ChaosCrayons
Junior Member
Well my bike hit 5000 miles today and I could not find anyone in town willing to do an oil change for under 65 dollars or before april 11th so I decided I would try to do it myself. Keep in mind I have never fixed anything mechanical in my life, never changed oil in anything so this is actually quite a task for me. I can solder OC bridges on video cards without batting an eye but ask me what hole the coolant goes in in a vehicle and I wouldn't tell you with a gun to my head. So I went out and asked some people about differences between (insert brand here) full synthetic oil for cars vs (Same brand) full synthetic for motorcycles and various other questions about additives and how well they hold up at high RPMs. I settled on Mobile 1 T4 full synthetic racing oil for motorcycles. the particular brand did not really matter to me as I trust your favorite brand employs similar level of R&D petroleum chemists as anyone else's favorite brand. The reason I went with Mobile 1? they offered me 4 quarts (I do know I only need 3) plus 2 FRAM oil filters for my bike for 32 dollars. Now onto where my troubles begin, I took off with my new oil and filters and found myself a nice flat piece of parking lot to work out how this oil change thing works. I downloaded the service manual to my phone and after about 5 minutes figured out how to check the oil, it covering all the hash marks I figured that was good. Now on to changing it, I opened the oil filler cap place, and realized I didn't know where the drain plug was. Searching through the service manual and using a basic knowledge of liquid physics (figuring the drain plug would be located somewhere near the bottom) I finally managed to track it done. Low and behold not one wrench that came with my bike fits on that nut. Maybe I am a total noob for assuming the bike would come with every tool I needed to do basic maintenance but either way I am stuck. Also found out that I have no way of getting the oil filter off. is there some kind of special gadget that does this or do I just grab it with something and twist to holy hell until it comes off? Also I am going to try searching for videos to help me figure this out. any input would help as well