The entire comment section seems to be missing this is assholedesign and offering the same shitty solutions without addressing the asshole design...

All this mess could have been prevented with a little bit of cardboard between the drain and the exhaust, you realise that I hope.

This is super common with motorcycles. The motor should be warm, but not ignite-the-oil hot during an oil change. Clean it up with some brake cleaner.

Use a piece of aluminum foil to make a little drain to direct the oil over the exhaust.

Next time just rotate the bike 90° so the oil drains straight out and misses the exhaust. Problem solved!

I bet the maintenance guide says to use a funnel or something ¯\(ツ)/¯

Doesn't help for this (or the next) oil change... But look into a fujimoto drain plug. Its a mini ball valve that is spring loaded (so you have to press the leaver up before you can turn it... Also has a 2nd safety in the form of a plastic clip that prevents it from being pressed up). Makes oil changes so easy. For your bike, it might still be too recessed, but the valve has a hose barb on it too so you can direct the oil into the drain pan

Well the problem with that is when you lay the bike down, the oil port gets shaved off and you lose all your oil. Don’t ask me how I know.

So yeah, it’s a PITA to use a funnel, but it’s still the preferable option.

Super duke is like this too I just put aluminum foil over the exhaust.

The engineering team that designed the engine never communicated with the engineering team that designed the motorcycle.

That would cost $0.76 more in materials per vehicle, unacceptable!

Problems such as these are usually a management failure. The design of individual components are often owned by a particular person or small group. They take responsibility for the design and testing. If one person owns the sump and another person owns the exhaust pipe, their work needs to be coordinated in such a way that the finished product meets all its goals. It wouldn't be a surprise to find out that the exhaust engineer had to re-route the pipe in order to resolve some other clash and they ran out of time to fix the new problem before mass production had to start. Making complex machinery is difficult.

But they saved so much money by having it this short!!!

What kind of motor is this?

It's most likely set back to keep it protected. A bit annoying but probably better than having it stick out and be exposed.

Keeps the exhaust pipe from rusting. /s

What's the big deal just spray some degreaser on it then take it for a big rip

I'm not a motorbike person, but couldn't they sell a 50 cent plastic thingy you could screw on instead of the cap that would make it go into some container even?

It just works.

A lot of bad can be said about Harleys but I love that my 48 just has a little rubber hose with a plug in it to drain the oil.