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Rtfm?
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.
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Who needs the stinking manuals! Just ask the forum.
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My father was a pain in the **** when it came to maintaining a vehicle.
When I was 16, he took my license away for 30 days after I got a fix-it ticket for no tail lights. He wasn't taking it because I got the ticket. He took it because if I had read the owners manual I would have known that the dash lights and the tail lights are on the same fuse...thus I could have fixed it before getting on the road and getting stopped.
Since then, when I get a new vehicle of any kind, I grab the owner's manual and head to the in-house library. You would be suprised at what you can find out by reading the manual.
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I do all my own services since the 60's EXCEPT when the dealer throws them in for free as Reiman's HD in Kewanee does on the 1K when you purchase a bike there.
Here is a pic of my garage service area where I do the service's on my 5 HD's, three Corvettes, a Viper, my wife's car and my truck. That is the 010 Ultra just after I installed the oil cooler.
Here is a pic of all the vehicles.
In addition to services and installations, I do my own tire replacement, balancing, spoke lacing and what ever is needed.
As I said, I like to be self reliant so I have the skills, tools, equipment and resources to do so.
Here is a pic of my garage service area where I do the service's on my 5 HD's, three Corvettes, a Viper, my wife's car and my truck. That is the 010 Ultra just after I installed the oil cooler.
Here is a pic of all the vehicles.
In addition to services and installations, I do my own tire replacement, balancing, spoke lacing and what ever is needed.
As I said, I like to be self reliant so I have the skills, tools, equipment and resources to do so.
