The guy who wrote the Honda Benly manual ....

[Lannis]

He's still alive and he's still working, he's up to date and working for a cell phone company!   Great to see older folks still being productive ...



Lannis

[Triple Jim]

So does the case live up to that description?

[Phang]

I think I can write better than him and I probably charge less, will do it for $10

[Xlratr]

Easy schleping is important for me! :-)


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[sib]

He sure can't spell.  Schlepping has 2 p's.

[Triple Jim]

He sure can't spell.  Schlepping has 2 p's.

He got cervix correct though.

[pat80flh]

Apparently circles in his country have 365 degrees.

[Triple Jim]

Apparently circles in his country have 365 degrees.

365.2422 degrees, I think.

[stormshearon]

Reminds me of my honda 305 manual and its lengthy discussion of rickness mixture. 

[Mike Crenshaw]

I believe he also wrote these words to live by from an early Japanese owners manual..."Go soothingly on the grease mud for therein lurks the skid demon".

[britman]

Reminds me of my honda 305 manual and its lengthy discussion of rickness mixture. 

Nothing like a good old 305.  They do tend to run a little "Fat" until the sweet spot is dialed in, but damn what lines.........

[KiwiKev]

I believe he also wrote these words to live by from an early Japanese owners manual..."Go soothingly on the grease mud for therein lurks the skid demon".

Lol, that's sound advice [emoji23]


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[RANDM]

That fella sure confused a 17 yearold me with my 125 Benly.
He does seem to have gotten a goodly amount of work - must
know someone I guess. 

Maurie

[Muzz]

I believe he also wrote these words to live by from an early Japanese owners manual..."Go soothingly on the grease mud for therein lurks the skid demon".

My Honda C100 manual must have been written by a different linguist; "beware the greasy puddle ,wherein lurks the dreaded skid demon". Same demon, different hazard.

It also encouraged you to "tootle melodiously' on the horn if something/someone was in front of you.

[RANDM]

My Honda C100 manual must have been written by a different linguist; "beware the greasy puddle ,wherein lurks the dreaded skid demon". Same demon, different hazard.

It also encouraged you to "tootle melodiously' on the horn if something/someone was in front of you.

Of course - it had to be melodious, you were on a Honda and therefor
"a nice person". Not for you the outraged squawk of the unwashed.
 

Maurie

[KiwiKev]

 Some US manual writers had a SOH back in the seventies when I worked for Hewlett-Packard .

A blank page in the service manual had "this page intentionally left blank" printed smack in the middle of the page.

Another wag included a full page graph for converting hertz to cycles per second in the back. One axis was logarithmic scale to make it look technical.

A 9810 service manual from memory.


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[KiwiKev]

Of course - it had to be melodious, you were on a Honda and therefor
"a nice person". Not for you the outraged squawk of the unwashed.
 

Maurie

https://youtu.be/WwWaPOlzWnI




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[KiwiKev]

Ahh if only Guzzi had a song like that, sung by the Guzzelles of corse


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[Muzz]

Those C100's were amazing bikes. When we first got married they (we had two) were our main form of transport. The Matchy only got hauled out for longer rides and although we had an old dungbucket car we couldn't afford the petrol; the budget was VERY tight! Those Hondas transported us and the kids all over the place. The C100's were a pushrod motor, the C50 was an OHC. The song was referring to the C100, the C50 had not yet come out. The main bearings were about the same size as the ones in the Matchy! No wonder they were bullet proof.

[Lannis]

It also encouraged you to "tootle melodiously' on the horn if something/someone was in front of you.

The old BSA Bantam (two stroke 125 - 175 singles) "driver's manuals" including an instruction to dip the high beam when traffic approached to avoid "dazzling" the oncoming drivers ...

BWAAAAAA-HAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahhah  ....

Lannis

[KiwiKev]

Those C100's were amazing bikes. When we first got married they (we had two) were our main form of transport. The Matchy only got hauled out for longer rides and although we had an old dungbucket car we couldn't afford the petrol; the budget was VERY tight! Those Hondas transported us and the kids all over the place. The C100's were a pushrod motor, the C50 was an OHC. The song was referring to the C100, the C50 had not yet come out. The main bearings were about the same size as the ones in the Matchy! No wonder they were bullet proof.

Yeh - and the matchy wasn't bulletproof was it.

Enjoyed listening to that song again and the watching the cheesey video I hadn't seen b4 .

Corporates seemed to be latching on to the idea back then , like the Kodachrome song we were being brainwashed.


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[Penderic]

One of the reasons that many bought a Honda ....


 

[fossil]

What is wrong with this display? In German "ASS" is "Acetylsalizils�ure" - Aspirin. Must be a pharmacy.

[Phang]

One of the reasons that many bought a Honda ....


 

The Chinese words say:-

Suzuki Taiwan Authorised Service Shop

[Lannis]

One of the reasons that many bought a Honda ....


 

That's pretty good.   It's funny that people thought they sold donkeys there ... !

[Penderic]

Authorized Service Shop Managers for Suzuki motorcycles have their own plates too.

[oldbike54]

 So Pennie , now we understand what it means when someone says "hey , get your happy ass over here" 

 Dusty

[pehayes]

IIRC, there was an early Guzzi LoopFrame manual with similar context issues.  Owners debated how to check the oil level?  Just push in the dipstick?  Or thread it into position and then remove for level inspection?  The book instructions were something along the lines of "Insert the dipstick and screw it up completely."

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

[Muzz]

"Insert the dipstick and screw it up completely."

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

Love it!

[oldbike54]

 Sometimes even English to 'Murican is dangerous and a bit confusing . Some of the old Brit car and motorbike manuals mentioned that if the engine failed to start to check the petrol level with a torch 

 Dusty