I always thought it went something like;

"Give a man a match and he will be warm for hours,
Set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life."

 

The factory service manual is a great investment. It's pricey but has detailed pictures diagrams and explanations of everything about your bike, it's one of the best investments you can make if your a DIY kind of guy.

 

I agree that most answers are readily found in either your owners manual or, if you want to get into more difficult projects you should start prepared with the correct HD Service manual, but don't jump a guy's a** for asking a question, that's what this thing is about, asking questions and learning from those more experienced. Either answer his question and then suggest the service manual or don't reply at all. No need to be rude. And I like oldfenderguy's analogy better about the match thing

 

How much diid you lose. Could not of been much as you fill to the bottom level . When you fill from the Derby. You can put what ever the above posts stated . It holds around 32oz. Now If you don't have one Get the HD Service Manual for you 09 XL. $60 bucks well spent. Good people on this fourm like famliy no one was Busting them on you. Take care

 

On a U.S. history based forum I once belonged to we called this spoon feeding. You could get banned for asking too many simple to research questions!

 

Thanks everyone for all the help. Yes I fully agree that a HD Service Manual is necessary. Actually a factory service manual is at the top of my list for any vehicle I buy. Usually a used or "Pre Owned" as they like to say these days.

But so far I'm having too much fun, spending too much cash on all the goodies (Shiny) to order a manual. It's in the hopper.

As far as any B-Busting no big deal. It's all good as far as I'm concerned.

Cheers,
Ron

 

Ron: Which model bike do you have?

 

I've found from past experience, that if I'm at work or on the road and need some technical info from a manual that I don't have with me, it works best if you start your question on the forum by stating just that. People understand the situation and you won't get 20 suggestions to go buy the manual.

 

I have a 2009 1200 Custom. 3 weeks old.

 

Hey, my post count is climbing at least. Not much of a post *****.