04-22-2008, 08:53 AM | #1 | |
sunuvabytch
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 107
|
I rode today, bitches!
Ok you naysayers, I still ride. Here's a pic of my bike at work this morning
Last night I thought I'd change the oil since I hadn't ridden the bike in about 15 years. I pulled the plug, about 1 oz of oil came out. :yikes: Oh yeah, forgot the filler cap, this ought to do it. And... about another ounce comes out. This bike holds 2.1 quarts of oil, and I could see the oil in the sight glass. So, I figured I'd remove the oil filter and it'd pour out. Ok, where are my oil wrenches? I couldn't find the them, dammit. So I used the tried and true screwdriver through the filter trick. With limited room to move around the hot engine and exhaust pipe (tried to warm the oil so it'd flow) I managed to get the damn thing off after about 15 mins. And more oil came out, but not much; not even a half quart. So, I've got the filler cap off, plug out and filter off and I can see oil through the site glass, yet it won't come out. So fuggit, I started it and it came pouring out, as you might expect. I eyeballed it and drained about 1.5 quarts total out. I put on a new filter and poured back in (good eyeballing on my part) about 1.5 quarts. Yeah so what, I have .5 quart of old oil in there. It looked new, it wasn't even black and it's all synthetic anyway. So, there you have it. Air out of the front lines, oil change and (oh yeah) a squirt or two of carb cleaner in the carbs and voila! PS - I couldn't get the attachment to work, kept getting Quote:
Last edited by ShanMan14; 04-22-2008 at 08:56 AM.. |
|
04-22-2008, 08:58 AM | #2 | |
Hold mah beer!
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven
Moto: 08 R1200GS
Posts: 23,268
|
Nice, I don't care about the watermark, everyone knows that site here.
__________________
Quote:
|
|
04-22-2008, 08:58 AM | #3 |
Moto GP Star
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,156
|
Must have felt good to be on 2 again.
|
04-22-2008, 09:09 AM | #4 | |
DefenderOfTheBuelliverse
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Parts Unknown
Moto: Buell XB12R
Posts: 18,585
|
Nice.
__________________
Quote:
|
|
04-22-2008, 09:14 AM | #5 |
WERA Yellow Plate
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Charleston, SC
Moto: 07 CBR 600RR
Posts: 562
|
Welcome back to two wheels! I bet it felt awesome!
|
04-22-2008, 09:26 AM | #6 |
Rides a Crotch Scooter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: shitville
Moto: 2007 GSXR 750
Posts: 714
|
__________________
|
04-22-2008, 09:31 AM | #7 |
Ridin Naked. HMMMMM......
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Davenport, ND
Moto: 650 SV
Posts: 461
|
I rode today tooo bitch.... So
Bet it felt great didn't it.... |
04-22-2008, 09:37 AM | #8 |
Ornery, scandalous & evil
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Moto: 2004 Scarlet R1
Posts: 5,962
|
SWEET!!! Glad to hear you're back on two!!
|
04-22-2008, 10:07 AM | #9 |
sunuvabytch
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 107
|
Damn bike is need of a tune up in a bad way, but hey its working (mostly).
|
04-22-2008, 10:14 AM | #10 |
Let's do another U-turn
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Indiana
Moto: 2009 V-Strom
Posts: 3,816
|
Glad you're back on two and glad you're here posting!!
|
Bookmarks |
|
|