Well since I'm sort of a do-it-myselfer, I thought I'd change the oil in my Majesty last week. I stopped by my dealer and asked for an oil filter for a 2006 Yamaha Majesty 400. "Sorry, we don't have any."
"You don't have an oil filter? The most basic part any engine will need and you don't have any? Great."
So I ordered some oil filters off the internet, and decided to at least change the oil. It can't hurt. http://www.knfilters.com/default.htm
So I go out and put the bike up on it's center stand and go get my oil drain pan. Ummmmm It doesn't fit. Need to find another one. I have "stuff" like this all over, so I look around, find one that will work and get my owners manual out, find the oil drain bolt and drain the oil out. Ok. Now where do you put the oil in? Duhhhhh You should have figured this out earlier. I go tearing through the manual. Can't find anything. So I get a long neck funnel and add the oil into the dipstick hole. (Yes. I put the drain bolt back in.) That seemed to work. The oil got into the engine anyway.
Then I crawl around to the back of the bike. (Note to self. The gizmo Bob Villa sells on the Sears commercials looks like a better and better idea right now.) Laying on my back, I manage to find the proper bolts to drain the rear drive. Ok. back to the book. Add .26 quarts of oil.
POINT 26? You gotta be kidding. How do you measure POINT 26'th of a quart? Ok Ok. Calm down. There are 16 ozs in a pint. 2 pints in a quart, for 32. 1/4 of 32 is 8. Is that right? Where's my calculator? Naught times naught is naught..carry the 2, divide by the square root of 15.37 and you get .......nothing of any value.
Ok a "pinch" more than 8 ozs. I add that to the rear assembly. How do you check that? Ok. You can't apparently. I seal everything up, wipe up the excess oil, put my "stuff" away, and start the engine.
The oil light goes out. I hold my breath for a good 5-10 mins? Maybe more. It doesn't lbow up. I shut the engine down. I pull the dipstick. It looks good. I hop on the bike and take off for a run. I'm back in 15-20 mins and everything is still working. I guess I didn't mess up too bad.
I'm going to do it all over again tomorrow, but this time I get to change the filter. Oh Happy Day!!
"You don't have an oil filter? The most basic part any engine will need and you don't have any? Great."
So I ordered some oil filters off the internet, and decided to at least change the oil. It can't hurt. http://www.knfilters.com/default.htm
So I go out and put the bike up on it's center stand and go get my oil drain pan. Ummmmm It doesn't fit. Need to find another one. I have "stuff" like this all over, so I look around, find one that will work and get my owners manual out, find the oil drain bolt and drain the oil out. Ok. Now where do you put the oil in? Duhhhhh You should have figured this out earlier. I go tearing through the manual. Can't find anything. So I get a long neck funnel and add the oil into the dipstick hole. (Yes. I put the drain bolt back in.) That seemed to work. The oil got into the engine anyway.
Then I crawl around to the back of the bike. (Note to self. The gizmo Bob Villa sells on the Sears commercials looks like a better and better idea right now.) Laying on my back, I manage to find the proper bolts to drain the rear drive. Ok. back to the book. Add .26 quarts of oil.
POINT 26? You gotta be kidding. How do you measure POINT 26'th of a quart? Ok Ok. Calm down. There are 16 ozs in a pint. 2 pints in a quart, for 32. 1/4 of 32 is 8. Is that right? Where's my calculator? Naught times naught is naught..carry the 2, divide by the square root of 15.37 and you get .......nothing of any value.
Ok a "pinch" more than 8 ozs. I add that to the rear assembly. How do you check that? Ok. You can't apparently. I seal everything up, wipe up the excess oil, put my "stuff" away, and start the engine.
The oil light goes out. I hold my breath for a good 5-10 mins? Maybe more. It doesn't lbow up. I shut the engine down. I pull the dipstick. It looks good. I hop on the bike and take off for a run. I'm back in 15-20 mins and everything is still working. I guess I didn't mess up too bad.
I'm going to do it all over again tomorrow, but this time I get to change the filter. Oh Happy Day!!