New used bike check list

[LongRanger_imp]

I'm referencing the Honda Service Manual. It says the same thing in the Owner's Manual. 5.2 quarts if you disassemble the engine.

[woodsparrow_imp]

I'm referencing the Honda Service Manual. It says the same thing in the Owner's Manual. 5.2 quarts if you disassemble the engine.

Ah. So what I was seeing was the 'if you take the engine apart' values. Makes sense now!

I ended up pulling it back in and draining another (wait, it's a shocker) quart out.

It's now almost perfectly between the high/low lines, which would give it...4 quarts.

Oh well. Live and learn. I enjoyed it so no real loss.

Can you point me in the direction of that service manual? I want to do the brakes next time I've got a free weekend, and I hate pestering people online every 5 minutes.

Google shows me a couple, but always like to get recommendations from actual users on which is good/worth buying.

[flynrider]

I believe Helm and Honda are the only legit sources for a new shop manual. I've seen some bootleg and used manuals occasionally available on Ebay.

Here's the Helm link :

http://www.helminc.com/helm/product2.asp...ku=61MGC01

[the Ferret]

If you had looked at the thread popgun linked to in post 4 of this thread you would have seen the 4.1 qt spec.

[Ulvetanna_imp]

I'm referencing the Honda Service Manual. It says the same thing in the Owner's Manual. 5.2 quarts if you disassemble the engine.

Ah. So what I was seeing was the 'if you take the engine apart' values. Makes sense now!

I ended up pulling it back in and draining another (wait, it's a shocker) quart out.

It's now almost perfectly between the high/low lines, which would give it...4 quarts.

Oh well. Live and learn. I enjoyed it so no real loss.

Can you point me in the direction of that service manual? I want to do the brakes next time I've got a free weekend, and I hate pestering people online every 5 minutes.

Google shows me a couple, but always like to get recommendations from actual users on which is good/worth buying.

Ah. So what I was seeing was the 'if you take the engine apart' values. Makes sense now!

I ended up pulling it back in and draining another (wait, it's a shocker) quart out.

It's now almost perfectly between the high/low lines, which would give it...4 quarts.

Oh well. Live and learn. I enjoyed it so no real loss.

Can you point me in the direction of that service manual? I want to do the brakes next time I've got a free weekend, and I hate pestering people online every 5 minutes.

Google shows me a couple, but always like to get recommendations from actual users on which is good/worth buying. I can tell you the retaining pins in the front calipers are 13 lbs-ft.

I just coughed up the dough for the printed manual, it's come in very handy many times. Got quite a few greasy thumbprints on the pages now.

I'm referencing the Honda Service Manual. It says the same thing in the Owner's Manual. 5.2 quarts if you disassemble the engine.

There are some guys out there who probably would dissasemble the engine to change the oil.