Skrapiron
Mr. Know-It-All
When I picked up my FZ6 last December, it was 'professionally' serviced by the dealers 'crack' service team. They changed the oil, lubed the chain, checked the coolant and sent me on my way.
It's now riding season and I decided to give the bike a good once over before getting into some serious riding. To my horror, when I pulled the dip stick out of the block (with the bike on the center stand) oil started pouring out and running all over my garage floor.
When I put the bike back down on the kick stand, the dipstick read 'full' (top of the cross hatches). But when I put it back up on the center stand, oil came out of the hole in the block.
I'm not a professional motorcycle mechanic, but I'm reasonably sure that the oil is supposed to be checked ON THE CENTER STAND (at least that's what it says right there in the MANUAL!!!!)
WTF is wrong with these service techs that they would make such a basic mistake like that???? The crank case was almost 1 quart OVER FULL!!!!!!
It's no wonder I got crap gas mileage out of the first two tanks. I'm actually surprised that I wasn't puking oil into the exhaust and leaving a plume of blue smoke as I rode by.....
Word to the wise... When it comes to maintenance, never trust anyone else to do it for you. When you want it done right, do it yourself!!!!
*now I have a colossal mess to clean up in the garage.... GRRRR! *
It's now riding season and I decided to give the bike a good once over before getting into some serious riding. To my horror, when I pulled the dip stick out of the block (with the bike on the center stand) oil started pouring out and running all over my garage floor.
When I put the bike back down on the kick stand, the dipstick read 'full' (top of the cross hatches). But when I put it back up on the center stand, oil came out of the hole in the block.
I'm not a professional motorcycle mechanic, but I'm reasonably sure that the oil is supposed to be checked ON THE CENTER STAND (at least that's what it says right there in the MANUAL!!!!)
WTF is wrong with these service techs that they would make such a basic mistake like that???? The crank case was almost 1 quart OVER FULL!!!!!!
It's no wonder I got crap gas mileage out of the first two tanks. I'm actually surprised that I wasn't puking oil into the exhaust and leaving a plume of blue smoke as I rode by.....
Word to the wise... When it comes to maintenance, never trust anyone else to do it for you. When you want it done right, do it yourself!!!!
*now I have a colossal mess to clean up in the garage.... GRRRR! *
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