The bolt is a little tough - but not impossible.  Get the correct sized combination wrench....the longer the wrench the better and a 6 point box is even better.  Have someone help you - or block the bike so it does not roll off the kickstand.  With the wrench on the bolt and hanging down - pull toward the front of the bike as hard as you can.  If pure muscle doesn't get it - then use a soft blow hammer to persuade things.

If that fails - you could use one of the cheap $ 8.00 hand pumps that use a tube to suck the oil out of the crankcase from the fill hole.  This will get your oil changed until you can get the bike to a mechanic that can remove the stubborn drain plug.  The oil drain plug does not need to be "Gorilla" tight - it just needs to be snugged up with a good sealant washer to prevent leaks.

Hey Dave...thanks for the quick response. So from what I'm hearing is the drain plug is a reverse thread? By pulling toward the front of the bike would be turning the plug to the right...correct? If that's the case...that is probably why it wouldn't budge for me...lol.   I was treating it as if it were a common threading, applying the rule "righty tighty, lefty loosy". Wow, I must be an idiot...

Its standard thread counterclockwise is taking it off use a box wench and tap lightly with a hammer after you sprayed something like WD 40 on it.

Good god how many times have you changed your oil ?
Not left handed thread
Take combo wrench place on plug as far forward and up as possible
Take a hammer and smack it down
I prefer to interlock another combo wrench for addition leverage and push down.
But either will work.

If it truely is stuck, and you need to change it now, and fix it later...
You can drain thru the timing port on the left.  Messy, but can be done.
remove port, lay it down, return to upright to let any residual oil to drain down and repeat.

Dunno if a good idea in this situation BUT.. if you can get the bike high enough, and have an impact wrench, that might work.

If you can do that, have as much of the wrench ABOVE the bolt as you can, or you will have a very oily, messy, nasty impact wrench if it spins all the way out!

Wrench on plug with wrench pointing out toward front tire, drive down on wrench. Easier done from right side than kickstand side.

TS wrote on 05/21/12 at 08:43:41:


Don't feel too bad.   About half the bikes I've owned place the drain plug conveniently above or right next to the exhaust pipe???   That way you're guaranteed to spew oil all over your hot exhaust.