Greeves246
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Motorcycle owners handbooks told you how to set the tappets,change oils and adjust the chain. Now they tell you not to drink the battery acid.
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I had an owners manual for a 1935 Morris 8, it told you all about how to strip the engine, fit the pistons etc, then you looked up how to time the ignition & it said “this is beyond the scope of most owners, take it to the Morris dealer” I could never quite fathom that one out.
Have I missed something?
Says kids etc can use it with supervision, after being shown how to use it . . . I guess they picked aged 8 to guess the size of hand required to hold it.
I was using tools given to me for my 6th birthday - still using some of them as also taught to look after them - 44 yrs later . . .
People can do different stuff - I couldn't do heart surgery, but bet the surgeon couldn't do my job either . . . but both of us could do competition car preparation and set identical times in a club sprint . . .
Says kids etc can use it with supervision, after being shown how to use it . . . I guess they picked aged 8 to guess the size of hand required to hold it.
I was using tools given to me for my 6th birthday - still using some of them as also taught to look after them - 44 yrs later . . .
People can do different stuff - I couldn't do heart surgery, but bet the surgeon couldn't do my job either . . . but both of us could do competition car preparation and set identical times in a club sprint . . .
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I've got / had kids and I wouldn't trust ans 8 year old with ANYTHING !!I've never had kids but not sure I would trust an 8 year old with a 2KW heat gun.... perhaps kids are smarter these days
Got 18, 28, 38 etc yr olds at work I still wouldn't trust with anything!
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From what I remember from older motorcyclists that when you bought a Norton International the handbook stated that as you were assumed to be a competent rider very little was explained and only the spec was given. Spoke to no 2 daughter earlier and was informed that her 911 driving hubby was waiting for lockdown to end so he could take his PUSH BIKE for a service. FFS! Didn't take the bate.
