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1290 SUPER DUKE
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PostPosted: 00:56 - 03 Oct 2015    Post subject: Cannot find a service manual Reply with quote
I bought a bike around 3 weeks ago and was hoping to do all the services myself. But after around 2 weeks of searching I have found nothing online.

I have seen a couple of videos online of people doing services on the bike but it looks like they are learning as they go. The bike I have is a Lexmoto ZSX (I know Chinese). Anyone know where I could find a service manual for this particular bike?

All I have found out so far is that it seems to be the exact same bike as the (apart from engine size)
Zongshen zs 150
AKT RTX 150
EVO R3 150

But cannot even find manuals for those!
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NJD
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PostPosted: 01:12 - 03 Oct 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Out of interest.. does the ZSX make you feel like you ride a super duke? Rolling Eyes Thinking

I just searched google "lexmoto service manual" fourth link down gave me this. IMO it's a good job that no one but you will ride the bike you service, hope your better at mechanics that searching the interwebs.

HTH.
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1290 SUPER DUKE
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PostPosted: 01:42 - 03 Oct 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
NJD wrote:
Out of interest.. does the ZSX make you feel like you ride a super duke? Rolling Eyes Thinking

I just searched google "lexmoto service manual" fourth link down gave me this. IMO it's a good job that no one but you will ride the bike you service, hope your better at mechanics that searching the interwebs.

HTH.


The 1290 super duke is just the bike I like and hopefully one day can own.

Pretty sure that link you sent me is actually not for my particular bike...the first place I looked was the lexmoto website. Think that particular book is just for the older models.

Thanks for the reply anyways.
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NJD
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PostPosted: 01:54 - 03 Oct 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Haynes manual 4871.

It's a generic chinese manual that covers all lexmoto bikes rather than model by model, I've linked the manual you need either buy it or keep searching for something that doesn't exist, I don't mind either-way.

PS; I also own a lexmoto bike and own the manual. Laughing
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1290 SUPER DUKE
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PostPosted: 01:56 - 03 Oct 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
NJD wrote:
Haynes manual 4871.

It's a generic chinese manual that covers all lexmoto bikes rather than model by model, I've linked the manual you need either buy it or keep searching for something that doesn't exist, I don't mind either-way.

PS; I also own a lexmoto bike and own the manual. Laughing


I may as well download a free manual online for another bike then if that is the case.
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PostPosted: 09:21 - 03 Oct 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
You may as well, they're all parts-bin specials. The only thing that might be unique to your bike is the wiring harness, so you'll want to download buy a basic multimeter.
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PostPosted: 16:41 - 03 Oct 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Haynes (Service & Repair) Manual No. 4871
Chinese, Taiwanese & Korean 125cc Motorcycles
Four-stroke single & Twin Cylinder engines
ISBN 978 1 84425 871 0
RRP £18.99

https://ep.yimg.com/ay/motobooks/chinese-taiwanese-korean-125cc-motorcycles-repair-manual-2005-2010-11.gif

Available direct from Haynes Online or common retail outlet.. like Halfords!
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PostPosted: 18:45 - 03 Oct 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you searched for 2 weeks then I would like to know what you was putting in your search engine? Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 21:03 - 03 Oct 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
feline handle?
whats another way of putting that?
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1290 SUPER DUKE
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PostPosted: 23:05 - 03 Oct 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
wristjob wrote:
feline handle?
whats another way of putting that?


I was looking for a guide specifically for my bike, but seems there is not one hence me not being able to find one. Even looked for guides for similar bikes like the z-one.
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NJD
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PostPosted: 23:19 - 03 Oct 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
1290 SUPER DUKE wrote:
I was looking for a guide specifically for my bike, but seems there is not one hence me not being able to find one. Even looked for guides for similar bikes like the z-one.


I also expected a model specific manual when searching for one but settled for the 4871, it is handy and is nice to read through and look at to get an idea of how things work and what needs doing but isn't the holy grail of maintenance by any means, I wouldn't follow it step by step as other owners seem to have differing opinions on haynes suggestions on the way things should be done anyway.

The problem with lexmoto bringing in all these new re-badged models is the lack of information that come with them I think of the owners as guinea pigs and wouldn't touch a newly imported model for a while yet. I appreciate the ZSX has been around a little longer than say the ZSB, Venom etc but still the owners seem few and far between. Arrow and Vixen seem the proven granddads of the bunch with the most owners.

Depends what you want to know how to do.. there's plenty of information about chain adjustment, oil changes, clutch adjustment, valve clearances etc around without needing to spend money on a manual to find out about. Anything more difficult is worth asking about before hand anyway, nothing youtube, google and BCF can't answer I'd imagine.
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1290 SUPER DUKE
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PostPosted: 16:57 - 04 Oct 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
NJD wrote:
1290 SUPER DUKE wrote:
I was looking for a guide specifically for my bike, but seems there is not one hence me not being able to find one. Even looked for guides for similar bikes like the z-one.


I also expected a model specific manual when searching for one but settled for the 4871, it is handy and is nice to read through and look at to get an idea of how things work and what needs doing but isn't the holy grail of maintenance by any means, I wouldn't follow it step by step as other owners seem to have differing opinions on haynes suggestions on the way things should be done anyway.

The problem with lexmoto bringing in all these new re-badged models is the lack of information that come with them I think of the owners as guinea pigs and wouldn't touch a newly imported model for a while yet. I appreciate the ZSX has been around a little longer than say the ZSB, Venom etc but still the owners seem few and far between. Arrow and Vixen seem the proven granddads of the bunch with the most owners.

Depends what you want to know how to do.. there's plenty of information about chain adjustment, oil changes, clutch adjustment, valve clearances etc around without needing to spend money on a manual to find out about. Anything more difficult is worth asking about before hand anyway, nothing youtube, google and BCF can't answer I'd imagine.


It is a shame each individual bike does not have it's own manual, especially the older models. It could even potentially earn Lexmoto more money as people may be more likely to buy a guide knowing that they are getting a guide that is going to actually have the correct information on their bike.

I understand that buying such a new model is not the best idea as I was originally going to buy the venom but decided against it as it could have a problem that can show up in a months time or a year or even longer. But even bikes like the YBR can have that same problem.

Suppose that is what happens buying a foreign bike, it is harder to find information on it in your language.
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Rogerborg
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PostPosted: 17:35 - 04 Oct 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
1290 SUPER DUKE wrote:
It could even potentially earn Lexmoto more money as people may be more likely to buy a guide knowing that they are getting a guide that is going to actually have the correct information on their bike.

The costs of preparing a specific manual would dwarf any profits they'd receive from it. These things really don't sell in big numbers.

Fret not though, they really are pretty generic and a universal guide will be fine for most purposes.
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