Atlas Questions

Dont like em, never had one but from what I see unless 2 people do it, there risky to drop the bike. I have a platform jack on caster wheels the platform measures 300mm x 400mm and will lift the bike easily 200mm high and is rated at 500kg that works great on the flat Bashplate but obviously won't work for draining the oil.
 
Just to explain slowly, if I take the bike to Tassie and do an oil change at Cams probably in a queue with others and probably in the dark in his dirt track back lane I would prefer not to spend an hour trying to lay on my back with a torch trying to hold and line up the baseplate fixings and squeeze the crash bar mount back on when it would be 100% easier to just undo 1 drain bolt. If you have never refitted those fixings in that situation then why does my silliness have any effect on you?
 
If that's what's involved in doing a simple oil change Vince maybe you should take the triple.
Anyway, seems my input is of no use so that'll be the last comment from me regarding your posts.
 
Well, I'll probably get in trouble too, but....
Not sure how far you blokes are going on this trip, but if it is around say 4,000kms over a week, an oil change to start and one at the end wouldn't be too much of an issue surely? I don't think I'd bother for a quick trip like that particularly if it was a pain in the neck!
(Of course I always carry some for top ups if necessary.)
Anyway, I await the howls of derision................. ( I could be way out and many more kms are expected:unsure:)
 
An oil change is a 5-minute job on my 3c and I love doing right after I get home when the bike is steaming hot, the Atlas I expect would take a fair bit longer and without Reds gadget that has a drain plug added to the middle of the filter plate, originally you need to take the whole filter plate off and wow does that make a mess compared to one plug. I know it's not Open Heart Surgery pulling and replacing a baseplate but drilling a hole and cutting and gluing a piece of conduit is going to take me maybe an hour. Getting it aligned will be the biggest issue. Every Dirtbike I ever owned had a drain plug access hole in the baseplate and every Dirtbike ended up with a bunch of oil from doing a change pooling on the baseplate. I expect gluing maybe 15mm to 20mm length of plumbing plastic conduit on the baseplate hole will avoid that. Is that really that controversial, really? Maybe I should start posting parts for sale, that's what appears to be mostly happening here these days.
 
Sure going over distance on an oil change isn't the end of the world and if it was outside some Accommodation stop in the street, it took a bunch of work stripping the bike to do it and I had to find and buy and cart the oil and find a way to get rid of the old oil I wouldn't bother, but apparently we have some friendly help from Salt of the Earth, Cam. BTW that's a weird saying, I thought Salting The Earth was what you did to your enemy's growing land. During the last Tassie trip Cam organised a BBQ at one of the other local Laverda owner's place where we met a bunch of them, had a fantastic meal with an amazing view of The Derwent River and did said oil changes. Some really great people down there in the Laverda World.
 
Vince said:
An oil change is a 5-minute job on my 3c and I love doing right after I get home when the bike is steaming hot, the Atlas I expect would take a fair bit longer and without Reds gadget that has a drain plug added to the middle of the filter plate, originally you need to take the whole filter plate off and wow does that make a mess compared to one plug. I know it's not Open Heart Surgery pulling and replacing a baseplate but drilling a hole and cutting and gluing a piece of conduit is going to take me maybe an hour. Getting it aligned will be the biggest issue. Every Dirtbike I ever owned had a drain plug access hole in the baseplate and every Dirtbike ended up with a bunch of oil from doing a change pooling on the baseplate. I expect gluing maybe 15mm to 20mm length of plumbing plastic conduit on the baseplate hole will avoid that. Is that really that controversial, really? Maybe I should start posting parts for sale, that's what appears to be mostly happening here these days.
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Not sure why you think something is controversial, just people might have opinions!!
I think every 750 owner knows about having to pull a whole plate and it is great to get a plate with a drain plug and obviously an access hole (in a bash plate) to get at that bolt would be commonsense.
I just made 2 comments, one that it is easy to get a bike vertical to drain oil, the other if it was me (unless doing a lot of miles) I wouldn't even bother. Just my 2 cents and not meant to upset.
Anyway what the f**k would I know............. Promise to :censored:
 
Why would I take offence at that, if I hadn't bought the lifting trolly, which is so handy for moving the bike around in a tiny shed then a rear lift would be handy. I have a Dirtbike lift that I really wanted to use but it was too high to get under the bike and its geometry didn't allow it to be shortened, believe me, I tried. Opinions are fine to express especially if you're adding ideas to the conversation, the more input the better as it drowns out the crickets, and the silence. But I just don't get the, Time to self senser as it's not worth the grief. Pic of the gadget that was too high to fit.

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Drilling a suitable hole for an oil drain plug is pretty straightforward. An hour in the shed, or backyard, is better than having a bunch of pituded Laverda owners pacing the floor awaiting their turn at the oil change real estate.
 
chrisk said:
a bunch of pituded Laverda owners
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I believe they’re known as “advisors”

Hey Vince, just an idea mate, take the bloody thing off for the trip!
I don’t think you’ll need it, unless you intend showing off to the lads 😉
Or alternatively, practice taking it off and putting it back on. I’m down to 1:38 for the Argy tank, 2:12 for the fairing… surely a bit of practice would see you right?
As for a paddock stand, you must have a nail box kicking around? I’ve never known a builder without heaps of them (although I treat them like gold 😉)
 
Not my first time hearing this joke, years ago I went to Victoria Barracks in Paddington, Sydney Major Army Depo to use a .22 Rifle on their Small Bore range, I took it there on a Bus. Try that these days, and while telling a mate about it he replied I was far from a Small Bore.
 
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