Thank you for this honest, no BS approach. Best softail oil change video on KZfaq.
@johnwills644512 күн бұрын
Getting ready ta do my first motorcycle oil change this just relieved all my anxiety THANK YOU !!!!!!!!
@WitchcraftCycleWorks12 күн бұрын
Nothing to be anxious about. It's pretty simple.
@Hobby-zn7ce4 ай бұрын
Exceptional display of functional expertise and communication. A+
@dennismarkle98519 күн бұрын
Thanks much for clear and thorough instruction video.
@keeskuh3 ай бұрын
Great and clear video! It helped me by my oil change on my 2000 Heritage Softail! Greetz from the Netherlands
@greggehrgood1834Ай бұрын
I'am back,this hardly rider is ready for my first three hole fluids change thanks for the lessons.
@KyleGrimes-qs8sp4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info, I needed to find the drain on my (new to me) 04 Fatboy. After having a EVO for the past four years I needed to this to make it happen, good looks on the mirror too . Thank you Bill
@johnny-sr4fkАй бұрын
Good video thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍🏼
@Lockezilla3 ай бұрын
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.
@philweed16033 ай бұрын
Excellent job making this video. Loved your no-BS tutorial. Subscribed!
@thelastsamari792322 күн бұрын
Great video very helpful
@use-Chiefwahoo15874 ай бұрын
Thank you for a awesome video. It is so helpful. I like no bs ,& straight to the point. Again thank you brother
@user-vc3lg4mz5mАй бұрын
Great video.....thanks for sharing
@Breakrite Жыл бұрын
Great camera with the mirror!
@WitchcraftCycleWorks Жыл бұрын
The mirrors aren't just for the camera work. A mirror can be helpful while working on anything under the bike.
@89rcavaness2 ай бұрын
Hey can you do all my mechanical need videos. I can understand you and you crack me up lol
@ronniehurst64542 ай бұрын
It's a good idea to remove the primary cover BEFORE draining it. Especially if you are using a t25 LOL!
@TiK2theToK14 күн бұрын
Thanks for your tutorial. My ole man died and left behind is 99’ softail standard. I have to learn how to maintain it. I rode sport bikes up until now. 🫡👍
@WitchcraftCycleWorks14 күн бұрын
Your 99 will be similar to this twin cam but with a few differences. The oil drain will be in the same area but will be a hose clamped onto the frame. You undo the clamp and pull the hose off to drain the oil. The transmission drain will be a small hex key plug on the right side just behind where the clutch cable connects.
@TiK2theToK13 күн бұрын
@@WitchcraftCycleWorks Shit thanks! I appreciate it.
@sabouciprian14 ай бұрын
GREAT STUFF MATE! Thank you!
@JustJ-gs3rx6 күн бұрын
Is that an EVO engine? I had a 2019 Road King with the Milwaukee 8 and I did my own maintenance on her… Just inherited a 1998 Heritage Softail anniversary with the EVO and have to find videos on here to do the maintenance to her. She belonged to my younger brother who recently passed away…He owned her for 25 years and loved her. He hadn’t ran her in several years because he was battling cancer and didn’t have the strength to do anything… I just bought a replacement battery from Harley and need to drain the gas tank and change the oil… It’s been a month since my brother passed and I’m still struggling to get her back on the road again… He named his motorcycle Annie because she was the 95th anniversary edition but not the first year springer soft tail…His bike is the 2nd year Harley Davidson made the Springer Soft tail which turned out to be the 95th anniversary Harley Davidson was in business… My brothers is one of only 3000 ever made and he loved it so much he was married and divorced a few times and his last wife gave me the bike because she believed that’s what my brother would have wanted it to go to… I am still in shock he’s gone…I look at his bike and understand why he loved it, because he never thought of selling it till I sold my 2019 Road King a few months before he died… We had a conversation over the phone and he said he didn’t think Annie was worth much because she needed work and wasn’t running. I’m sure his heart wasn’t into selling her and despite his ailing condition he didn’t want to let her go and sell it… I believe my brother thought about it and said to himself, selling her for what, a few thousand dollars that won’t have any physical emotional value… Nope, he vowed to never sell her when he was healthy and now I’m gonna keep her till I die because that’s what my brother would want… She’s a loud SOB when she ran, my brother had the engine completely modified, pistons, valves, cam and oil pump all higher quality than what the stock 60hp was built for…He Dyno it and at a Laconia meet in New Hampshire and he said Annie was pushing 95hp and a ton of torque with the Screamin Eagle six speed transmission I believe he had also installed to match the power the EVO was producing after he modified it… My brother also owns a 100th anniversary Street Glide with the 103 engine…According to his last wife who gave me his Softail, she said she liked riding on the back of the Glide but said the Springer was scary to be on… Knowing my brother I’m sure he would occasionally give it some gas so the engine vibrated the seat…His EVO has a carburetor with manual choke, something like starting up a snowblower, old school but easy once you turn on the gas, pull out the choke, throttle the accelerator a couple times to squirts some fuel inside the carburetor and push the engine start…Once she starts push in the choke a little bit and listen to the idle…
@WitchcraftCycleWorks6 күн бұрын
Sound like a really cool bike. This video shows you how to do and oil change on a twin cam engine. I'm hoping to do a video showing how to do an Evo engine soon.
@87ricer Жыл бұрын
I got a 87 Softail 1340cc this will help me out for sure thank you
@WitchcraftCycleWorks Жыл бұрын
Your 87 will be an Evo motor. The primary and transmission drains are in the same places. The engine oil drains close to the same place as on the video but there is no drain plug to remove. Look for a 1/2" hose clamped to the frame rail just below the oil bag. You have to remove the hose from the frame to drain the engine oil.
@87ricer Жыл бұрын
@@WitchcraftCycleWorks thank you 😊 🙏
@deg453Ай бұрын
Where did you get that oil filter wrench? This is an excellent video as I'm due for an oil e... thank you 👍🏼
@WitchcraftCycleWorksАй бұрын
Not for sure but I think I ordered it from J&P Cycles.
@deg453Ай бұрын
@@WitchcraftCycleWorks thanks very much…..I’m liking your videos
@greggehrgood1834Ай бұрын
Tks
@dlbro84602 ай бұрын
👍👍
@TimBarnett-pl9kd11 ай бұрын
Softails can be oil drained too remove all old dirty oil from system. Step 1. Drain oil from oil tank. (Like you did here) (It takes 11 engine rotations too cycle oil on system.) With engine start switch "off", rotate engine 11 rotations with starter switch. (removes oil from oil line from tank too filter) step 2. Remove an replace oil filter. 3. Remove outside oil line from oil tank, place end of open tank oil line in empty container. 4. Rotate engine 11 rotations, removing old oil from filter too oil tank, now old oil being removed from last of oil lines into your oil catch bottle. Remove oil container from outside tank line, replace outside oil line back on oil tank. Replace with fresh new oil!
@philweed16033 ай бұрын
You need to make a video of this explanation. It sounds intriguing.
@ozzybreh4 ай бұрын
Best tutorial out there ride safe 🤙
@ajanderson68904 ай бұрын
Wicked video thank you
@MrKimo10010 ай бұрын
Best video 🔥
@brdhus4 ай бұрын
Thank you sir.
@Brisco1983Ай бұрын
I have a 2000 Softail Springer and the manual says to check the engine oil upright. I just went and checked the dipstick and it doesn’t have the check on stand writing. The guy I got it from says to check on stand also though. Any ideas what’s up with mine?
@WitchcraftCycleWorksАй бұрын
@@Brisco1983 The twin cam "A" motors had dipsticks marked for both upright and on the stand, but I've never seen that on a twin cam "B" motor.
@WitchcraftCycleWorksАй бұрын
Engine oil on all bikes can be checked while on the jiffy stand. If you do an oil change, put 3 quarts of oil in it and see where the level is and go with that mark. On most Softails, a 3-quart oil change will show it being slightly overfull on the dipstick while on the jiffy stand.
@Brisco1983Ай бұрын
@@WitchcraftCycleWorks Thank you!
@user-kn5lf7il1r3 ай бұрын
Thank You...
@streetglidesteve5 ай бұрын
Good video
@streetglidesteve5 ай бұрын
06 deluxe
@dinolocacio10 ай бұрын
Thank you, Well done! 06 Fatboy.
@keithobrien14034 ай бұрын
Thank you
@peterbergeris651010 ай бұрын
Need to check oil level, hot. Means running the bike , take a ride n check. Dont just start it n let it warm up in the driveway.
@kevinsheehan3203 ай бұрын
Hey Bill, great vid however, my engine oil drain plug isn't where you indicate on my 1989 1340 Evo. Can ya help a guy out and show me Wtf my drain plug is located? Thx in advance.
@WitchcraftCycleWorks3 ай бұрын
Yes. On an Evo Softail, the drain is in the same place, but it is a hose that is clamped to a plug on the frame. You have to loosen the hose clamp and pull the hose off the frame. Your transmission drain is different than in this video as well. Trans drain is a Allen plug on the right side centered below where your clutch cable connects to the transmission.
@WitchcraftCycleWorks3 ай бұрын
I have an Evo Softail that's due for an oil change. I guess I should do another video.
@use-Chiefwahoo15874 ай бұрын
07 soft tail standard
@CurtM-oe9dq4 ай бұрын
Where did you get the oil filter wrench
@WitchcraftCycleWorks4 ай бұрын
I don't remember. Probably got it from J&P Cycles online.
@brentwall695911 ай бұрын
🇨🇦
@carelocotv Жыл бұрын
What about the torque what the screw need?
@WitchcraftCycleWorks Жыл бұрын
I have to admit I'm an old school mechanic. I don't bother with using a torque wrench most of the time. I use it when it really matters but not for every nut and bolt.