Kawasaki KLX110L Oil Capacity
The short answer
The KLX110L is usually listed as taking roughly 0.8 litres (about 0.85 US quarts) at a routine drain-and-refill, with a total capacity of about 1.0 litre (about 1.06 US quarts) for a completely dry, rebuilt engine. Most owners only need the smaller oil-change figure. In practice, the correct fill is whatever brings the oil to the level mark specified in the owner's manual.
These figures were not checked against a supplied Kawasaki document for this article. Treat them as approximate until you confirm them in the owner's or service manual for your bike's model year and market.
Why there are two figures
Small four-stroke engines quote two capacities. The oil-change capacity is what goes back in after the old oil drains out. Some oil always stays in passages and on internal parts. The total, or dry, capacity applies only when an engine has been fully disassembled. Pouring in the total-capacity figure after a normal drain can overfill the engine. That is why Kawasaki's level-check procedure matters more than any single number.
Which bikes this applies to
The KLX110L is the taller, manual-clutch version of Kawasaki's KLX110 mini trail bike. Later model years carry the KLX110R L name. It uses the same small air-cooled single-cylinder four-stroke engine family as the standard KLX110, and the capacity figures above are commonly quoted for both.
It is not confirmed here whether the L's manual clutch, or any change between model years, alters the quoted capacity. If your bike is from a different generation or market, or has a non-standard engine, check the manual for that exact version.
Oil type
Kawasaki generally specifies a 10W-40 motorcycle oil that meets the JASO MA standard for this class of engine. JASO MA is a rating for oils that are compatible with wet clutches, where the clutch runs in the engine oil. Automotive oils with friction-reducing additives can make a wet clutch slip. As with the capacity figures, confirm the viscosity and specification in the manual for your model year, because recommendations can vary with climate and market.
What could not be confirmed
No Kawasaki owner's manual, service manual or specification sheet was supplied, so the capacity figures are widely quoted values, not verified ones. Any difference in oil capacity between the KLX110L and the standard automatic-clutch KLX110 is unconfirmed. Any change in capacity or oil specification across KLX110L and KLX110R L model years is unconfirmed.
