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I just bought a 93 honda shadow 600 vtwin vlx. It has about 30k miles on it. The previous owner had it sitting a while and I'm not sure when the last time it was serviced was so i'd like to change out all the fluids. Thing is this is my first bike and I don't know the first thing about maintaining a bike. So what kind of fluids do I need? As in what oil weight, and does this model have a filter? The guy at the shop said some do, some don't. I couldn't find one. Also what kind of coolant, brake fluid, etc might I need? The biggest downside of the bike is it didn't come with the owners manual.
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I use Rotella T Full Synthetic 5w40 in my '95 VLX.
No, this bike does NOT have a cartridge type oil filter, it has a spin-on. The oil filter is under the left side of the engine, near the rear, about where the side stand mounts. I use this Big Bike Parts wrench to remove the filters from my Hondas.
I use either a Purolator "Pure One" PL14612, or the Walmart Super Tech cross-over.
http://www.bigbikeparts.com/images/press%20release%20pics/4-201.jpg
Use DOT 4 brake fluid and Prestone coolant mixed 50/50 with filtered water.
I bought a Haynes manual. Maybe these guys can steer you on to an owners manual.
http://vlxriders.20m.com/index.html
Almost every bike has a removable oil filter, a very few have a screen. Find a different shop, "the guy" doesn't know bikes.
I use Rotella T Full Synthetic 5w40 in my '95 VLX.
No, this bike does NOT have a cartridge type oil filter, it has a spin-on. The oil filter is under the left side of the engine, near the rear, about where the side stand mounts. I use this Big Bike Parts wrench to remove the filters from my Hondas.
I use either a Purolator "Pure One" PL14612, or the Walmart Super Tech cross-over.
http://www.bigbikeparts.com/images/press%20release%20pics/4-201.jpg
Use DOT 4 brake fluid and Prestone coolant mixed 50/50 with filtered water.
I bought a Haynes manual. Maybe these guys can steer you on to an owners manual.
http://vlxriders.20m.com/index.html
Almost every bike has a removable oil filter, a very few have a screen. Find a different shop, "the guy" doesn't know bikes.
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