So a few weekends ago I changed the oil on the Busa.. I normally run a K&N oil filter or an AMSOIL filter however when I changed the oil I didn't have access to either so I went to the local BMW dealership and they sold me a "BikeMaster" branded oil filter... I went for a "test" ride earlier last week and all was well..
Friday it was gorgeous here in the fine state of Wisconsin, so I decided to leave work at noon and go for a ride...
To start out my ride, I dropped my Arai onto the ground. Not a square inch of the helmet doesn't currently have a scratch on it now...
Leave the house, smell oil. Think nothing of it since there is a quickie lube place near my house.
Make my first real corner and the rear end decides to hop out on me. Pretty severely. lease: I write it off as oil on the road and/or cold tires...
I get the bike up to about 50mph and ride for a few miles. Next to me there is a semi-truck honking his horn at me.. Ok, he likes my ride, right? Nope he says there's a ton of smoke coming from her... :down:
I pull over (mind you I'm less than a mile from getting on the freeway on my favorite cloverleaf on ramp in the whole state) and the rear tire is COMPLETELY soaked in oil. There is a stream of oil following me to where I stopped...
I call a buddy of mine to head to my house and grab my trailer.. Load it up, and head home..
Upon inspection there was a "cut" in the oil filter gasket. Must have held on for as long as it could and then just puked the oil out.. :down:
A few good things come from this:
1. I'm VERY happy for the truck driver that stopped me before my day got much, much worse.
2. I'm getting very proficient at taking the fairings off.
3. There was at least 2 quarts of oil left when I drained it so no worries about the Busa..
I put on about 300 miles Saturday and had ZERO issues, so all is well in Busa land again.. Just thought I'd share..
Nothing but Suzuki oil filters from here on out for me..
Friday it was gorgeous here in the fine state of Wisconsin, so I decided to leave work at noon and go for a ride...
To start out my ride, I dropped my Arai onto the ground. Not a square inch of the helmet doesn't currently have a scratch on it now...
Leave the house, smell oil. Think nothing of it since there is a quickie lube place near my house.
Make my first real corner and the rear end decides to hop out on me. Pretty severely. lease: I write it off as oil on the road and/or cold tires...
I get the bike up to about 50mph and ride for a few miles. Next to me there is a semi-truck honking his horn at me.. Ok, he likes my ride, right? Nope he says there's a ton of smoke coming from her... :down:
I pull over (mind you I'm less than a mile from getting on the freeway on my favorite cloverleaf on ramp in the whole state) and the rear tire is COMPLETELY soaked in oil. There is a stream of oil following me to where I stopped...
I call a buddy of mine to head to my house and grab my trailer.. Load it up, and head home..
Upon inspection there was a "cut" in the oil filter gasket. Must have held on for as long as it could and then just puked the oil out.. :down:
A few good things come from this:
1. I'm VERY happy for the truck driver that stopped me before my day got much, much worse.
2. I'm getting very proficient at taking the fairings off.
3. There was at least 2 quarts of oil left when I drained it so no worries about the Busa..
I put on about 300 miles Saturday and had ZERO issues, so all is well in Busa land again.. Just thought I'd share..
Nothing but Suzuki oil filters from here on out for me..