Service manuals available [Archive]

XRNR

3rd January 2004, 15:17

wkid_one

3rd January 2004, 19:25

Hunt around more and you can download the manuals for free. I have the Yamaha Owners and Servicing Manuals and the Yamaha Promo Book from the net.

Jackrat

16th January 2004, 11:43

Hmmmmm,I have a clymer manual.
Quite a few of the spec's in it are wrong.
Be carefull and double check what you read in those manuals.
Like I didn't need to be told that 26000 is way wrong for exhuast valve clearances but thats what it says in the book.More like 6000 hey!
Just a quite warning there my friend,Take care. :)

Motu

16th January 2004, 14:11

Just tried to buy a manual and microfish,but the site declined both my cards,that's good...don't like using my card like that.Better go check my bank account now,maybe I just gave someone the means to clean me out.

XRNR

16th January 2004, 21:18

don't like using my card like that.Better go check my bank account now, maybe I just gave someone the means to clean me out.

Yeah, know how you feel, I always am uneasy using my card at a new site. But I have only had good experiences. I don't go buying porn thou'...

I have bought quite a few books, tools (including heavy lathe parts), m/c parts, electronic stuff (including the radar detector which I got just the other day), ALL lots cheaper than here, & that is including freight (these weren't NZ sites either. But no doubt someone will add some sad story to this post.

PS Wari gave me a good tip for a bike shop in the UK.
www.davidsilver.co.uk
Check them out. I got genuine stuff for my bike shipped out including freight & the UKpound conversion for less than anyone would sell me the stuff for here. If your supplier needs anything X Japan better check out the Internet yourself as you will probably get it in the same time or quicker. I think the local market still thinks we are stuck in the antipodes and don't have access to the world market.

I am shopping less and less on the local market, sadly... (cutting off my nose to spite my face really).

Hmmmmm,I have a clymer manual.
Quite a few of the spec's in it are wrong....Take care.
Quite agree with you myself, having used genuine and Clymer I know which I prefer. Sometimes the pocket talks loudest.

OK Wickid over to you, what's your 2 cents worth!

Motu

16th January 2004, 21:28

I have been buying through the internet more lately,but I still get worried.They are still declining my card,but I bought a sprocket online for my Honda the day before - I think I must have something wrong,but of course they won't say what,so that's it.Have been using Trademe with only one bad result so far,but it's really my fault...should of asked for more photos.I still mistrust this electronic stuff,but am coming around slowly.

XRNR

16th January 2004, 21:45

This was a duplicate post when IE crashed, can't delete it, used to be able to.

Jackrat

16th January 2004, 22:32

XRNR,I certainly know what you mean about over seas prices.
I have found I can buy a lot of stuff from the USA brand new for less than I can get stuff second hand from a wrecker here.I would like to support the local market but Hey,Money talks an BS walks.
I rang around today for a set of carbs for me XS,an the best I could come up with was $500.00 for second hand with no guarantee of anything plus would probably have to rejet,make my own throttle cable an pray.Thats against $600.00 NZ for brand new,c/w Throttle cable,K&N filters,correct jeting, plus two other sizes just in case.Don't know were all this will end but the locals better get their act togeather I reckon.I think maybe some day every thing will be e mail order.Hell look at Trade me,No need to get out of your chair.I just know somebody will list an XS1100 front end sooner or later.Sod the wreckers.This way I get what I want at a resonable price an somebody makes a buck They coudn't get other wise.WIN-WIN. :2thumbsup

gav

24th January 2004, 13:52

http://www.repairmanual.net/motorcycles/

Shipping seems to cost about $10USD for the Clymer series and $25USD for the genuine ones. (The one I was checking out, the Clymer one was half the weight of the factory one).

Anyway worth checking out as all up they are still cheaper than what they are in the shops here, (With our current exchange rate).

Also:
http://www.cyclemanual.com
http://www.repairmanual.net/motorcycles/1997/27/5/929/416
You think its much cheaper? For my bike its $24.25 +$10.00 US or can get same book locally from Hi Tech books in Chch for $59.95. Not much difference is there?

XRNR

24th January 2004, 18:20

For my bike its $24.25 +$10.00 US or can get same book locally from Hi Tech books in Chch for $59.95. Not much difference is there?

Good stuff, so the Chch people can go to Hi Tech books, thanks for the tip Gav.

Up here the bike shops are charging me $69, maybe someone can tell me a reasonably priced shop in AK too, so we can put our money their way.

Motu

2nd February 2004, 13:27

Well,I finaly got my card to work(why don't they have a standard form on all sites,fill them out the same) orderd the factory manual and it came sometime last week.I don't know what it cost in NZ dollars cause I don't care - I got something that I needed that I couldn't obtain here.It's for an XT600E,not an XT400E cause they don't exist,but only the bore size is different,having the factory is a big plus for me - there is very little about XT600Es on the net,the only site is German which is a bit difficult to read.

They don't have a manual for the XLV750,but there is one I can download,same with my KT250,workshop and parts manuals on the net,the rarer the bike the bigger the support network.

gpercivl

2nd February 2004, 14:06

Between all us KB'ers we've probably got most of the manuals we need...why not start a listing of who's got what, so we can share the info???

For starters I have:

FZR400 1WG & 3TJ, YZF600R Thundercat, R6, YZ-125 '03, XJ-550/FJ-600, XZ-550, RD-250/350, ZX-600 Ninja, GSXR-750/1100 85 to 92, and GT-500A, can scan relevant sections if needed...

6Chris6

6th March 2004, 15:13

Does anuyone know where i can get a workshop manual 4 a '89 ZXR2fiddy? The best i've been offered is 1 in japenese! which i find a little hard to read...

liferocks

16th April 2004, 13:56

Sharing manuals sounds like a good idea to me.
Anyone got a gsxr manual anywhere?

R6_kid

12th May 2004, 21:29

Does anuyone know where i can get a workshop manual 4 a '89 ZXR2fiddy? The best i've been offered is 1 in japenese! which i find a little hard to read...

your in the same boat as me, i have some online resource - all in jabo language. I'm looking at getting the japanese manual. My mother reckons some girl at her works father used 2 sell kwakas so shes gonna ask for me, but if redbaron and motomail cant help i would expect that we are all gonna have to learn to read japanese!!! :doh:

Posh Tourer :P

13th May 2004, 07:23

Good stuff, so the Chch people can go to Hi Tech books, thanks for the tip Gav.

Up here the bike shops are charging me $69, maybe someone can tell me a reasonably priced shop in AK too, so we can put our money their way.

Tech books in Newmarket will order manuals in for you as well as stocking a range of m/c manuals. Cant recall as to their pricing though.

Re: Clymer manuals, my dad has always sworn by Haynes, hates clymer says their BMW twins manuals were so inaccurate it wasnt funny....

Oscar

13th May 2004, 09:22

I downloaded a PDF F650GS manual from the Microfiche site in Canada. Don't need it now, so if anybody wants it, I've got it on disk.

vifferman

13th May 2004, 09:38

You think its much cheaper? For my bike its $24.25 +$10.00 US or can get same book locally from Hi Tech books in Chch for $59.95. Not much difference is there?

Initially, I thought you might be being sarcastic, however I converted the $US34.25, and it's $NZ56.03, so no, there's not much difference, and if you buy it locally, you support NZers. If we all bought everything we could via the internet, we'd end up either driving local prices sky-high, or cause NZ businesses to go bust, or both.

Having said that, I recently bought a throttle positions sensor and two brand-new APE camchain tensioners over the internet, and even with freight the combined total was less than the cost of the tensioners on their own from the only NZ agent. Hey - they're $US49.95 each (that's ~ $NZ163 for two), so how come the agent wanted $NZ135 EACH for them??

bungbung

13th May 2004, 09:52

I have got a Haynes manual for the VTR1000/Varadero 1997 on.

FROSTY

13th May 2004, 09:58

Initially, I thought you might be being sarcastic, however I converted the $US34.25, and it's $NZ56.03, so no, there's not much difference, and if you buy it locally, you support NZers. If we all bought everything we could via the internet, we'd end up either driving local prices sky-high, or cause NZ businesses to go bust, or both.

Having said that, I recently bought a throttle positions sensor and two brand-new APE camchain tensioners over the internet, and even with freight the combined total was less than the cost of the tensioners on their own from the only NZ agent. Hey - they're $US49.95 each (that's ~ $NZ163 for two), so how come the agent wanted $NZ135 EACH for them??
Isn't it all to do with supply and demand ?
Mind you the local guy might also pay heaps of import duty

vifferman

13th May 2004, 10:22

Isn't it all to do with supply and demand ?
Mind you the local guy might also pay heaps of import duty
Supply and demand? What's that got to do with it? He didn't have them in stock, and would've had to order them from APE, same as me. Presumably he hadn't had many queries about VTR CCTs, and he took ages to reply to my email. The only reason I contacted him about buying them through him was APE don't have facilities for internet orders (phone orders only).

It might have changed, but the last time I checked Customs website, motorbike parts were exempt from duty (apart from GST when sold).
So I don't buy that.
And it couldn't have been freight, as they are small, and don't weigh much.
I paid 10 poooonds freight to have them (and the TPS) couriered from the UK.

vifferman

13th May 2004, 10:26

I have got a Haynes manual for the VTR1000/Varadero 1997 on.

I was thinking of buying one of those.
Is it any good? Most of the work is fairly straightforward, but there's the odd thing that I need to know the details for. Usually I just send a post to the UK Firestorm forum, or to the Superhawk list in the US, and get some kind of a semi-sensible reply about how to do things.

bungbung

13th May 2004, 10:56

The Firestorm manual is pretty useful (for me). Also when your bikes in bits and you want a torque setting or something, you can just look it up. Convenience mostly. If you want some scans or summat, PM me.

FROSTY

13th May 2004, 12:14

do ya think they might have a zxr400 manual ?

bungbung

13th May 2004, 12:35

Haynes don't do the 400.
I found japanese part microfiche and english service manual on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9946&item=7902064827&rd=1

It would appear if you speak dutch or spanish, then you can get haynes style manuals as well, just not english. The factory service manual is your best bet.

riffer

14th May 2004, 14:16

I have the Haynes manual for the FZR600, 750 and 1000 up to 1996.

I also have the complete Yamaha parts catalogue in .pdf format for the 1987/88 FZR750 RT/RU Genesis for those of you who have those bikes.

Send me a pm and I'll email it to you (it's 854kb).

Simon

RiderInBlack

14th May 2004, 14:28

Have a printed out copy of the Service Manual for a 90-93 Honda VFR750 (which was downloaded for free, still have the PDF file). Free to a good home if anyone would like it.

Would like the ownership manual and the Workshop manual for the 90 CBR1000FL, if anyone has it (or knows a web address with a free download).

RiderInBlack

14th June 2004, 07:53

Real happy man last week. The previous owner of my CBR1000FL has just sent me (free of charge) the Hynes Workshop Manual (and owners manual) for my bike:eek: :2thumbsup :Punk:

Still have print out of the 1990-93 VFR750 Workshop Manual and sinlge side swing arm chain tensioning tool for a VFR (both free to a good home) if anyone wants them:niceone:

geoffm

18th June 2004, 21:37

I have a ton-o-links to manuals online.
a couple
http://www.motomatsuo.com.br/download1.htm (honda)
http://www.saarbike.de/links/bikestuff/ (various)
lots of othere - might list them on a new thread so everyone can add to it.
Geoff

geoffm

19th June 2004, 10:03

do ya think they might have a zxr400 manual ?

There is a copy online at ZXRworld.com ( I think) - it is in the list i posted in "fixing" recently.G

Milky

19th June 2004, 11:49

There is a copy online at ZXRworld.com ( I think) - it is in the list i posted in "fixing" recently.G
AFAIK they took that off to stop ppl from taking the easy way out and not buying kawasaki genuine manuals. I have a copy if anyone is interested tho :2thumbsup

SPman

20th June 2004, 16:01

I have the Haynes manual for the FZR600, 750 and 1000 up to 1996.
Simon I've got the Haynes YZF750R/SP 93 - 98, YZF1000R 96 - 00
Also Suzuki TS90/100/125/185/250/400 71-? and Kawasaki shop manual S1/S2 1972

6Chris6

20th June 2004, 16:51

I've got the Haynes manual for the ZX6R F1-3 '95-'97

pete376403

20th June 2004, 20:53

I have the Suzuki manual for GS850s

F5 Dave

21st June 2004, 17:44

SPman

21st June 2004, 17:54

SP, I have the Part manual for the YZF & the Race Kit manual both as pdf (if I haven't already sent it to you via Exup brotherhood? Do you frequent there?).

Don't suppose you haynes manual is in electronic form? I have the genuine Yamaha manual on microfishe but it is such a bad copy I can't print it.
Got the Race kit man. off you through Exup Bro's

Am currently thinking about ways of scanning etc. If I get it done Ill send you a copy.

dhanvic08

23rd February 2005, 22:02

Hunt around more and you can download the manuals for free. I have the Yamaha Owners and Servicing Manuals and the Yamaha Promo Book from the net.

Hello there!

Dhan here from the Philippines. A newbie in the forum.
Will you help me find a Yamaha FZX250 "Zeal" Haynes Manual?

I can't find one for free...

thanks!

Roro

27th May 2009, 01:19

I have Yamaha XZ400 & XZ550 Manuals. And Ducati ST2. All in English. PM me

YellowDog

27th May 2009, 06:13

Hunt around more and you can download the manuals for free. I have the Yamaha Owners and Servicing Manuals and the Yamaha Promo Book from the net.
I've thied this many time. The manuals are advertised as existing as free downloads however the sites are always down when you actually try and use them (for my Tiger).

If you put the name of your bike in the search box with ' manual .pdf' afterwards, you ususally find quite a few options. Some of them may be useful but unless it is am old bike, you won't get the manual for free.

gorannn

30th July 2011, 04:12

Hi, I'm new member from Europe and I must admit that I've registered only because I recently bought Yamaha FZR '87 and I desperatley need manual for that bike, and I've read that someone here has it. Can you help?
Be free to contact me via PM (I cant send PMs because im new member), or better yet via email, in my profil. Tnx