Oil / filter change interval question

[Ducati Scotty]

At over 11,000 miles I still find a shiny sludge on my magnet every time.   Never any big bits, just fine metal powder. 

Scott

[mattsz]

Ok, so is there an easy way to get just a little oil out of the engine?  None of the straws or tubes I have will reach down to the where the oil's at, and I don't relish the idea of removing that drain plug just to remove a few ounces of oil...

[palace15]

Afraid I found no easy way to get oil out!

[Ducati Scotty]

Instead of the main plug just loosen the two bolts tha hid in the filter screen a bit.  That will trickle instead of gush and you can easily tighten it back up mid flow.

Scott

[barenekd]

How much did you over fill it? Have you tried riding it? It may be OK. I've overfilled my a bit, nothing but oil showing in the sight glass and never had a problem.
Bare

[mattsz]

Well, I'm not sure how much I overfilled it, since I couldn't figure an easy way to remove just the over fill (Scotti's idea of loosening the screen's cover is brilliant).  But yes, I did ride it... a 300 mile round-trip run over the last couple of days.  Seems to be ok.