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View Poll Results: Do you wave while changing your oil?
Absoultely, I'm a real biker after all.
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No way, that's gay.
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Can't because one finger is up my butt and the other is in the drain plug.
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Do you wave while changing your oil?

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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 02:06 PM
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I only wave if, at the same time, I happen to be contemplating which are the "best" mufflers to eliminate buffeting.
 
Old Sep 19, 2012 | 03:20 PM
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I've been changing my oil every 40 miles. The last road trip I took took me a solid three hours longer than it needed to, because my first oil change on the side of the road was delayed when a biker passed me every few minutes and I had to drop everything to wave.

I pulled well off the road for 2-7 though.
 
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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by SinisterX
Where do you put the drain plug while changing the oil?
Remove finger from butt and insert drain plug. No need to thank me since that's what real biker Bros are for.
 
Old Sep 19, 2012 | 03:31 PM
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Only if you use Amsoil. M1VT is gay...
Where's the like button
 
Old Sep 19, 2012 | 03:33 PM
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Synthetic oil or dino?
 
Old Sep 19, 2012 | 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Shredding rubber
Where's the like button
Too busy trying to figure out where I stick my finger once I plug my but with the drain plug without contaminating the delicate balance of the oil or worse getting any on the oil filter... Which begs to question, should we change the oil filter every time we have to wash the bugs off the windshield, I heard a rumor that that is the case in most oil changes!
Lucky me, I'll never have to worry about that if I just get rid of my windshield... SAVE! YAY ME!
 
Old Sep 19, 2012 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Harleycruiser
Synthetic oil or dino?
I actually prefer a good quality olive oil but I will use canola oil in a pinch.
 
Old Sep 19, 2012 | 03:39 PM
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I actually prefer a good quality olive oil but I will use canola oil in a pinch.
Canola? What are you a friggin Honda owner?
 
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Originally Posted by RoadLord
Which begs to question, should we change the oil filter every time we have to wash the bugs off the windshield, I heard a rumor that that is the case in most oil changes!
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Thats exactly why I keep my bike in an enclosed trailer! Duh!
 
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I actually prefer a good quality olive oil but I will use canola oil in a pinch.
I like the Popcorn Oil. Man that stuff smells good during Bike Night at Starbucks....
 



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