which service manual?
 

hey guys,

i need to get a service manual.
just wanted to know which one/brand you guys recommend and/or
have any opinions about.
whether i should go for Haynes, Chiltons or OEM.

TIA.

I always get OEM, so of the others usually have better pics though.

any of those are good.... there's another... that's good too can't remember the name... clymers or something

You might want to check Kawasaki's webpage as the have some stuff right there for the taking.

Damn. 93 bucks for my service manual straight from yamaha

WOW!!!

ebayed mine for 30 bucks.

yeah, their's is about 75 bucks.

i'll prob. try ebay or online somewhere.

Honda shop manuals suck. And they make you buy a general manual for "common" maintenance, and a model-specific manual. I have both, but I like the Haynes manual better as it's (hard to believe) more complete. Although my old Suzuki shop manual is the most complete manual I have ever seen.

:iagree: My Suzuki manual is very good. I got mine online for $7 and it's complete. Try looking around and on the bike specific forums. I know that I'd be happy to donate a copy of my manual to anyone that needs it.

I would say either a factory or a clymers. I used a clymers on a honda shadow lately and it was pretty good.

I took my factory dog manual and modified it. Adding a bunch of good things like a S&S engine manual, S&S super G carb manual, bdm diagnosis flow charts, spyke starter tips, ect... plus a new folder and cover sheets.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...dManual008.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...dManual013.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...dManual011.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...dManual010.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...dManual009.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...dManual001.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...dManual006.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...dManual007.jpg

But then again I'm an organize freak... look what I did for all my reciepts!
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...eceipts004.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...eceipts006.jpg

And I know my writing is HORRIBLE!

Hey,Trip is it possible to make a section where everyone can download their manuals? Mine is already digital and would be no problem. Anyone else COULD scan and download theirs right? That would be a tremendous pool of knowledge for our members. This is not my forte' but could you set-up a dummy email account to send it to and put it in a "section"? It seems you mentioned in another thread that we have "unlimited" space,let's use some of it for something other than calling each other names for a change.

Hey J, I don't know if you are still monitoring this thread but I found your manual for FREE! So far I've downloaded it in Russian and German just for fun and I should have it in english by tomorrow. I advise anyone who doesn't have a service manual to check this shit out!http://www.repairmanualclub.com/ There's also about 10 other sites that I'm looking at and I'll let you know when I know,heck I even joined the Kawasaki Owner's Club to get the ZX7's manual in english!

Definitely go OEM. They are the ones who built your bike, they know how to fix it the best. OEM Manuals also don't cram several different models into one book, like a lot of the Chilton/Clymers do. Its much nice to just go to the carb section if you need to fix your carbs... not figure out which one of 10 different blow up schematics is your carb, on your model of bike, in this year, blah blah blah.

Yeah- my Kawi manual is lame. It has all the torque settings, but the pictures are bad, and while it has every place you're supposed to lube or loctite, it doesn't have a complete parts list! No part numbers anywhere. The wiring diagrams are a mess. I have to go to Bike Bandit or the like for exploded diagrams of fairings, clutch... everything

Pickle is right there... the aftermarket ones are usually more universal to a few different models. But then again, so is the actuall building of those bikes, hence why they are together.

GO to the Australian Yamaha site, you might be able to download it for free, that's what I did for my bike, but yours is a bit older.

hey Tig., yeah def. LMK what's good!

thanks, bruh.

Damn,it's gonna take a minute,I have to build up points,posts,before they'll let me download your manual. I'll get it tho' !

BUMP!!! For a good thread...just subscribed to the Repair Manual Club and got not only the service manual, but also the parts catalogue...no more searching for parts numbers...:rockwoot:

I'm working on joining the repair manual club as we speak.

Good, download me some shit

its free, but you can only download like 3 things a month. Make your own damn account.

Well sense T Rock is to lazy to download shit for me, I now have an account too

I love how the blame for you signing up is put on me.

Pretty sweet huh...lol

Ok so I am registered and logged in, but when I click download on a file it tells me i don't have permission. WTF?

Did you follow the link they emailed you? my shit worked just fine. downloaded an 293 page manual on my gsxr...

bet they don't have a manual for my bike yet.