Oil Change

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Dirtykid

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• Jul 29, 2002

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My owners/service manual arrived in the mail a couple days ago and then i flipped to the changing oil section, and was planning on doing just that until it said turn your bike vertical :think: , i can hardly push my bike down the street without passing out, how the hell am i supposed to put my bike vertical ?????

Do i really have to do that ??? or can i leave it normal on two wheels ???

 

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crkid

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I think what they mean by vertical is put your bike on a stand so it is not leaning over.

 

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The^^Rock

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yer sounds like it means to have it just upright, not on an angle like it would be on the stand. What bike is it?

 

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jmics19067

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vertical would be straight up and down, horizontal<easy way to remember is to look at the horizon> would be sideways.
put the bike on a level work stand dont lean it against anything. You kinda have to learn how to read thru the translations since not every phrase in a different country has a direct translation into English.
heh going off on a tangent here but if in England someone says " There was a bad earth on the bonnet so the lamp wouldn't burn" I could just picture some redneck from America trying to trying to do a hand stand on an oil lamp wearing an Easter hat. would make for a good National Lampoons "Vacation" movie :)
so vertical would be perpendicular to horizontal which would be parallel with the horizon :eek: :eek: :eek:

 

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ericruby

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that is too funny! you should try turning your bike upside down next that works good to(sic)

 

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(shakin' head)

 

MikeT

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:confused:

 

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IrishEKU

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Jeeeeze....LOL

 

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r_rider28

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silly goose.

 

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Dirtykid

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ok thats a relief, the only way i get my bike vertical is wheeling and i dont think i could do that and an oil change at the same time, thanks everyone.

 

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125 rider

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Heh I would feel like an ass if I asked a question like that.

 

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IrishEKU

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Dirtykid
Got an idea yet? I would think that crkid and
jmics19067 have painted it out for you.

 

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Sorry........Didn't read your last post.......My bad!