I had seen and read about various oil gauge kits available for the Roadstar, but they all had two features which I did not like. That being an externally exposed oil plug on the backside of the gauge and they mounted very low on the bike. I had sought the advice of Daniel Rand while doing another article for the Clinic and he mentioned that he had designed a oil gauge kit. I asked Dan to send me some pictures and after recieving them, I immediately ordered his oil gauge kit. It had all the features I was looking for. A nice billet unit that holds the gauge, no exposed oil plug to blow out, and generally just a quality looking unit.

Here is the kit that Dan sent me. It is disassembled in this picture so you can see all the parts, but Dan ships the kit pre-assembled. So lets take a look at Daniel Rand's oil gauge kit and how it installs.

The mounting bracket will bolt to the upper rear air box mounting hole in the rear cylinder head. You might need a longer stainless steel socket head bolt and/or spacer according to you application. Tighten this bolt hand tight until the unit is installed.

The arrow in the picture shows the oil guage line location after installation. The banjo fitting is pre-assembled with the spacing o-rings in it. Remove the 8mm nut and discard it as it will not be used and was only installed to deliver the kit. When you remove the nut, observe how and where the o-rings are installed. They basically center the 8mm banjo bolt and crush washers in the 10mm banjo fitting.

The banjo bolt replaces the oil gallery bolt in the bottom of the crankcase. To locate this bolt, look down between the decompression solenoid and the two chrome oil lines. Just below the black oil line is the bolt to remove and it is installed in the bottom of the case. You will loose a minimal amount of oil so you might want to have a rag handy to catch the drippings. Be sure the banjo bolt goes straight in and does not pinch the o-rings. Install this finger tight until everything is where you want it. Position the guage where you want it and then tighten the mounting bolt in the cylinder head.  Move the banjo so it clears the oil lines and case and then tighten it to 14 ft lbs of torque. 

Be sure to tighten the pressure line fittings as they are only hand tight during pre-assembly. The fittings on the gauge itself are sealed and do not need tightening.

Here we can see the back of the gauge unit and no exposed oil plug to leak or blow out.

Thats it, the unit is installed. Here is the way the unit looks installed. 

The unit can be purchased for $159.95 which includes shipping in continuous 48 states, by contacting Dan A. Rand (aka Roadie Dan) over on the Roadstar Riders forum on Delphi. His forum name is DRAND8442 with nick name Roadie Dan. Here is his announcement post: http://forums.delphiforums.com/1602/messages?msg=118454.1

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