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Natural Rider Enhancement
(Sorry for the confusion with the post moves... I thought this was a different thing.)
Having too much oil in the engine risks damaging the seals, which could be the cause of your leak. The alternator's shaft is lubricated, so there's pressure and a seal up there. On some engines, an overfull sump will allow the crankshaft to strike the surface of the oil and whip it up into a froth. Enough of that and the oil pump will start sucking more air than oil and not lubricate the engine. (This is probably not something that will happen on the ST, because the crankshaft is pretty high in the engine.)
Anyway, until you identify the source of the leak, don't run the engine.
--Mark
You're not making oil; at some point too much was added. Any chance you filled it while the bike was on the sidestand or didn't drain all of the oil during a change?...oil still seeping from square hole and now the oil line on sight glass is at the top. Way past full! ... I did add oil once and drained the extra but now the 1300 seems to be making oil!
Having too much oil in the engine risks damaging the seals, which could be the cause of your leak. The alternator's shaft is lubricated, so there's pressure and a seal up there. On some engines, an overfull sump will allow the crankshaft to strike the surface of the oil and whip it up into a froth. Enough of that and the oil pump will start sucking more air than oil and not lubricate the engine. (This is probably not something that will happen on the ST, because the crankshaft is pretty high in the engine.)
Anyway, until you identify the source of the leak, don't run the engine.
--Mark