tex929rr Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 So I changed the oil this morning on three bikes - my FJ gets ridden enough that I change based on mileage, but the other three sit in the garage enough to need annual oil changes. Man, I’m going to find that engineer that decided it was OK to put that oil filter inside that Gordian knot of header pipes on my R1. We need to talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koth442 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 My Daytona was the same way. Couldn't take the oil filter off without dumping oil ALLLLLLL over the headers. '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcal616 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Aluminum foil ?, the heavy duty stuff makes for a nice moldable catch/splash tray... 2012 wr250f - C-class 30+ age group 2015 fz-07- Hordpower Edition-80whp 2015 fj-09- Graves Exhaust w/Woolich tune by 2WDW @120whp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex929rr Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 Actually, the oil on the header pipes is a problem, but one I can deal with. It’s trying to fish the filter out after it’s off more than anything else. It’s strange - ease of maintenance (for me) peaked with my 93 900RR. Four dzus fasteners dropped off the belly pan and oil changes were a snap. You could hook up carb gauges without taking off the tank, and the fairing fasteners all went into hard points on different brackets. It’s nice how newer fairing parts attach to each other but often it’s much more of a pain to take body parts on and off. I just know that Yamaha engineer is in a bar drinking and laughing about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member keithu Posted January 22, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted January 22, 2018 On my Triumph TT600 it wasn't necessary to remove any fairings at all for oil changes. There was a brilliant little notch in the belly that gave access to the drain plug, and the oil filter came out through the headers. I don't know why every fully faired bike can't be designed that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex929rr Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 On my Triumph TT600 it wasn't necessary to remove any fairings at all for oil changes. There was a brilliant little notch in the belly that gave access to the drain plug, and the oil filter came out through the headers. I don't know why every fully faired bike can't be designed that way.I have read a story that Soichro Honda walked into a design lab at Honda and picked up a prototype cylinder head that would be a maintenance nightmare and threw it at one of the engineers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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