gfaltersack
50+ Posts
Since 2008 I have performed 88 oil changes on 10 twin cams I owned and 2 Milwaukee 8's always with pools of oil both large and medium no matter what I tried to do to eliminate when taking off the oil filter. Buying Harley's drip tray with drain hose I thought problem was over. The answer was NOPE no matter how diligent I was to position the tray. DK Customs remote filter install was well directed by written instructions and Utube. Now I have another problem. I'm in northern Wisconsin and waiting for warm weather to put on enough miles to perform my first oil change with the remote filter!!
In other years we had to spend "lots of money" and lots of time at Harley dealers waiting for an oil change when we went across the USA. My plan now is to place an aluminum roaster as drip tray in our tour pack along with oil filter, funnel, and plug wrench. When needed stop at Autozone or whatever, pick up my Mobil 1 20-50 V-twin oil, change oil, place drain oil in 1 gal jug and return to Autozone or any parts place that sells my oil and takes the drain oil.
I also ask those reading with similar interstate needs how they change their oil while "on the road"? Currently happy on a 2015 Triglide after the 2017 and 2020 M-8 with a long story of problems.
In other years we had to spend "lots of money" and lots of time at Harley dealers waiting for an oil change when we went across the USA. My plan now is to place an aluminum roaster as drip tray in our tour pack along with oil filter, funnel, and plug wrench. When needed stop at Autozone or whatever, pick up my Mobil 1 20-50 V-twin oil, change oil, place drain oil in 1 gal jug and return to Autozone or any parts place that sells my oil and takes the drain oil.
I also ask those reading with similar interstate needs how they change their oil while "on the road"? Currently happy on a 2015 Triglide after the 2017 and 2020 M-8 with a long story of problems.