The way to measure oil on an AT is cold (in the morning before setting off...) with the bike on horizontal ground and vertical (on centre stand?). The dipstick should be placed in the hole, not screwed in to measure.
ATs (and Transalps) all start to use oil after a while. Apparently it is caused by hardened valve guide stems. I have 3 Honda twins (one AT with 50k miles/80k km and 2 TAs, both with unknown mileage, but probably each over 80k miles) and they all use oil. If I ride very conservatively and not faster than 90kmh, there's virtually no loss and at a more aggressive riding style and speeds up to 140kmh about a litre for 1000km. So... check your oil in the morning and make sure it's full. For max to min on the dipstick is 0.5 litres. (max is 2.6, min is 2.1) and fill up at lunchtime if you need to. And ride conservatively, which you'll being doing because there's so much to see, Indian/Nepali roads don't allow speed..... and you're nursing a shagged chain.
Standard sprockets combo is 16 tooth front and 45 tooth rear. Like I said previously, try to get a Honda original front sprocket. Also buy a few spare front sprocket retainers.
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