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Originally Posted by SpudRider
The messy oil changes are not caused by the oil flowing from the magnetic drain plug. The mess arises from the oil flowing out of the two oil screen plugs, and the oil filter cap.  |
in my case it was from the oil flowing from the magetic drain plug. the oil pan bumped into my center stand and the flow hit the edge of the pan. If I had shim'd the pan so it could get further under the drain hole, everything would have been fine. As soon as I saw it hit the edge I had some delay while I sat there astounded I munged it up again, but then grabbed the pan and lifted it up and it was able to catch the flow without hitting the lip. Hopefully that makes sense - it's because the centerstand slopes towards the front of the bike when deployed.
also Spud is correct that the oil screen plugs and oil filter cap will dump right into your skid plate