Oil light coming on when stopped

[proximity]

Lately my oil light has been coming on whenever i stop for a short period of time, even a few seconds sometimes.
It did it when i was stopped in traffic for a few minutes on a rainey day so it cant be the heat.

As soon as i ride off it goes out, what could be causing this?

Im going to change the oil tomorrow see if that helps.
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2004 Aprilia Tuono

[White Noise]

is it a oil pressure or an oil level light?
but as siggi says check your oil level in the sight glass and fill iy up if needs be
WN
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[Jamie.]

When in neutral your oil light usually comes on, on most 2 strokes

[Kickstart]

Hi

If the oil is particularly knackered then it might do it, but I would suspect it is a touch more serious. You could do with getting a proper oil pressure gauge on there to check what it really is (could just be the switch rather than a serious engine problem).

Had a similar problem with a GPZ500 years ago. O ring between the sump plate and the engine had gone resulting in low oil pressure. Killed the crank.

All the best

Keith
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[Barry_M2]

It will be low oil pressure, usually down to either low oil or a clogged filter.

I'd recomend replacing the filter and an oil change.