short trip.

actually i oso gt tis prob.. hard to start when the bike had cool dwn..
i dunoe isit a prob or jt normal for a XR..
isit mostly cause of the rings? n hw much it cost?

i do warm up den off the engine n check the oil level..
but i mit tis prob..
i warm up for abt 1min+ (nt sure timin isit enuff) n i check the level..
still LOW.. but after i ride, i check again.. the level is normal..
so which shld i trust? after ride or warm up? or isit the warm up timin nt enuff??

another qn,
tappet, if tappet is nt tighten, wat will happen next? will cause any prob?

sorri guys lots of qns but hope tis can share with others too..
so tt they noe wats happenin to their bike when they see these signs...

There're guys out there w better knowledge of XR4s, and dis are only wat I knew..

If every morning you're facing the starting problem, it's not normal liao. Could be jus some adjustment, or really the rings. So best to get it checked.
By the way, it's not wise to leave alone a out of adjustment tappet. My guess is dat it'll lead to escalated wear. Not to mention the irritating noise from the cyclinder head.

As for checking the oil, it's better to let it idle for up to 3mins. And I'm pretty sure we shd trust the level shown AFTER riding.

hey guys...so sorry to ask...but wats a tappet and a cylinder head(sounds like a really important thing on the bike)? hahaha...really dunno wat u guys talking abt...now u guys believe me when i say i'm new? i think i only know 50 percent of an XR...the rest i dunno...

If you want to read, i have an xr manual...i stay in the east...can borrow you the manual to photocopy....

boss... tmr if got kopi, can bring down the manual?? just wanna look see look see... if heavy then it's ok

ok but u pay for my kopi

i interested.. can i photocopy the book?
pls pm mi ur contact no.
hehehee
can i??