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While I was waiting at the dealer for my 1K service, a guy was trading his bike in on a new scoot. He handed the salesman his manual from the old bike. The salesman looked at it for awhile and saw that the original wrapper was still on the book. He said to the buyer " You never read this huh!"
That brought up my thoughts on owners manuals and questions on this forum. Parents spoon feed babies. But as they grow they are trained or should be trained to be more self reliant. I developed a policy that I will only help a family member, friend or neighbor if they are half way trying to do something them self.
I won't spoon feed anyone. Many questions are asked on this forum that the owners manual would cover and could be read in less time than it takes to post the question.
In my world having a man card means that I have an owners manual and the service manual. Then use them to solve a problem. If that doesn't work, then I seek help from others.
I recently put a SE Stage one breather on the 010 Dyna. The owners manual, service manual and the instruction sheet with the breather kit had different info. On the instruction sheet it said to remove the Maxi-fuse first.
The word Maxi-fuse had a registered trade mark after it. Now where in both manuals was there any reference to what a Maxi-fuse was.
On the forum the general thought was that it was the main fuse.
Maybe I'm just a grumpy old man but try to help yourself first before just asking others to do it for you.
That brought up my thoughts on owners manuals and questions on this forum. Parents spoon feed babies. But as they grow they are trained or should be trained to be more self reliant. I developed a policy that I will only help a family member, friend or neighbor if they are half way trying to do something them self.
I won't spoon feed anyone. Many questions are asked on this forum that the owners manual would cover and could be read in less time than it takes to post the question.
In my world having a man card means that I have an owners manual and the service manual. Then use them to solve a problem. If that doesn't work, then I seek help from others.
I recently put a SE Stage one breather on the 010 Dyna. The owners manual, service manual and the instruction sheet with the breather kit had different info. On the instruction sheet it said to remove the Maxi-fuse first.
The word Maxi-fuse had a registered trade mark after it. Now where in both manuals was there any reference to what a Maxi-fuse was.
On the forum the general thought was that it was the main fuse.
Maybe I'm just a grumpy old man but try to help yourself first before just asking others to do it for you.
Hooray for lh4X4. He changed an air filter and a backing plate all by himself. He's da man!
I hope that helps a bit. Just for the books, my wife, who's absolutely not mechanically inclined, changed the breather on my softail, just because she wanted to... And didn't need either a service nor an owners manual tod do it. And she doesnt even have a man card.
This said, dude, this is the internet, and a forum is the place to ask when in doubt. I don't see what's wrong with that, as long as it isn't the 34234th thread about mushroom helmets or dino/syn oil. Things that seem obvious and simple to you and me, may seem complicated to someone else. So what?
And by the way, I really don't give a flying fugg if you spoon or breast feed your kids. I don't tell you what to do, and you try your best to return the favour. How's that?
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I'll be goll darned. I've been a heavy computer/internet user for, well, since they started. I didn't know you could do that. Seriously. Amazing what you can learn on this forum!!! Thanks!
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