So Shane misses his YTC

Shane bought my K1100LT recently. Last thing I did before he rode it away
was show him how to check the oil level and give him a litre of Synth.
Looking over the beast at the weekend I noticed empty containers in his
garage and asked if it had used much oil. Lots says he, never says me, not
more than 100cc per 1000. The sightglass looked rather opaque given it was
on the sidestand. My nose twitched, only 4000 miles since collection. We
leant it over further, glass still full. Obviously needed a little oil
removed.

Out came my allen key's and under went a 4litre container. The K holds
4.5ish full and I left it on the sidestand with the filter housing intact. A
few seconds later panic set in and another basin was hastily delpoyed. 5
minutes later his drive resembled the Tory Canyon disaster. Half a box of
washing powder was distributed to consume it.

I drained at least 8 (Eight) litres from it, that on the sidestand. Probably
another litre in there. Should be 4.5 max. **** knows how it avoided self
destruction.

Well, this has proved two things.
# K engines are bulletproof
# ...

I don't think I'm going to forget this one ) shame Bear has retired.

 

Did he have anything to say in mitigation?

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Nope

 

Not much he could say.

"I've just poured an extra gallon of oil into the sump, is that
okay...?"

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"I'm a thick ****"

 

Yeah, that bit was fun ). I'm glad you came down or the damn thing might
have blown up. This bike might actually be Shane proof, unlike my previous
2. I wouldn't buy a used car from me either. I have no idea what the
emoticon is for feeling foolish. I was expecting this post all day.

I hope Robbie enjoyed himself. My kids certainly had a great time. They
were laughing at his total lack of shyness ).

 

Like father....
Right **** he is.

 

). Here, have a pair of these 8< ;o).

 

<snip tale of oilfuckwittery>

Reminds of a frind of mine, even more of a mechanical numpty than I -
and that's saying something - who had a 100-quid Viva just after he
passed his test. I told him to check the oil frequently as it was a
shagged out beastie. He solemnly did, and found it was a bit low, so
he added some. Then he added a bit more, for good measure. Then he
added a bit more, just in case. Then a bit more, for luck. Then he
called in to work in a panic "because the car was on fire". I went out
15 miles to get him and he was sat in a layby looking very sorry for
himself. He said thick black smoke had poured from underneath the
bonnet. I looked, I tried the dipstick, I laughed.

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Ooh - it's Oil Numpty stories is it? A windsurfing mate of mine
changed the oil on his Merc Sprinter van. He wondered why it had taken
so much less to refill than it said in the manual - until a few miles
down the road the transmission turned itself to shrapnel. The dozy
twat had drained his gearbox oil, instead of the engine oil. Now that
takes some doing, as it's a lot harder to find the drain plug for the
gearbox than it is for the engine.