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   From: REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com   
      
   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.   
   >   
   >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.   
   >   
   >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.   
   >   
   >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.   
   >   
   >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.   
   >   
   >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...   
      
   --   
   "The word "genius" isn't applicable in football.  A genius is a guy   
   like Norman Einstein." ~ Joe Theismann   
      
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