Never trust a Haynes manual

[Disky]

dont do any of my own work on bikes, but thought, sod it, I'll try.....


Did il and filter, plugs etc, went to do the air filter and thought WTF !!!!


Luckily, Tefer sent me a link from you tube.


Does anyone actually follow Haynes nformation ? Lol

[daviee]

thats to  remove the air box not the filter 

[tommyardin]

10 minute job according to the information you posted from the Wonderfully Accurate Haynes Bible.
Man up Disky don't be such a lightweight 

[tommyardin]

10 minute job according to the information you posted from the Wonderfully Accurate Haynes Bible.
Man up Disky don't be such a lightweight 

The other way is remove the fuel tank and do it from under there, but that is the way lightweights do it, you know those ones with no commitment and no appetite for adventure.
I have a Haynes manual and must admit it's been useful, but if the is the way they recommend changing the air filter element I will question their judgement on future maintenance

[Disky]

Glad I'm not mechanically minded 

[tommyardin]

Glad I'm not mechanically minded 

Seriously it is an easy job to change the air filter, loosen the bolt/allen screw at the front of the fuel tank just behind steering yoke, remover seat, undo the bolt that passes through the brackets at the rear of the tank, get a suitable size piece of wood about 16 inches long by about 3 inches deep, raise the tank from the back and slide the piece of wood under the tank about 1/3rd the way along from the rear between the bottom of tank and the frame, the screw at the front that you loosened will keep the tank in place and stop it falling off the frame. Under the rear of the tank is a fuel tap, shut the tap off and disconnect the the fuel line by pinching the two lugs on the clip together with a pair of pointed nosed pliers, a small amount of fuel will come out of the pipe but nothing to worry about, you can slip a piece of rag under the fuel tap if you wish to catch the leakage. You will find a electrical green connector and plug that that connects to the fuel gauge disconnect this by just unplugging it. you can now remove the screw from the front of the tank completely and lift the tank from the bike. put it in a secure place where its not going fall or get damaged. Change the filter element and put bike back together in reverse procedure. Not forgetting to connect the fuel pipe and fuel gauge electrical connector, and don't forget to switch the fuel tap to the on position.
45 Minutes if you take your time and have a wipe around under the tank with a rag dampened with WD 40.
While you there check the coolant level in the radiator, cap on the right hand side front of bike under the fuel tank.
Jobs-a-Gooden. 

[Bretty]

ASSEMBLY -
Assembly is the reverse of disassembly.

[bikemad]

Over the years of owning various bikes I use Haynes as a 'reference' but never take it as gospel 💩
Often they (try to) cover several models & both sports/commuter bikes via the same manual err 🤓
Some jobs are either not in there or the wrong info is printed ! the best manuals other than oem are the Clymer ones these are a thick book in comparison,covering everything from electrics & all the values of each component,to all the engine tolerance use of plasti-gauge etc for real accurate measurement really well printed.

[daviee]

if you look under maintenance procedures page 1.12 it shows you their how to remove the air filter the other is for removing the air box    simples

[celticdog]

    According to Haynes it's only a 3 spanner job, get the finger out, you'll have it done by teatime.

[Disky]

It's done, new oil & filter and plugs so chuffed with myself lol


Still after 3 years it was running a bit lumpy, so added some Forte gas advanced fuel cleaner and file with super unleaded,,,,  holy crap bat man, she flies lolol

[Zark]

Seriously it is an easy job to change the air filter,... While you there check the coolant level in the radiator, cap on the right hand side front of bike under the fuel tank.
Jobs-a-Gooden. 

There's a fuel filter under there too... just follow the fuel pipe down to it's bracket. Last time I was delving around, I changed that. Old one had done 20k odd miles. No idea if it needed a new one!

[Disky]

Seriously it is an easy job to change the air filter,... While you there check the coolant level in the radiator, cap on the right hand side front of bike under the fuel tank.
Jobs-a-Gooden. 

There's a fuel filter under there too... just follow the fuel pipe down to it's bracket. Last time I was delving around, I changed that. Old one had done 20k odd miles. No idea if it needed a new one!

 

[unfazed]

dont do any of my own work on bikes, but thought, sod it, I'll try.....
Did il and filter, plugs etc, went to do the air filter and thought WTF !!!!
Luckily, Tefer sent me a link from you tube.
Does anyone actually follow Haynes nformation ? Lol

I think we should change the heading of this thread:

Never trust a Foccer reading the Haynes Manual to open the right page

 

[matt7chunk]

I think we should change the heading of this thread:

Never trust a Foccer reading the Haynes Manual to open the right page

 



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