Service manuals available

**Posh Tourer :P** · 13th May 2004, 07:23

Originally Posted by XRNR

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

Originally Posted by gav

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:Me** · 13th May 2004, 09:58

Originally Posted by firestormer

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

Originally Posted by xjxjxj

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

Originally Posted by bungbung

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:Me** · 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.d...902064827&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

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

**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