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I must have a good mechanic because he lent me his sevice manual from the local Honda shop where he works. Never hurts to nice to your mechanic. Wonder if there is a Mechanics Day. Or Hug your local moto mech.. Seems to work for me.

that should have been posted in the sevice manuals topic.

Or the soap box....

What ? You don't make mistakes OR like your mechanic. Mine is a nice guy gives me use of tools, loans me manuals, gives me tips and tricks of the trade. All helpful stuff for a newbie mechanic. Will even find and then sell me hard to find parts. He deserves a motor cycle mechanics day.

I think you misunderstood...the soap box gets used for all kinds of stuff.

You are very fortunate to be bale to get to know your mechanic. I don't have the space at my apartment to be able to do anything mechanical....except maybe change an exhaust gasket....so I take my bike to the dealer where I bought the bike.

They are very good about answering my questions, but they are too busy to lend out equipment.

Is your mechanic an independent guy with his own repair shop?

Yes I did misunderstand. I seem to be using the embarrassed icon a lot these days. The mechanic I am referring to actually works for the local dealers shop. So far I have been doing as much maintenance on my own as I have experience to do. When I run into something I can't do I still take to them for R and R. Being helpful and friendly still gets my business every time.