Oil filter damage

[buck243]

I've been told via a mate that the oil filter is prone for damage on the Monsters !!!!

Having only just started riding the Duci i'm chasing info on whether this is true or not.
I've seen a "Belly Fairing" of cf that can be fitted but if the filter could be damaged so can the fairing 

Any help would be appreciated.

[kopfjäger]

I've been told via a mate that the oil filter is prone for damage on the Monsters !!!!

Having only just started riding the Duci i'm chasing info on whether this is true or not.
I've seen a "Belly Fairing" of cf that can be fitted but if the filter could be damaged so can the fairing 

Any help would be appreciated.

What kind of damage? 

[buck243]

Stone damage.

Apparently it was holed by a stone and lost oil. Not good for man or machine.

[justinrhenry]

first i've heard of this happening. 

[Slide Panda]

maybe if you're planning on banging around on a set of double-whups at the super moto track... then it might be.

But I've never heard tell of an oil filter on a duc failing do to damage that wasn't of a catastrophic level - aka the bike dun crashed bad. Of course there's always a 1 in a million shot that the front wheel could kick up something sufficient to puncture the filter, but the odds are probably even smaller that million to one.

And all ducs since got know's when have held their oil filter in the same general position.

Those belly pans and chin fairings are mostly cosmetic. If something came with enough force to pierce the steel of a filter, it'd chew though a couple mm of fiber glass like paper.
There is a sort of pan for Monsters that was required to track the bike at some places to minimize oil on the track in the event of a blow out - but they were to catch oil, not really protect the filter.

[buck243]

Sweet as 


Thanks for that I'll sleep better now....

[geoffduc]

I haven't seen any damage to oil filters caused by stone's etc, but I've seen quite afew bikes brought into the dealers with the oil filter butchered by owners who have tried to remove the filter without the right tools...

 

[Punx Clever]

You mean I shouldn't use channel locks?

[He Man]

I haven't seen any damage to oil filters caused by stone's etc, but I've seen quite afew bikes brought into the dealers with the oil filter butchered by owners who have tried to remove the filter without the right tools...

 

usually its because the right tools arent working right, so you turn to unconventional tools...like screw drivers and sawzalls.... paging theo..

[Turf]

If you manage to damage your oil filter without totaling your bike then kudos.

damaging the oil filter by riding around just doesn't happen.

[geoffduc]

usually its because the right tools arent working right, so you turn to unconventional tools...like screw drivers and sawzalls.... paging theo..

NO  He Man if the filter is installed correctly in the first place using the right tool to remove it should be easy..

I know that we've probably all resorted to a screw driver at some time or other but some of the carnage that I occassionally witness brought into the store on a trailer or in the back of a van is by the sheer incompetence of the MUPPET who tried to work on a bike that should have been left to a qualified mechanic..

btw... whats a sawzall???


 

[Speedbag]

You mean I shouldn't use channel locks?

Well, they are better than pounding a screwdriver through the filter housing.

[Langanobob]

btw... whats a sawzall???


 

They probably go by another name on your side of the pond. I'd post a picture but I gotta head out the door.  It's a handheld reciprocating electric saw that holds a rigid metal cutting hacksaw blade or a serious woodcutting blade at one end.  Used for demolition, cutting into house walls for re-modeling purposes and other usually destructive purposes.  Sawzall is actually the trade name of a US manufacturer (Milwaukee) but it's become sort of a generic term for all "Sawzalls" from all manufacturers here in the states.  Google will probably find a picture.

[zooom]

[Anchorism]

So as idiodic as it sounds i managed to do just that yesterday....

If you manage to damage your oil filter without totaling your bike then kudos.

damaging the oil filter by riding around just doesn't happen.

I feel so embarassed.  I was going from one parking lot to the next and didnt realize the curb i was going off of was NEARLY that tall.  Needless to say i messed up the filter pretty bad.  Luckily i had a friend that could tow me home.  She bled all the oil in about 30 seconds.  I think i was stuck in the "Supermoto hooligan" mindset yesterday so i kinda deserved it.  Havent pulled the filter yet.  I plan on doing that on lunch today.  I feel like such a moron!  At least it was about time for an oil change, i just wish she told me in a more sublte manner.  UGH!