Change your oil...

[Rallyfan]

I was very fortunate recently: I noticed oil stains on the ground; found that my oil drain plug washer had cracked and so the drain plug itself was leaking. I was faced with a significant financial burden: $0.50 for a washer and $12 for some Shell 15W-40, but I somehow got all the money together and changed the oil. Just the oil, not the filter -- life's too short and neither oil nor filter are due anyway.

I have to say I noticed improved shifting this AM, and had forgotten I'd changed the oil meanwhile. It just occurred to me.

Heh!

[Watcher]

Good catch!  I'd hate for that plug to catastrophically fail mid ride! 

[Rallyfan]

Yes I'm no fan of oil leaks. They're vastly over-rated IMO. Especially on bikes. I could do entirely without them.

[user11235813]

If you weren't due for an oil change why not collect it and put it back? Depends I guess on how far you are into the cycle. I recently had to change a leaky stator cover soon after putting in $50 bucks worth of synthetic, I just drained the oil then put it back in.

[Rallyfan]

$50 buys me four oil changes.

[Atesz792]

You drain it, it's dirty... clean, cheap, name brand oil is better than anything dirty I'd think.

[Rallyfan]

Shell is priced so well in the US, it's great. Feels like the 1990s again.