The International CBX Owners Association

I don't usually read my decals but today I noticed the exhaust caution decal has a spelling mistake. Instead of
"decrease" it says " decresed". Checking online TimsCBX has the same mistake on their decal?? Did the PO buy this from Tims? Anyone come across this?
I also noticed that the oil level caution decal near the dipstick says " When check oil level" instead of " When checking oil level" Another bum repro decal ??

Lost in translation?
Japanese manuals in the '70s used to be hilarious.

"Dispose of plastic bag so small child may not put on head"

from a japanese scale plastic model kit

Duffey Lake rd. wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:03 pm

Lost in translation?
Japanese manuals in the '70s used to be hilarious.

I was working at a Suzuki dealership in the late 70s and the guy next to me was
troubleshooting a GS1000 for electrical problems. He was a mild mannered guy
with a good sense of humor and he seemed to be intensely studying the shop
manual in between tests when he suddenly backed up and let out a string of
profanities totally unlike him. "what the hell is wrong with you?" I asked. He
quietly went back to his lift and motioned me over, pointing at a phrase in
the manual. I just about fell on the floor laughing. It read "make sure stator
is properly insulted".

How to know it is not OEM: I find that in many 'operating instruction' type things and labels for Chinese-made products.