| Here's
what I used: |
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| Start by briefly warming the engine, and then remove the lower
fairing. Use a screwdriver or similar to pry out the plastic
pin and then pull the snaps out. There are three total, one in
the front and two underneath: |
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| Now remove
these three hex bolts, they are 4MM: |
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| Now pull out
from the bottom of the lower fairing and work it off. Take note
of this clips that attached the upper fairing to the lower
fairing, see arrow: |
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| Now prepare
to change the oil. We’ll first remove 1 the oil filler plug,
then 2 the oil drain plug and finally three the oil filter: |
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| Unscrew the
oil filler plug: |
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| Now take
your 17MM socket and wrench and remove the oil drain plug: |
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| Once loose
you can just use your fingers to remove. BE CAREFUL of hot oil: |
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| Now let the
oil drain while you take the oil filter off: |
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| Ok onto the
oil filter, boy am I glad I had this oil filter cup because the
dealer sure did put the oil filter on tight at my 600 mile
service. There is no way I could have removed this by hand.
Fit the cup on the oil filter and remove filter. Take care of
the oil that will drain so you don’t get oil all over the
header: |
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| Let it
drain. After removing the oil filter I let the bike sit for 5
minutes or so to get rid of as much oil as possible: |
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| Now get
ready to put the new oil filter on. Open one of the new bottles
of oil and apply some of the oil from the cap to the oil filters
o-ring [gasket]: |
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| Like so: |
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| Now fit the
oil filter cup on the new oil filter and screw the oil filter on
by hand: |
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| Like so,
just hand tight for now is good: |
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| Now fit your
torque wrench on the oil filter cup and torque the oil filter to
13 ft. lbs.: |
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| Now either
take the new drain plug washer and put it onto the drain bolt,
or search through your oil pan to find the one that probably
fell off: |
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| Like this,
mine happen to not come off with the drain bolt and fell into
the oil. Glad I bought a new one for the whopping $.39 the
dealer charges. Not to mention the old washer had some grooves
on it so I would not have reused it anyway. On a side note, I
am surprised how dirty this oil is the dealer did the 600 mile
service and I only have 2,304 miles on it now. Hmm, I haven’t
seen dino oil in years as I run full synthetic in my cars, but
this shit looks filthy: |
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| Alright the
oil is drained, so let’s get ready to button up the rest of it.
Take your new washer, drain bolt and screw it in hand tight and
then torque it to 22 ft. lbs.: |
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| Now fill it
up with oil: |
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| Alright
after 2 quarts all looks good. Start up the bike and let it
circulate for a few minutes: |
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| Then shut it
down and let it set for a few more minutes to allow the oil to
drain down. Well WTF, 2 quarts my ass, I added a bit more
oil. So in total I put just a little more than 2 quarts back
in: |
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| And finally
a mileage shot 2,304 and the switch to full synthetic is on..!: |
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