Re: did this group die?

Andrews wrote:

You will *never forget* a CCV replacement badgolferman. Never.
It's not possible to forget because you have to rip the engine bay
apart.
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When you replace the cooling system, you will *never forget* that the
Behr expansion tank is just about as complicated as they could have
made it.
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When you replace the thermostat & waterpump, you will *never forget*
the special 32mm tools you need just to spin off the radiator fan
which has to be removed before you can get the serpentine belt off.
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To get the serpentine belt off, you will *never forget* how strongly
and strangely designed the belt tensioners are that you have to also
deal with.
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When you fail emissions again, you have to deal with the DISA valve,
which is an expensive plastic piece of garbage that is on the intake
manifold.
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When you adjust your (admittedly rather comfortable leather) driver
seat, you will *never forget* the adjusting cable slips out of its
clasp because eventually they all get "seat twist" which you then
have to deal with.

What you describe reminds me of the air filter replacement on my
Goldwing.  The joke is the designers started with an air filter and
built the entire bike around it.

An air filter is a routine maintenance item which Honda recommends
replacing every 12K miles.  You would think if a routine maintenance
item should be replaced that frequently there would be easy access to
it, like a latched door or something similar.  But no, Honda buried the
air filter so deep into the middle of the bike that it requires the
entire dash, center fairings, ECU, and a hundred connectors removed
before you can access the air box.  The dealer charged me $350 to
replace it last year.  Hardly anyone will tackle this task, knowing the
extent which the bike has to be torn down.  As a result air filters on
Goldwings rarely get replaced.  At the time my bike had 100K miles and
I didn't know if it had ever been done so I took it in for that and
some other things.

On the flip side though, taking the rear wheel off is fairly easy.
Much like a car tire because it's shaft driven rather than chain or
belt driven.  Even a lift isn't required because there's a rear access
panel which allows you to slide the wheel out.  If only they had built
in an access panel for the air filter...

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