SimonTuffGuy
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Is $25 all that much to pay so that you HAVE the manual? I mean really... Sure, a PDF version is ok to have, unless you actually want to work on the bike while looking at the manual.
The Savage Companion CD is a nice addition too. I've got the manual and the CD and with both of them I'm covered.
FWIW - If I were you, I'd go back over those electrical taped connections and use a heat shrink tube on them. Electrical tape is an ok fix... But over time, it's going to dry out, crack, and let go, leaving you with bare wires. The local hardware store sells 10 or 20 packs of heat shrink tubes in various colors for a few $$ a pack. Buy a pack and keep them handy for the next time you need to splice some wires together.
Remember... Most of the bike is open to the elements at some point. I wouldn't want to risk blowing a fuse when you're out riding if you wouldn't happen to have a spare on you.
Also - If you're going to replace the battery... Check out the Big Cranks (or a similar dry cell battery). Eliminates most/all maintenance with the battery, discharges a lot less (so that if you put the bike away for the winter, you don't have to keep it on a tender the entire time, or possibly at all), and you get rid of the drain tube, filling, etc.
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