I was just wondering how people change their oil. Specifically tips and tricks to removing plastic and keep from making a big mess.
I've changed my oil 3 times now on my busa. On my kawi 636 you can remove 8 or 10 bolts (going from memory) and the whole bottom piece comes off for easy access. The busa has ~11 or 12 screws plus a couple of plastic rivets per side (or roughly 24 things to take out to remove all the fairling per the m.o.m.).
The first thing I started doing after the 1st oil change was to take only the right side fairing off. Do others do this?
Also, removing the oil filter is a mess. The first time the oil in the filter ran all over the pipes which I wiped off to the best of my ability (but it still smoked when hot). I could not get the filter out from within the pipes without tilting it just enough for oil to spill out.
The second thing I started doing was take some aluminum foil and wrap it around the pipes below the filter and bend it so there's a low point where the oil can run between the left and right set of pipes and into my oil pan (this worked real good). Then I wait after the new filter is back on and the plug is in and I carefully remove the aluminum foil "drop cloth". If careful, I get only a few drops of oil on the pipes ... much better.
I'm sure open to learning more ways to neatly change the oil.
Please advise ... of better ways. I'm all ears.
regards
Hank
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I've changed my oil 3 times now on my busa. On my kawi 636 you can remove 8 or 10 bolts (going from memory) and the whole bottom piece comes off for easy access. The busa has ~11 or 12 screws plus a couple of plastic rivets per side (or roughly 24 things to take out to remove all the fairling per the m.o.m.).
The first thing I started doing after the 1st oil change was to take only the right side fairing off. Do others do this?
Also, removing the oil filter is a mess. The first time the oil in the filter ran all over the pipes which I wiped off to the best of my ability (but it still smoked when hot). I could not get the filter out from within the pipes without tilting it just enough for oil to spill out.
The second thing I started doing was take some aluminum foil and wrap it around the pipes below the filter and bend it so there's a low point where the oil can run between the left and right set of pipes and into my oil pan (this worked real good). Then I wait after the new filter is back on and the plug is in and I carefully remove the aluminum foil "drop cloth". If careful, I get only a few drops of oil on the pipes ... much better.
I'm sure open to learning more ways to neatly change the oil.
Please advise ... of better ways. I'm all ears.
regards
Hank
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