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2007 Buell Lightning: Maintenance 1-13

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CHANGING ENGINE OIL

AND FILTER

Ride motorcycle for approximately 10 minutes to ensure the

oil is hot and the engine is at normal operating temperature.

Turn engine off.

Draining Oil

1. See Figure 1-4. Place a suitable container under the

drain plug.

2. Using a 5/8 in. wrench, remove drain plug from under oil

tank/swingarm. Wipe any accumulated debris from mag-

netic tip on drain plug.

3. See Figure 1-5. Unscrew and remove dipstick from oil ﬁll

hole on top of oil tank/swingarm.

Changing Filter

1. Remove chin fairing See 2.37 CHIN FAIRING.

2. See Figure 1-6. Remove oil ﬁlter using pliers or belt type

OIL FILTER WRENCH.

3. Clean ﬁlter gasket contact surface on crankcase. Surface

should be smooth and free of any debris or old gasket

material.

4. Apply a thin ﬁlm of clean engine oil to ﬁlter gasket.

5. Pour 4.0 ounces (0.12 liter) of clean engine oil into new ﬁl-

ter when changing oil (until ﬁlter is approximately 1/2 full).

6. Screw ﬁlter onto adapter until ﬁlter gasket touches crank-

case surface. Rotate ﬁlter another 1/2-3/4 turn by hand.

1WARNING1WARNING

Check that no lubricant gets on tires, wheels or brakes

when changing ﬂuid. Traction can be adversely affected,

which could result in loss of control of the motorcycle

and death or serious injury. (00047b)

Figure 1-4. Oil Tank Drain Plug

Figure 1-5. Dipstick Location

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Figure 1-6. Oil Filter

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