Do you change your own oil?

[Loonette]

Scan and I just picked up a case of oil to get both of our bikes done. I use a filter wrench for removing the filter - it works great! I hand-tightened everything back on, and it has been fine, but I have thought about gettting a torche wrench for the future - I hate guess work.

Cheers,
Loonette

[ZooTech]

For anyone worried about getting the filter off or worried that it will simply fall off, maybe you should use K&N oil filters. They have a 17mm nut welded on the end of the filter to ease removal, and after hand-tightening you can run a piece of safety wire through the convenient little hole they made through the nut and wrap it around the nearest frame member. I use Mobile-1 10w40 (fully synthetic) and only change my oil twice a year (once in Spring, once during winterization) so it's not like this process has to be repeated all that often.

[Randy]

I change it myself, mostly because I like to. I guess I am pretty cheap, so that is a big factor too.

[nyrblue35]

ditto to being cheap. although if you saw all the accessories ive been adding youd know why i HAVE to be cheap. to save money for fun stuff and not paying someone to do a 15 minute cake job.

[earwig]

To be a dork and quote someone I'll quote Billy Lane and say that being a biker is being stuck on the side of the road and knowing how not to be stuck on the side of the road. If you can't change your own oil you aren't a biker!

[ZooTech]

To be a dork and quote someone I'll quote Billy Lane and say that being a biker is being stuck on the side of the road and knowing how not to be stuck on the side of the road. If you can't change your own oil you aren't a biker!

Yeah, Billy would say that since his bikes are pieces of cr@p that barely run.

[Aggroton]

thats so funny...he said billy lane...i was totally thinking billy zane....


whoa.

[earwig]

To be a dork and quote someone I'll quote Billy Lane and say that being a biker is being stuck on the side of the road and knowing how not to be stuck on the side of the road. If you can't change your own oil you aren't a biker!

Yeah, Billy would say that since his bikes are pieces of cr@p that barely run.

Just curious how many of his bikes you have owned to say they are crap? =)

[ZooTech]

To be a dork and quote someone I'll quote Billy Lane and say that being a biker is being stuck on the side of the road and knowing how not to be stuck on the side of the road. If you can't change your own oil you aren't a biker!

Yeah, Billy would say that since his bikes are pieces of cr@p that barely run.

Just curious how many of his bikes you have owned to say they are "crumb"? =)

None...but I've watched him work during Biker Build-off. You would think something like a highly-watched TV show (hella good publicity and advertisement) would encourage him to be at his best behavior, but instead he usually stays out until 4:00am partying and drinking and coming in to work on two hours of sleep (and no doubt still drunk). He couldn't get one bike started, and his competitor (Indian Larry) ended-up fixing it for him (Billy was almost disqualified by the show's producer because he was so late entering the bike). With the selection of pre-built crate engines these days, choosing the right carburetor should be a piece of cake for an "experienced" builder like Billy Lane. Such was not the case.

The other build-off I watched went much the same way. He partied and drank the whole time and was super late entering the bike. He and the competitor are supposed to ride together to the judging table, but his bike was trailered half-way to make up for being late. Then, during the run to the destination, his seat caught fire.

Yup...real quality workmanship there....

Look, in all fairness, the man can hammer on a freakin' mail-box and turn it into the most tricked-out gas tank you've ever seen! That's one helluva skill, and I commend him for it! But he has no work ethic, self esteem, or self respect, and those are things I demand from someone charging me six figures for a motorcycle!

[earwig]

To be a dork and quote someone I'll quote Billy Lane and say that being a biker is being stuck on the side of the road and knowing how not to be stuck on the side of the road. If you can't change your own oil you aren't a biker!

Yeah, Billy would say that since his bikes are pieces of cr@p that barely run.

Just curious how many of his bikes you have owned to say they are "crumb"? =)

None...but I've watched him work during Biker Build-off. You would think something like a highly-watched TV show (hella good publicity and advertisement) would encourage him to be at his best behavior, but instead he usually stays out until 4:00am partying and drinking and coming in to work on two hours of sleep (and no doubt still drunk). He couldn't get one bike started, and his competitor (Indian Larry) ended-up fixing it for him (Billy was almost disqualified by the show's producer because he was so late entering the bike). With the selection of pre-built crate engines these days, choosing the right carburetor should be a piece of cake for an "experienced" builder like Billy Lane. Such was not the case.

The other build-off I watched went much the same way. He partied and drank the whole time and was super late entering the bike. He and the competitor are supposed to ride together to the judging table, but his bike was trailered half-way to make up for being late. Then, during the run to the destination, his seat caught fire.

Yup...real quality workmanship there....

Look, in all fairness, the man can hammer on a freakin' mail-box and turn it into the most tricked-out gas tank you've ever seen! That's one helluva skill, and I commend him for it! But he has no work ethic, self esteem, or self respect, and those are things I demand from someone charging me six figures for a motorcycle!

I know the shows you are talking about; I think a lot of what you see is drama to make it good TV. That dude has lots of education when it comes to bikes etc. He can't be a millionaire by builing crap.