When I bought the bike the guy gave me the Clymer Service and Repair manual, thankfully. There are some problems though, I think they assume you have some experience with motorcycle repair. For instance, when I thought I was having trouble with the starter they tell you how to test it but not where to find it!
Which is where their mistake came in. After finding the starter, I found the part in the back of the book where it says that for bikes after 1980 you must remove the engine to remove the starter. I thought that was the end; I would rather perform brain surgery than remove an engine. The instructions for removing the starter for a pre 1980 bike are to drop the exaust and the two bolts that hold the starter and yank the starter out. That is what I proceeded to do.
The problem is that when they work on the bike in the book, it doesn't have crash bars or a fairing. It wasn't too much of a problem removing the crashbars, the problem came when I tried to remove the exhaust pipe. The first of the two bolts that hold the pipe to the rear frame ( I didn't get to try the second bolt) was rusted and I stripped it trying to get it off. This could only happen after removing the left panier. To remove the panier I had to disconnect the light which ran through it. Since I stripped the nut I had to try to remove the bolt that held the bracket that held the pipe, which was a little easier. I then had to loosen the clamp that holds the right and left pipe tie in. This might be common for every mechanic but I'm no mechanic and this all seemed like a long way around the barn.
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