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11-06-06, 08:27 AM

Finally got around to doing my 4000 mile service. borrowed a socket set....was really easy

only one girly moment.....

was making sure that i had put enough oil in and held the bike upright so bf could take a look (we had been arguing about how much to put in....p.s. i was right

)

Unknown to me he had taken the filler cap off, and i fired the bike up..... an oil fountain launched into his face

serves him right for daring to think i was wrong!!!!

Think the bike needs a wash now though

Sid Squid · 11-06-06, 08:36 AM

Hahahahahaha!

I thought you were going to tell me of the other favourite 'oil **** up'.

As in:

1) Pour expensive fully synthetic oil into filler hole.

2) Watch as it falls onto floor through drain hole without plug in it, plug on bench just out of reach.

PS So I've heard anyway.

11-06-06, 09:46 AM

Well done Jen! Bloody fellas...a nuisance aren't they?

:P

11-06-06, 12:40 PM

I've had the one where you do the oil change and everything else, then take the bike for a quick blast, having forgotten to reconnect the crankcase breathers, resulting in a mess. Although mine used to weep oil for a passtime anyway.

Actually, tbh, I seem to remember the oil forever trying to make a bid for freedom from my SV. There was the time the front sprocket nut came loose, resulting in most of the contents of the sump ending up over the rear tyre (that was a fun ride to work

), and numerous other occasions, many caused by my own stupidity. The rear shock, not to be outdone, also emptied its contents on one occasion as well (on a particularly famous architects' driveway).

You live and sometimes learn....

MT

11-06-06, 08:27 AM	#1
jenni Guest Posts: n/a	my first service Finally got around to doing my 4000 mile service. borrowed a socket set....was really easy only one girly moment..... was making sure that i had put enough oil in and held the bike upright so bf could take a look (we had been arguing about how much to put in....p.s. i was right ) Unknown to me he had taken the filler cap off, and i fired the bike up..... an oil fountain launched into his face serves him right for daring to think i was wrong!!!! Think the bike needs a wash now though

11-06-06, 08:36 AM	#2
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Hahahahahaha! I thought you were going to tell me of the other favourite 'oil **** up'. As in: 1) Pour expensive fully synthetic oil into filler hole. 2) Watch as it falls onto floor through drain hole without plug in it, plug on bench just out of reach. PS So I've heard anyway. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

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11-06-06, 09:46 AM	#3
Peter Henry Guest Posts: n/a	Well done Jen! Bloody fellas...a nuisance aren't they? :P

11-06-06, 12:40 PM	#4
empty Guest Posts: n/a	I've had the one where you do the oil change and everything else, then take the bike for a quick blast, having forgotten to reconnect the crankcase breathers, resulting in a mess. Although mine used to weep oil for a passtime anyway. Actually, tbh, I seem to remember the oil forever trying to make a bid for freedom from my SV. There was the time the front sprocket nut came loose, resulting in most of the contents of the sump ending up over the rear tyre (that was a fun ride to work ), and numerous other occasions, many caused by my own stupidity. The rear shock, not to be outdone, also emptied its contents on one occasion as well (on a particularly famous architects' driveway). You live and sometimes learn.... MT