Nathan, my co-owner repurposed an old quart bottle for the same purpose… works pretty well!

I tried this with oil bottles too. Seemed too hard to slide in properly with all the plumbing and wiring around my oil filter. For the last couple of years I used the following:
1. punch a hole in the oil filter
2. let drain for a while,
3. blow compressed air into the hole (rubber tip works great)
4. push a rag under the tread
5. duct tape the hole
6. spin off the oil filter
Gets 10 drops in the rag if done properly.

As Jim said, I modded a Philips oil container. The long neck on it makes a convenient handle with which to maneuver it. It does take a little maneuvering, but it fits like a glove. I’ll post a photo in a bit when I’m on better wifi. Roscoe’s Chinese food container probably has a little more holding capacity, though. The Philips container can get a little full…

Reading these posts makes things confusing. What I really want to do is drain the oil as well as change the oil filter. Do I have to remove the lower cowl to do all that?

For draining, if you don’t have a quick-drain, I’d get one installed. Then get a section of tubing 3′ long or so and run it through the cowl flap on the bottom and into a bucket. Just make sure the tubing is snug on the drain fitting, because I’ve made one heck of a mess after the hose popped loose once.

Not sure what folks without a quick-drain do, maybe rig up something with a funnel…

I use a large ziplock bag, slide it over filter, unscrew it and it falls in the bag, zip it shut and all done!