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Again there are more items to inspect but these are the most common to come loose.

Now that we’ve handled all those items, grab your three drain plugs. There is a black O-ring on them. This needs to be replaced on all three. The factory part number is 11105. Clean the drain plugs and install a new O-ring. There will more than likely be some material stuck to the magnet on the end of the plug. This is normal unless it looks like a science project growing off of it. As discussed previously, things wear and these magnets on the end of the drain plug are designed to grab any ferrous metal that is in the fluid.

Now that the plugs are clean and have a new O-ring installed you’re good to re-install them. All three plugs are the same so don’t worry about which one goes where. The torque spec is 14–21 foot-pounds.

Now remove your oil filter. This is going to leave a bit of a mess no matter how careful you are, so have some brake cleaner ready to clean the area up. Take a new oil filter and pour some motor oil in it. Also take some oil on your finger and wipe it on the seal. This will keep the filter from binding to the filter mount. Please do yourself a favor, and whoever might work on the bike next. Don’t over tighten the filter! It doesn’t have to be crazy tight, once it makes contact give it a half or threequarter turn, and call it good.

At this point install new fluid in the engine, transmission, and primary.

The engine calls for five quarts. Install 4.5 for now. The transmission and primary call for one quart. Clean up after yourself and double check your work.

We’re going to go back to the battery we discussed earlier. Take a meter and check the battery voltage. Now fire up the bike with everything still hooked up. The oil pressure light will stay on for longer than normal but make sure that it turns off. Once that happens check the battery again with the meter and verify that the charging system is working. Shut off the bike and reinstall the seat, and any other items that had to be removed to gain access to the battery.

Again, double check that everything is good and you aren’t leaking from any of the drain plugs or the oil filter.

Go take the bike for a short test ride. When you get back, check the engine oil level. It might require a little more fluid to get to the full hot mark on the dipstick. If so, top it off with the remaining half quart. At this point you’re good to go.

Check out the video if you need some help doing this yourself on the Hot Bike YouTube channel. Thanks for reading. Until next time, ride safe. HB