A lot of guys don't read the manual and don't understand the theory behind a dry- sump oil system. They end up with an airbox full of oil and a blown countershaft seal.

Just read the manual! You can't check the oil cold. When the bike sits, the oil drains from the reservoir, making the stick read low. If you add oil now, it puts the 2qt system .5qts over. This excess oil gets forced into the airbox via the vent, dripping out the bottom of the box on your new boots, or it pushes it's way by the countershaft seal. Not good. A bit of reading on the system can be found here and here .

Run the bike a few minutes to get everything up to level, shut her down, then check the oil. Piece of cake fix for a question asked by probably 50% of the new users. "Why is there oil in my airbox?"