11-12-2017, 02:18 AM
When I bought my CB500XA Service Manual from Helm, it was easy to remove the pages from the binding and place them in a 3-ring binder. I liked that for all the reasons I stated above.
They probably changed the binding to discourage people from making copies of the manual to give to friends or to sell them. When you consider the copying time required and price of ink cartridges, it hardly seems worthwhile.
I only made the greasy garage pages I needed for the easy maintenance jobs. The big ones I paid the dealer to save myself the frustration of having to take half the CB500XA apart to check the valves or change the two spark plugs.
Hopefully the CB1100 will be easier since it is not shrouded with plastic panels.
They probably changed the binding to discourage people from making copies of the manual to give to friends or to sell them. When you consider the copying time required and price of ink cartridges, it hardly seems worthwhile.
I only made the greasy garage pages I needed for the easy maintenance jobs. The big ones I paid the dealer to save myself the frustration of having to take half the CB500XA apart to check the valves or change the two spark plugs.
Hopefully the CB1100 will be easier since it is not shrouded with plastic panels.