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It pulls straight out, which was difficult even with the forceps. It's also awkward to access, which makes it all the more fun. I did put some lube on it. Otherwise it would have been equally as difficult to insert.

Thanks @Star-Lord for the suggestion. It was stil a bitch getting this plug off even with this tool, but pretty much impossible without it, at least for me. And, zero oil came out as expected.

Doh… Ok thanks!

So I have this weird, although good looking screw holding on the right cylinder lower spark plug coil cover. (Not on the left side). Unless I’m losing it which is quite possible, I’m pretty sure I didn’t install anything that would have required this screw, lol. Ideas?

I’m doing it because it’s listed in the maintenance schedule. I fully expect to see nothing there.

I was just looking at this yesterday because apparently I enjoy suffering. What a generous hose length they decided on. Who needs to actually reach anything? Silly me, thinking I could hold the hose AND remove the plug. So I’ve resigned myself to waiting on surgical forceps from Amazon...

All fixed up. Now I can get on with the routine service that started this whole thing! Definitely a learning experience.

Cover is back on. Waiting a full 24 hours before firing it up to check for leaks. Getting the cover on is trickier than expected. The rotor has a strong magnetic pull that wants to suck the cover in, and if you’re not ready for it, the cover will seat crooked and mess up your sealant. The stator...

That’s what I did :-)

Ha ha.

And as a bonus, all four air box inserts pulled out. :-|

Yeah the stator is cooled by the engine oil.

The cover has a chain guide. You can see it at the top of the cover.

Progress. Engine cover is off, now the not so fun part of cleaning the mating surfaces of the old sealant and oil.

Found it. You can see a gap in the sealant where the oil is oozing out. :mad:

Yeah it’s a bit of a PIA. I’ve had it off before when I put the RSD cover on. It looks to me like there is one of those pressed on fittings under the cover with an o-ring (#21). We’ll see.

It's a little hard to see in this image, but after cleanup, a new drop of oil appeared on the front cover. This means the oil is coming from beneath that cover and has been blown back into the oil pan and beyond. There is an oil line with an o-ring behind the cover... All speculation until I get...

Cleaned off the oil, set up my big fan, and let the bike run for a while. I believe I’ve pinpointed the “leak”, rather, a weep, as coming from the notched area in the front of the oil pan. I’m thinking they didn’t pay special attention to that area, as the service manual mentions. 🤨It’s...

Deleted my previous reply… I cleaned up the oil, and nothing is obvious. I no longer think it's the oil pan seal. My current suspicion, since I had to rotate the oil cooler out of the way when I installed the RSD breast plate, is that oil is seeping through one of the crimp connections between...

I haven’t’ seen anything on the floor, most of it seems to have migrated down the front and underneath the engine. I looks like it’s about to let go of a drop.