While on the subject... does anyone have hoses for the oil cooler other than rubber? Like braided lines for example? I always worry about one of those oil lines wearing a hole thru itself and springing a leak while on the road.

 

I just take a single piece of new copier/printer paper and place it underneath the filter and butt it up tight against the machined part of the filter adapter. I do this after I've got the filter loose enough to remove by hand. Then I loosen the filter until the oil starts running out of it. If you hold the paper still and tight against the adapter it makes a nice trough that the oil will run down and drain into a pan placed below the LH footboard. No fuss, no muss, no money. Oh, and if I do dribble a little down around the motor mount, I use ether starting fluid to flush it out. Ether is nice because it won't harm any paint, rubber, plastic, etc. Yeah, it's flammable, so of course be careful to not have any source of ignition around. About the best cleaner around!

 

I'm with Arizona & the braided lines, someone must make them.

 

Good oil filter wrench & extensions to reach the filter, & a heavy duty aluminum foil trough to carry the drip away to a catch basin. Little to no oil on the bike, but a quick rinse with
S-100 or Simple Green if you get careless.

 

I use aluminum foil under the filter.

 

I dont know if you going to find any that are pre-molded.
You could always buy some spares just in case.

 

This thread doesn't help me with my decision to go with the HD oil cooler. Guess I will still look around some more. Just don't like the cooler like the Jag 10 sticking out on the side of the scoot. The oil filter placement is bad enough without adding more interference in this area.

 

This aint working with lowers. Just change it out and do some good wiping. HD cup type filter wrench a must

 

I think next time I'll try that coke bottle thing but I'm going to first drill a half inch hole in my filter to let it drain faster. Between the high flow and that plastic bottle things should go alot cleaner.....good idea.

 

In my previous post the picture with the aluminum foil shows my HD oil cooler. It doesn't present any problem in changing the filter, & it dropped my oil temp. between 25 & 30 degrees.