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Jaydub
Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 07:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

NOTE:

Adjust mirrors so you can see a small portion of your shoulders in each mirror. This will help you establish the relative distance of vehicles to the rear of your motorcycle.

Those lawyers a Buell sure have a sense of humor
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Danger_dave
Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 08:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Do not get the engine wet when washing the bike got me.
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Froggy
Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 08:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Dave, that one confused the hell out of me too, so I stopped washing it. : )
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Spiderman
Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 09:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

my all time fav is, "Warning you can die!"

: )
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Barker
Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 09:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My scooter manual reads:

"Do not drive on inflammable roads."

WTF?
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Danger_dave
Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 09:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)



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Spiderman
Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 09:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

All your base are belong to us!
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Barker
Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 09:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

chingrish
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Danger_dave
Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 09:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

puckered expediently.
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Aesquire
Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 10:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"Changlessmove" Brilliant! so you can be careful of "Abecedarian"?

"Lapidarian" Where is this gem studded road? Good to avoid, yeah, but I want to see it.

I used to collect old Japaneeeese motorcycle manuals. Before they got good translators.

The best is Suzuki's "Electrical Works & Equipments". If I read aloud the explanation for how a points ignition system works, it causes a zen confusion, but, in fact, if you listen, it makes more sense than Chilton's ever did.

"Control the speed freely" guys!
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Rainman
Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 10:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My old Subaru manual (1983) said "if check engine come on, just try to find a qualified service personnel."

Apparently finding someone qualified was harder than it looked.
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Pwnzor
Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 11:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Is recommend A-number-one happy good time reading material.

You have very lucky electronics!

Mr. Sparkle says:

I'm disrespectful to dirt!
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Thespive
Posted on Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 01:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

--Sean
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Henry_the_8th
Posted on Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 02:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Oh I love these.



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Corporatemonkey
Posted on Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 04:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon." (Honda rider manual, 1962)
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Reepicheep
Posted on Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 08:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

A friend of mine pulled up on an old (but *very* cool honda... it was cruiserish, but had a ancestor of the interceptor engine in it, greats sounding V...

It did, however, have a plate stamped on the frame that recommend you replace the tires with the stock "Dunrops". No joke.

It'd be entertaining to learn how the english manuals get butchered overseas...
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Doerman
Posted on Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 12:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I remember reading in my Duc 900SS manual ('96 model):

"The frame is of trellis construction. It is the best because we are very good at it."

'nuff said I think
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Hexangler
Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 12:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Rotus Root anyone?














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Not_purple_s2
Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 01:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon." (Honda rider manual, 1962)

that is AWESOME!!!
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Henry_the_8th
Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 01:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Also from said 1962 Honda manual

2. When a passenger of the foot, hooves in sight, tootel the horn

trumpet melodiously at first. If he still obstacles your passage,

tootel him with vigor and express by word of mouth, warning Hi, Hi.

3. Beware of the wandering horse that he shall not take
fright as you pass him. Do not explode the exhaust box at him.

Go soothingly by.

4. Give big space to the festive dog that makes sport
in roadway. Avoid entanglement of dog with wheel spokes.
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Danger_dave
Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 01:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have a .jpg somewhere that refutes the Honda source.

My copy says it was a literal translation of the Japanese Road code by US Forces after the war.

I think it's legit - It makes more sense than Honda getting it so wrong.
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Corporatemonkey
Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 03:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

A few years ago I had a set of Yamaha saltwater wave runners.

There was a warning sticker on it that stated something akin to

"The main waterjet will cause injuries if aimed at your genitals"

My first thought was what the hell happened for the lawyers to require a sticker. Is this some new fetish I am not aware of?
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Doerman
Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 09:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Rotus Root_ Is that the Asian version of fried okra?
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Hexangler
Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 11:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Rotus/Lotus get it?
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Djkaplan
Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 01:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Skid demon?

I know that guy.
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