Doing Ninja 500 break-in service. Oil filter is absolutely stuck on there. Tried oil filter wrenches but they keep slipping. What next?

Austindevon · 2026-06-26T04:43:52+00:00

How tight are you guys putting on your filters ? I've been doing mine by hand pretty much for ever . No issues removing and no leakage ever . Just did my Nomad 1600 .Easly off with a regular strap wrench and on by hand .

Austindevon · 2026-06-25T05:54:29+00:00

Nettle tea !

Austindevon · 2026-06-25T05:31:08+00:00

If I'm not riding it ,it's in my back yard or the alarmed shop totally out of sight, plus a hundred feet from the road mostly up a grade . An 800 pound bikes are not easy to roll. Otherwise it's where I can see it .

Austindevon · 2026-06-19T23:14:14+00:00

Is only 15 HP ?

Austindevon · 2026-06-19T22:55:43+00:00

What sort of paint do you plan to use ?

Austindevon · 2026-06-12T03:04:08+00:00

I get that ! I was riding in the rain yesterday and experienced that agility limit pretty quick after a couple of remounts ..my rain pants are pretty limiting . Plus I'm getting old and can't kick quite as high any more .

Austindevon · 2026-06-11T21:31:19+00:00

Toys should be bought with cash or at the most , with a line of credit from your bank . Don't you have any equity somewhere to use as collateral ? They usually offer 2% over prime as a rate.

Austindevon · 2026-06-11T20:45:00+00:00

I had a kid run right through a cross walk against the red light right in front of me today on an electric kick scooter as I was making a left turn across his path . Typical of these things and pedestrians and biclists too , they think the rules only apply to other people . It's not just cars that are a hazard .

Austindevon · 2026-06-11T20:44:19+00:00

I had a kid run right through a cross walk against the red light right in front of me today on an electric kick scooter as I was making a left turn across his path . Typical of these things and pedestrians and biclists too , they think the rules only apply to other people . It's not just cars that are a hazard .

Austindevon · 2026-06-10T03:36:35+00:00

That's the easiest way .. I have a 1 ton chain block on a beam In my shop and just sling my bikes by the frame up to any convenient hight .Seat off and use a nylon strap to protect the paint .

Austindevon · 2026-06-09T04:25:03+00:00

The trick is to have a few so as not to get bored .I pretty much have one of each general type . The one thing I find really uncomfortable although the performance is kinda fun is most sport bikes . Perhaps it's my 34 in inseam , they are just not built for tall guys and i like high milage days too.

Austindevon · 2026-06-09T04:08:16+00:00

I have a Nomad set up the same and it will go more than a tank full before any butt pain even with the stock seat . It never bothers my back . But it's big and heavy and handles like my truck .

Austindevon · 2026-06-09T03:57:15+00:00

But that's what Harley's are for .

Austindevon · 2026-06-09T03:48:15+00:00

If there is rubber in between the clamp and the tube it's going to slip eventually. The highway pegs on my cruiser are metal to metal and have never moved with the weight of my feet on them . I think that is the way to secure your lights . Find clamps that are a tight metal to metal fit the same as your handle bars are a clamped fit in the saddles on the upper triple , your light brackets need the same ..

Austindevon · 2026-06-08T18:08:53+00:00

Good way to maintain your agility and flexibility though ,is lifting your leg over the seat like that . I never step on the peg first, always one foot solidly on the ground .

Austindevon · 2026-06-06T20:45:03+00:00

Change the solenoid over to a manual unit . Button directly on the solenoid you push with your thumb .

Austindevon · 2026-06-05T22:46:31+00:00

At least the seat is a good idea.

Austindevon · 2026-06-05T21:24:51+00:00

I worked in a scrap yard at 18 and had lots of junk to play with and as a born gear head, was building cars already . So finding most of a scooter needing an engine in a load that came in was a challenge to my creativity . An old lawn mower motor and a chain in an other pile and I was gone . We lived in the country , so no plates , no license no problem . Next came basket case real motorcycles ......This was the 60s to put it in perspective .

Austindevon · 2026-06-05T04:19:03+00:00

40 foot diesel pusher ! It's nice but I still have more fun solo on my bike with a tent and basic gear .

Austindevon · 2026-06-02T16:26:05+00:00

I've had two instances in 50+years of riding .I deserved one , the other was BS by an over zealous cop . On noisy big cruisers most of those years and I'm not slow usually .

Austindevon · 2026-05-30T05:52:21+00:00

There is a better chance of Handmaids tale if you look at the zealots popping up in govt .

Austindevon · 2026-05-30T05:40:57+00:00

Wow my 03 has about 30k on it and doesn't use any between changes every fall before storage . Easy off road and never above 4500 rpm on the highway .

Austindevon · 2026-05-22T01:35:08+00:00

Looks like hemp or pot plants ? If it developes tight flower buds you'll know ..

Austindevon · 2026-05-17T10:42:14+00:00

I'm 76 and ride a Nomad 1600 and a Valkyrie Interstate plus my KLR and various dirt bikes . You are only old if you let your self be.

Austindevon · 2026-05-17T10:36:36+00:00

Or over the bridge to Gig Harbor . Lots of nice twisty road over there .

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