I began by running the bike for 20mins or so and the draining the oil via the sump plug. I then removed the magnetic drain plug on the side of the engine (I can see why people say Aprilia hired Gorillas to tighten these bolts!) and also removed the tube and fitted 13-15mm jubilee clips for future... not convinced those clips can withstand multiple removals
I also fitted the longer filer and new cap... I had to bend the clip for the three hoses but its all good now. I replaced everything, tightened everything up (although not too tight!) and fed the bike 3.5ltrs of oil, ran her for a bit, and then added another 0.4lts.
The gear changes when the bike was on the paddock stand were a lot sweeter... and neutral was easily achievable going up from first, whereas previous to the change I had to go down from 2nd... so I am a happy man!
Tomorrow are all spark plugs and then she'll be good for the weekend if Wifey allows me to go out and play (and similarly, mother nature!).
Next on the list - new tail tidy, indicators, belly pan, screen and a bloody good clean... which reminds me... I must book that session with nooj and sort out attending the aprilia meet (I'm on A/L during the meet, starting my new job June 1st :))
