Honda Common Service Manual

[pekingduck]

pekingduck, I tried your test - mine did leave a larger stain.
Could you tell me what is the 'Date of issue' on page vi of your manual?
The date of issue in mine is 'November 2012' - the back cover on mine has a copyright date of 2020.
Wanted to make sure this is the latest version.

Hello pekingduck, Looks like 61CSM00 is back in stock at helm - I ordered it and received it today.
You mentioned in your post that this is printed on oil resistant paper - seems to be normal paper to me. I'm a bit hesitant to test whether it is oil resistant hy:. Does anyone know how to make out it if it is oil-resistant paper? The cover does seem to be thicker and laminated.

The little known Honda Common Service Manual is the bible for Honda motorcycle repair. Here is a review from Revzilla yesterday:

If you want to learn to work on motorcycles, here's where to start - RevZilla

At $49 from Helm, printed on oil resistant paper, it's truly a bargain, and probably one of the last manuals of this type available in print form before everything goes digital.

I just did a little home test. Put a dab of oil on a finger, touched a piece of regular printer paper (what most people selling on-demand copies of manuals use) and it immediately soaked through, no way to wipe it off. Did it on a page of my manual, and I was able to wipe it off with a tissue with minimal stain, no soaking through to the other side.

(I feel like I'm hawking Tide Pods or something)

I just did a little home test. Put a dab of oil on a finger, touched a piece of regular printer paper (what most people selling on-demand copies of manuals use) and it immediately soaked through, no way to wipe it off. Did it on a page of my manual, and I was able to wipe it off with a tissue with minimal stain, no soaking through to the other side.

(I feel like I'm hawking Tide Pods or something)

Mine is Nov 2012 but printed 2017. I don't think there were any revisions.

 

[Houtman_imp]

It depends if it was dyno oil or synthetic oil.....

 

[satchit]

pekingduck, I tried your test - mine did leave a larger stain.
Could you tell me what is the 'Date of issue' on page vi of your manual?
The date of issue in mine is 'November 2012' - the back cover on mine has a copyright date of 2020.
Wanted to make sure this is the latest version.

Hello pekingduck, Looks like 61CSM00 is back in stock at helm - I ordered it and received it today.
You mentioned in your post that this is printed on oil resistant paper - seems to be normal paper to me. I'm a bit hesitant to test whether it is oil resistant hy:. Does anyone know how to make out it if it is oil-resistant paper? The cover does seem to be thicker and laminated.

The little known Honda Common Service Manual is the bible for Honda motorcycle repair. Here is a review from Revzilla yesterday:

If you want to learn to work on motorcycles, here's where to start - RevZilla

At $49 from Helm, printed on oil resistant paper, it's truly a bargain, and probably one of the last manuals of this type available in print form before everything goes digital.

I just did a little home test. Put a dab of oil on a finger, touched a piece of regular printer paper (what most people selling on-demand copies of manuals use) and it immediately soaked through, no way to wipe it off. Did it on a page of my manual, and I was able to wipe it off with a tissue with minimal stain, no soaking through to the other side.

(I feel like I'm hawking Tide Pods or something)

I just did a little home test. Put a dab of oil on a finger, touched a piece of regular printer paper (what most people selling on-demand copies of manuals use) and it immediately soaked through, no way to wipe it off. Did it on a page of my manual, and I was able to wipe it off with a tissue with minimal stain, no soaking through to the other side.

(I feel like I'm hawking Tide Pods or something)

Mine is Nov 2012 but printed 2017. I don't think there were any revisions.

pekingduck.

It depends if it was dyno oil or synthetic oil.....

Houtman, grade and brand too...

 

[Guth_imp]

Count me amongst the fans of the Common Service Manual. It provides such a great wealth of information — highly recommended. The knowledge to dollar ratio provided by this book is very high indeed. To be fair, I tend to love Honda's service manuals in general as every one of them that I've encountered personally has been incredibly easy to use (especially when compared to the service manuals provided by a number of other manufacturers). This is due in part to the consistently wonderful layout of information, that is incredibly well written, and there is always plenty of information provided. The service manual for my S2000 alone came in two volumes with a combined thickness that is more than double that of the Common Service Manual.

You find the nicest service manuals with a Honda, lol.

 

[Bazbro_imp]

Count me amongst the fans of the Common Service Manual. It provides such a great wealth of information — highly recommended. The knowledge to dollar ratio provided by this book is very high indeed. To be fair, I tend to love Honda's service manuals in general as every one of them that I've encountered personally has been incredibly easy to use (especially when compared to the service manuals provided by a number of other manufacturers). This is due in part to the consistently wonderful layout of information, that is incredibly well written, and there is always plenty of information provided. The service manual for my S2000 alone came in two volumes with a combined thickness that is more than double that of the Common Service Manual.

You find the nicest service manuals with a Honda, lol.

I agree with Guth and others regarding the quality of Honda's publications, particularly the Common Services Manual and the CB1100's Service Manual - superb.
However, back in about 1972 or 1973, I bought Honda's workshop manual for the CB750 K2, and it contained the gem "...the side cover is change of shape and design sporty-looking"!! I loved that! There were many other howlers in it too! :

 

[satchit]

Count me amongst the fans of the Common Service Manual. It provides such a great wealth of information — highly recommended. The knowledge to dollar ratio provided by this book is very high indeed. To be fair, I tend to love Honda's service manuals in general as every one of them that I've encountered personally has been incredibly easy to use (especially when compared to the service manuals provided by a number of other manufacturers). This is due in part to the consistently wonderful layout of information, that is incredibly well written, and there is always plenty of information provided. The service manual for my S2000 alone came in two volumes with a combined thickness that is more than double that of the Common Service Manual.

You find the nicest service manuals with a Honda, lol.

I agree with Guth and others regarding the quality of Honda's publications, particularly the Common Services Manual and the CB1100's Service Manual - superb.
However, back in about 1972 or 1973, I bought Honda's workshop manual for the CB750 K2, and it contained the gem "...the side cover is change of shape and design sporty-looking"!! I loved that! There were many other howlers in it too! :

I found this on facebook...

 

[pekingduck]

In the mid-'70s I had a Honda CB92 125 Super Sport. The early owner's manual had pages in the back showing how to ride scrambles, trials, road racing and top speed. This advice is no longer given freely by Honda.

 

[the Ferret]

Lol those are great

 

[Guth_imp]

Count me amongst the fans of the Common Service Manual. It provides such a great wealth of information — highly recommended. The knowledge to dollar ratio provided by this book is very high indeed. To be fair, I tend to love Honda's service manuals in general as every one of them that I've encountered personally has been incredibly easy to use (especially when compared to the service manuals provided by a number of other manufacturers). This is due in part to the consistently wonderful layout of information, that is incredibly well written, and there is always plenty of information provided. The service manual for my S2000 alone came in two volumes with a combined thickness that is more than double that of the Common Service Manual.

You find the nicest service manuals with a Honda, lol.

I agree with Guth and others regarding the quality of Honda's publications, particularly the Common Services Manual and the CB1100's Service Manual - superb.
However, back in about 1972 or 1973, I bought Honda's workshop manual for the CB750 K2, and it contained the gem "...the side cover is change of shape and design sporty-looking"!! I loved that! There were many other howlers in it too! :

I found this on facebook...

Awesome (even it were proven to not be real).

That list actually looks like something straight from a game show...

"Can a 7th grade boy read this list in it's entirety without laughing?"

 

[peterbaron]

Post #26, perfect 5 commandments

 

[pdedse]

Had I known those 5 simple rules, I would have avoided nearly all my mc accidents.

 

[pekingduck]

I actually do practice #2, tooting my horn at pedestrians in the crosswalk and yelling through my helmet "Hi, Hi", although yes, it actually sounds more like "Die, Die!"

 

[Cormanus]

:rofl:

I wish I’d revised on #5 earlier this year.

 

[Guth_imp]

It has been said that had Honda's speed jockeys followed Rollie Free's lead, the CB92 itself would have been deeply entrenched in the folklore of the Bonneville Salt Flats, holding it's rightful spot next to the Vincent Black Lightning as piloted by Free. Sadly Honda were absolute sticklers when it came their insistence that all factory riders don their proper factory-issued racing coveralls. Oh but what could have been if weren't for those cursed speed-robbing coveralls.

 

[HondaJon_imp]

Darn Festive Dog!!

 

[Lord Popgun]

Wait. You mean we’re NOT supposed to ride like that? Dang, now I have to change my style