Review on 🏍️ Kawasaki Vulcan 1600 Series 2003-2008: Clymer Manuals Motorcycle Repair Guide by John Cox

Unfortunately when buying a manual that has for so many years covered bikes that don't have the same parts, types of parts or even parts. places, it can be difficult to discern what applies to you. Throughout the guide they refer to models A, D, E, G, B, F, A1-A8, so you may need to skip some of the steps listed, continue, then come back and re-read the images, or find something close to what you have. The part for Model A is here, and Model F might be there, maybe a few pages later, same as Model B, but D, E, and G might be the same as A. Another might point out that A1 and A2 are different from A3-A8, B, E, F and G. You get the point. I was surprised how many times I just read between the lines and then looked at the bike to find out what was really meant. General procedures seem to be missing or incomplete, but a quick web search usually finds everything I need. For example, Clymer mentions using a bike pump to change shock pressure and using a pressure gauge when to be safe you should only use a progressive outboard pump with a check valve, as a bike pump or even a tire pressure gauge also releases a lot of pressure from shocks and can be dangerous. The progressive outboard pump is competitively priced and due to its single-acting design, it will not bleed air when disconnected. There is so little air in the shock that even a small loss of air can lead to improper cycling. In any case, I still use the manual because most of it applies to my bike model. So which one do I have - Bike A1, E, G, . I can not remember.