I changed the secondary gear oil

[mikerophone]

Nice editing, although bet it took you longer to edit and upload the video than it did to do the gear oil change. Gear oil smells nasty doesn't it?

Oh, and you are missing your rear upper engine mount bolt in case you hadn't noticed. Cheers!

[Nessism]

Nice video.

One tip: rubber gloves.

[tkent02]

She's in England. They don't have that.

[mikerophone]

They don't have what - gear oil or rubber gloves?

[tkent02]

A place like Harbor Freight that sells boxes of cheap Chinese crap for a low price. The same cheap Chinese gloves will likely cost about a pound per pair.

[mikerophone]

Ahhh, makes much more sense - I see now that Ed had modified his post.

[Rob S.]

A funnel and catch pan for the old oil - very fancy. Just roll it over a sewer like we do here in Flint.

[mrbill5491]

And I am ridiculously proud of myself! I haven't done anything like this before - I was just following BikeCliff's guide and it turned out fine
I realise this probably seems exceptionally amateur in the eyes of most people here but these are my first steps.

I made a video so I can remind myself what to do for next time

We all had to start somewhere. You'll do fine as new things pop up lol.

[Brendan W]

Shifting from 1st to 2nd was really tough unless the engine had warmed up for about 15 minutes. The bike had been sat still for at least 3 years before I got it so I hope that changing the gear oil will help this (?)

What oil is or was in the sump ?

[Lyra]

What oil is or was in the sump ?

"A sump (American English and some parts of Canada: oil pan) is a low space that collects any often-undesirable liquids such as water or chemicals."

I am not sure what it was but I replaced it with 75w90 GL5

[Brendan W]

"A sump (American English and some parts of Canada: oil pan) is a low space that collects any often-undesirable liquids such as water or chemicals."

I am not sure what it was but I replaced it with 75w90 GL5

I'm not very good at making myself clear sometimes
I meant the engine sump where the motor oil goes.

[gustovh]

About your inter-mitten spark on 2 cylinders. Unscrew the spark plug caps one at a time and cut about 1/4" off the end of the wire. Then screw the cap back on.

If you look in the cap when you remove it you will see a brass threaded post the screws into the end of the wire, check it with a flashlight and make sure that it is clean.

A little spit on the end of the wire when screwing the cap back on makes it a bit easier.

That is an easy process to do and can only improve the spark. If you do them one at a time you don't mix up the wires.

V