13 thoughts on “Jesus Christ, Change The Oil Once In A While!”

  1. Every 8,000 miles on “The Beast” with Honda HP4S full synthetic 10W30 at $16 a quart. The bike uses 4 quarts, a new OEM Honda filter, and a new drain plug gasket. An oil change is just shy of $90 with no labor `cause Glypto knows how to turn a wrench.

    I remember back when I had my first bike, guys would tell me I was wasting money using Spectro “motorcycle oil,” and to just use standard Castrol or Pennzoil from the auto parts store. I told them to fuck off and use whatever they want ON THEIR BIKES.

    • Motorcycle oil has a TOUGH LIFE. It lubes the engine. It lubes the transmission. If it’s a wet clutch, it deals with that too. Motorcycle oil has a higher “shear strength” than automotive oil, much he same as oil intended for diesel engines. Indeed, if motorcycle oil isn’t available, diesel engine oil is the next best thing!

  3. Oil changes are the best, cheapest, easiest, insurance for your engine. People are SO stupid, clueless, lazy, etc.

  5. Ok, so I’m cleaning the pre-filter on my 900SS and find little shards of neon green fibers like strand of synthetic wool. Can’t figure out where it is coming from after consulting shop (in Italian and English). It has a dry clutch so It can’t be from there. Have no idea till a few years later, Cycle World does an article on the factory in Borgo Panigale and low and behold is a an old lady who assembles two valve air cooled motors. She is wearing a neon green sweater. Case solved.

    Spin

  6. There. All nice and clean and ready to catch more metal shavings… YEEESH!!!

    That engine is a doorstop and doesn’t even know it yet!

  7. It is common in aircraft maintenance to send off an oil change sample for chemical analysis. Metal too finely ground to even see can point out different kinds of wear and warn of items needing further inspection.

    • We send out oil samples every month for a bunch of very expensive gear boxes that are on the Cut To Length line that shears plate steel.
      One of them has 12 fucking drivelines bolted to it and cost over a quarter million.

    • It’s also part of PMCS in the military, the best part is always giving the FNG a garbage bag and tell him we need an exhaust sample on the squad Hummer.

  8. Finally had a need for my grease gun, but the handle just wouldn’t pump. Disassembled to find a thick slug of hardened grease in the barrel, and the head and flexible hose all packed up tighter than a bull’s axx in fly time.
    Elbow grease & hand tools, and some bailing wire to ramrod thru the flex hose.
    I don’t think there’s a single zerk on the ’18 F150. My ’56 Pontiac had 17!

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