05-10-2019, 11:18 PM
So with a 1 yr old at the house and working as a restaurant manager my time is very limited to do anything. I always change my oil in the spring on my bikes regardless of mileage put on in the previous season (this year not much at all) so I picked up oil and filters for the Honda and Triumph in hopes that I would get a little window to get the job done. The Honda, being such an easy change, I figured I could do while watching the boy last Thursday. I pack my son up in his playpen and take him outside to my front porch to enjoy some sunshine and spring breezes and pull the Honda out of the garage up the driveway where I'm just a few feet away from him. I begin the procedure and the boy is happy in his spot. I'm thinking to myself what an incredibly easy bike to change the oil on praising the Honda engineers. Oil drained, easy, filter off, easier, new filter on...you get the point. All this in a matter of minutes. As I watch my boy fiddle around with his shoehorn (it's his favorite, who knows why) I pop open the gallon of GN 4 and start adding it in through my funnel. Man what an easy job, I'm almost done and the boy is still happy as a lark. Then I notice some oil running out from under the bike. D'oh! Look right at the drain plug resting on my seat.
At least I feel like I flushed out my old oil with a nice new batch of GN. Idiot.
At least I feel like I flushed out my old oil with a nice new batch of GN. Idiot.