Just had a loan of the GF’s new-to-her scooter (inherited from her brother, I think) and could find no trace of an oil-fill port and associated dipstick.

I used to stealthily top-up her old one (Yamaha Breeze) often finding it half-empty, but could’nt figure this one out.

Is this a new “feature”, recognising the realities of Taiwanese maintenance habits, or did I somehow miss it?

I’ve read some cars (BMW 1-series IIRC) now rely solely on a level-meter, but I thought I’d be able to avoid that kind of crap for a few years yet.

There was a plastic screw-in port covering the upper tappet (lower cover was metal) which I could have added oil through, but no obvious way of telling how much