Bandit Oil Changing

[FROSTY:Me]

Get professional advice. Mrs H's (Suzuki) Marauder has 1700 written by the filler cap. That's the amount of oil not including the filter. A full filter and oil change requires 2200.

Yep--Thats EXACTLY why I say fill by level on glass not by quantity put in.
I remember one old bike -a sidecar unit as I recall -It said 3.5l.
I put in the 3.5l . Checked the oil level -It diddn't even show on the dipstick.
I poured in an extra litre before it showed up to full--Turned out the guy had fitted a deeper sump and an oil cooler that upped the bikes oil capacity

[MacD]

Just what KB needs - another bloody pedant!!!

What about the sump plug then, mr smartypants.

Can I claim that you never removed it in the first place!?

[Sniper]

I think I need to learn how to change my own oil. harrr

I was waiting for someone to say that before I did, I guess I better go now

[Antallica]

I was waiting for someone to say that before I did, I guess I better go now

Hehe you novices! Come on, have a fiddle with your machine!
You break, you fix, you learn.

[Devil]

Hehe you novices! Come on, have a fiddle with your machine!
You break, you fix, you learn.

Heh, well it sounds uber simple, I just dont know where the oil filter is or what it looks like, and where the sump plug is.

Also, where do you guys dispose of your oils?

[Dr Bob]

I'll add support to the measurement on the sidecase (in my case 2500) excluding the filter. But how many of you would do the oil and not do the filter? We're not talking about a car here, most of you will have a wet clutch, and all the stuff that comes off it goes into the oil (albeit not much). Most people I have talked to that have had bikes for any length of time replace the oil from 3 ot 5k and do the filter as a matter of course.

[Dr Bob]

Heh, well it sounds uber simple, I just dont know where the oil filter is or what it looks like, and where the sump plug is.

Also, where do you guys dispose of your oils?

Out west you take it to the transfer station. You can dump a few packs at a time (I think I took 5 last time) without charge. They also take old batteries and paint. It is all part of the dangerous substances local body regs I think, they don't charge for collecting this stuff for purely domestic purposes.

[Devil]

Where do you get your oil filters? Just find through your local bike shop?
What are they worth?

[FROSTY:Me]

Give Alex a buzz dude -He'll get ya one in.
Come see me saturday and we'll do the oil -Ill show ya how
Then ya can do the oil on mella yella for me-after every meeting lol

[Devil]

Give Alex a buzz dude -He'll get ya one in.
Come see me saturday and we'll do the oil -Ill show ya how
Then ya can do the oil on mella yella for me-after every meeting lol

Wicked, Tar.

Ill have to pay you back somehow for all this help! Invaluable!
Pit bitch? hah.

[Magua]

Heh, well it sounds uber simple, I just dont know where the oil filter is or what it looks like, and where the sump plug is.

Also, where do you guys dispose of your oils?

Where is the oil filter on the zr250? Hopefully you don't have to remove the headers and exhaust system just to get at it like on my fzr, go yamaha

[Dr Bob]

Where is the oil filter on the zr250? Hopefully you don't have to remove the headers and exhaust system just to get at it like on my fzr, go yamaha

Worst I had was an exhaust from custom chambers, when I got my first back tyre after fitting it they called me into the workshop. The exhaust was overlapping the rear axle my about 30mm. Fortuneately is was just the slant lip single layer section, they had to reposition it with a relocating device that they had handy.

[FROSTY:Me]

I had the same problem once Bob,Had to take the whole darned zorst off

[Sniper]

Hehe you novices! Come on, have a fiddle with your machine!
You break, you fix, you learn.

Very true words from someone I suppose has many experience with fixing things.

I just have a slight problem, I can break and take apart, but fixing....ummm, lets just say Im not very good at putting stuff back together. Now where does this doodab go???

[MacD]

Also, where do you guys dispose of your oils?

The Auckland Regional Council operates the HazMobile collection system. Useful for getting rid of car/bike batteries too.

The next collection site is going to be at Mills lane, off Oteha Valley Rd Albany, on Saturday 4 December.