On 5/29/17 12:41 PM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Mon, 29 May 2017 10:40:44 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/29/17 10:34 AM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Mon, 29 May 2017 07:14:42 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
5:42 AMPoco Deplorevole
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Be glad you don't have an older Guzzi. Laying on the floor undoing about 18 bolts to change the oil
filter. What a pita!
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Same process on a2000 guzzi Jackal only without the benefit of a center stand.
With a center stand is a bitch. Without must be a double bitch.
As a nod to "superior" Japanese engineering and design, you have to
unbolt the skid plate on the front of my truck to change the oil filter. 
I think only the "offroad" 4WD models have the skidplate. If I lived in
the Souf', I would have skipped the 4WD altogether. But the two times I
drove in the snow this past winter, it was nice to have the traction and
control.
If you're not going to do any off-roading, why not take off the skid plate?
I got "free" (ha!) oil and filter changes for life or something like
that when I bought the truck.