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Originally Posted by ATGATT
Just about my whole job is working on things figuring it out by the seat of my pants. Many of the things I work on are worth over a million dollars. Would I rather have instructions? Absolutely. Would I rather have a video? Yes, more than written instructions with pics.
Come on, why leave guess work. I've done many things to my bike with the manual and many things not in it, due to accessories.
I think a person in the know could make a lot of money making DVDs for the bonnie. There is a big market, including me.
Look at Harley, BMW, etc, they have videos. You mean to tell me they don't have manuals too? Again, there's a market and for good reason.
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ATGATT,
Dude I am not saying it is a bad idea, not at all. I am merely saying that the things he listed are not hard, and there is really not hard guess work. I was trying to say that he would be fine, and should not limit himself...
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Originally Posted by DrewDesign007
Videos I'd like to see:
Basic Maintenance :
Oil Changes : You drain the oil, then replace oil filter... (hand tighten or use book to find torque spec)
Basic Mods (Bars - Mirrors - Seats): Remeber how you take off the bars, seats, mirrors. To install new ones, go in reverse. There are many tricks for speedy hassle free steps, but reality is... it really is that simple.
Power Accessories (Heat Grips - Aux Electronic Devices): Heated grips, well that is a custom job... hence yes it is on the fly... but still not hard if you have a diagram of which wires you can splice into.
Bobbing Fenders - Body Work: Again, custom but there is more then enough info on this... and even a video on YouTube
all hosted by BonnieLass of course!
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Not trying to sound like I have all the answers at all... hardly. But when modding and most of all doing things like custom or universal parts... everyone will make their own adjustment anyways... that is what makes things customs. Everyone will need help at one point or another, but you should try to learn the stuff that you want to do before starting. It will help with the guess work. For example, I know nothing about valves... when it is time to adjust mine, I will find as much info on how they work, look like, breaking points, and any other info that i can find of relevance. From there, I will be able to learn and make educated guess work as I go through it. But I will have all the tech data in front of me to aid with stuff that you will not know.
If somebody does put videos together, I would hope it is on more difficult jobs, like engine rebuilds. But that is just my 0.02 cents anyhows... more power to them.
For me, learning how to do things, as I am doing it is ALL the fun. If I knew everything about my bike (which will most likely never happen), I think I would just add another bike to the garage to learn more stuff and start the whole process over.
Mondo
