The comparison
ShopDog vs General AI.
One of them read your bike’s factory service manual. The other one is guessing. Here’s the difference, spelled out.
Where answers come from
46 original factory service manuals — 11,798 OEM pages, indexed.
The open internet: forum threads, blog posts, and whatever it absorbed in training.
Citations
Every answer cites the exact manual and page, so you can verify it before you wrench.
No citations. You can't check where a number came from.
When it isn't certain
It doesn't answer; it tells you so. The way a real mechanic would.
It answers anyway — confidently.
Torque specs
Pulled from your bike's factory manual.
Can invent a plausible-looking number. A torque figure with a missing digit isn't a typo — it's an over-tightened brake bolt.
Parts diagrams
Zoomable factory exploded views, straight from the manual.
None.
Coverage
815 vintage motorcycles (1948–2003), deep.
Every bike ever made, shallow.
Accuracy
Tested on a 400-question exam — torque specs, fork oil changes, carb syncs. Scored 99%.
Untested on your bike.
You want answers?
No. A general AI chatbot will confidently invent a torque spec that destroys your engine. We've watched it happen.
ShopDog is a retrieval system trained on 11,798 pages from 46 original factory service manuals. Every answer cites the exact manual and page. If ShopDog isn't certain, it doesn't answer; it tells you so. The way a real mechanic would.
Ask it something hard.
Bring the question the forums couldn’t settle — every answer shows the manual page that proves it.
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