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Happy Memorial weekend. Whats going on everybody. Been a lurker for years, always been a great site. Unfortunately I haven't had experience on my bike other than swapping lights and oil/fluid changes. Bike finally needs "real work" done and it is beyond my knowledge. Just ordered a service manual, and will be buying a decent set of tools today. Looking forward to posting and getting feedback from you pros out there when needed.
Welcome from Spartan Country, Michigan! I tell a lot of new comers to the forum to get: Factory Service manual and the Parts manual. Take to an office supply store and have them put a spiral binder in place of the glued binder. That will let the manuals lay flat on your bench. Get a three ring binder and record all your maintenance, repairs, accessories, etc. This will be a great reminder of what was done when. And great material to pass along to the new owner should you sell and upgrade. Also know how large your fuel tank is, a rough idea of your range per tank, and record your fuel usage. I have an app called Simply Auto that I record all my fuel used. I use the odometer and use the fuel gage as reference only. I reset the odometer to zero on fill ups, and I know I can safely get 200 miles on a tank on around town riding, and upwards of 230+ on trips.
Welcome from Spartan Country, Michigan! I tell a lot of new comers to the forum to get: Factory Service manual and the Parts manual. Take to an office supply store and have them put a spiral binder in place of the glued binder. That will let the manuals lay flat on your bench. Get a three ring binder and record all your maintenance, repairs, accessories, etc. This will be a great reminder of what was done when. And great material to pass along to the new owner should you sell and upgrade. Also know how large your fuel tank is, a rough idea of your range per tank, and record your fuel usage. I have an app called Simply Auto that I record all my fuel used. I use the odometer and use the fuel gage as reference only. I reset the odometer to zero on fill ups, and I know I can safely get 200 miles on a tank on around town riding, and upwards of 230+ on trips.
Thank you for that advice. I will definitely keep all of that in mind. My bench is my garage floor haha but yes will probably do that to make life easier. Hoping to get this thing running sooner than later. Service Manual should be here by mid week 🤞🏼
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Happy Memorial weekend. Whats going on everybody. Been a lurker for years, always been a great site. Unfortunately I haven't had experience on my bike other than swapping lights and oil/fluid changes. Bike finally needs "real work" done and it is beyond my knowledge. Just ordered a service manual, and will be buying a decent set of tools today. Looking forward to posting and getting feedback from you pros out there when needed.
@EJ82
Another Floridian. YAYAYAYAYA!!! Hi there EJ82, WELCOME to HDF. You will find the techies here REALLY GOOD!!
NICE location. In a moment, u r outta FL and off to some good northern riding. Me....I had to ride a day just to git outta FL. LOL!!
GOOD to haveu with us..
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