Great minds, etc, etc. I too have a dipstick, marked at the level of the platform. Good for piece of mind: if I can see the platform it doesn't mean I'm about to run dry, 1/2" below the platform means about 1/2 a pint is needed.
Yesterday I took the tank off, and "lagged" the UFM with best B & Q radiator reflecting foil, foil side in, 2 mm polystyrene insulation out. Four bits of double-sided sticky keep it in place. I've done this before, and it works: the oil actually gets HOT, and so there's little or no emulsion formed. (I have a catch bottle on the breather so I can check this). The only snag is that if one spills oil down the outside of the filler cap, it drips for weeks afterwards...
Apropos anti-sumping, I may just be astonishingly lucky, but my bike, with 5,000 miles from new double-start pump, doesn't sump at all. It might also be because here in the Great White North, oil doesn't actually flow very fast...