Sean's Honda Shadow Website

Tank-Top Nacelle Modification

I spend altogether too much time on the following Honda Shadow ACE 750 discussion forum:

Strictly ACE 750

The Honda Shadow Discussion^{(New Address)}

The Shadow Riders Forum

Honda Australia

Honda USA

I use Meguiar's Gold Class Clear Coat Liquid Car Wax when polishing and have been more than happy with it. Its expensive, but then so was your bike...

Mequiar's

If you, like me, want the kind of chain lube the bike came from the manufacturer with, the product to use is Bel-Ray's Super Clean Chain Lube. The lube is a zinc based lubricant which is pure white in color, and will not fling off. It means your back rim and tire never gets gooped again, your chain is very clean looking and no grit or road grime adheres to it. I really do encourage anyone to look around for the product. I used kerosene and a toothbrush to remove all the previous oil lube before applying the Bel-Ray Chain lube.

Bel-Ray Super Clean Chain Lube

If you are looking for what accessories are available for your Shadow American Classic Edition, here are some manufacturers links to get you started:

Big Bike Parts (ShowChrome)

I purchased my Shadow at Shogun Honda in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Shogun Honda^†

^† I have had bad experiences in getting service work done at this dealer. The 600 mile service was performed so poorly it shocked me! Some of the problems from a single 1000 km service were:

They failed to put the side cover back on properly, not snapping in the bottom left post. This resulted in a worn area where the cover rattled on the ride home.
Did not put the tank on again right, pinching the wiring harness between the tank and the frame.
Did not mount the tank top speedo housing correctly, nor place the speedo wires correctly, resulting in the tank rattling very loudly
Did not adjust valves as requested.
Played with the mixture jets in the carbs (for no reason) including drilling out the caps!
Scratched the brake light housing
Sprayed cheap black oily chain lube on when they informed me they would put the same white (chain wax) stuff originally shipped with the bike.

I have also heard from other Shadow riders in Brisbane who have had equally bad service experiences at this dealer, and no longer use them. I now no longer use them, and would never get any service work done there. I try to always use another dealer, most commonly Brisbane Motorcycles, whom have always been much more competent, helpful and careful with everything they touch:

Brisbane Motorcycles

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