Motorcycle Track Day Prep Part 2, The Oil : Drilling Oil Drain Plug for Safety Wire + Oil Change

Preparing a motorcycle for a track day requires paying particular attentional to your oil drain plug, oil filter, oil filler cap, and the oil itself! And what is the best oil to use for a motorcycle?
The Moto Maddox Z900 is being prepped for a track day. In Part 2 of this modification/maintenance series, we use a bench vise ( on the garage floor ) and general hand tools to drill a hole in an oil drain plug bolt. It turned out to be a "bit" more involved than I expected, and I do break a drill bit. However, with some patience and persistence, we get the hole drilled.
We also add some fresh oil to the bike, and are now ready to safety wire some fasteners in part 3!
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Chapters:
00:12 Unboxing the Wilton Bench Vise
00:40 Planning Where To Drill The Bolt
01:30 First Attempt To Drill Through The Bolt
02:05 First Drill Bit Snaps
02:34 Second Set Of Drill Bits
04:43 Changing Plan - Intersecting Holes
06:44 Success - Safety Wire Hole Done
07:20 Testing Safety Wire Twist Tool
09:20 All Of The Oil Fasteners Are Ready
11:32 Installing New Oil Filter and Drain Plug
12:35 Adding Fresh Oil
16:10 Pressurizing System and Filling Oil Filter
18:20 Oil Change Complete with Filter, Drain Plug, and Fill Cap Now Safety Wire Ready

[@lumpvision5746]

Nice! It's always interesting to see how people change their oil. I've seen it done a few different ways, but they all seem to work well. Also, those Hi Flo filters are SO easy to take off when it's time to do an oil change. I use OEM filters, but I've used the Hi Flo joints before.

[@motomaddox]

Funny thing is I have a pneumatic oil/fluid extractor I use on the cars, and thought maybe I could snake a line to the pan on the bike. No dice. Had to drain the oil the regular way.

[@Broken-six]

Have to remember 4 quarts. Let the shop do it last time, had all kinds of problems!

[@motomaddox]

Yep, I made sure to check the manual to be sure.