Which bit is lies? I've used several of them over the years, for cars and bikes. Dont remember ever finding any specific mistakes. With absolutely no mechanical experience at all, aged 18 and a broke student, I rebuilt my DT 175 motor from the crank up using a Haynes for guidance. And my GPZ 750 a few years later, stripped to the crank and rebuilt on the kitchen table with nothing but a Haynes to guide me.
Which bit is lies? I've used several of them over the years, for cars and bikes. Dont remember ever finding any specific mistakes. With absolutely no mechanical experience at all, aged 18 and a broke student, I rebuilt my DT 175 motor from the crank up using a Haynes for guidance. And my GPZ 750 a few years later, stripped to the crank and rebuilt on the kitchen table with nothing but a Haynes to guide me.
You have never then tried to rebuild a Norton Commando Gear Box, a Series 1 land Rover box, or time up an early Honda XL 250 using one
The commando one was a peach, as they forgot to mention that you had to select a certain gear before attempting to strip it down, as this was the only way that you could remove the rods the gear selector forks slid on, the first step in stripping the box,
Since then I have always bought manufacturers manuals, expensive but worth every penny
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Never had a manufacturers manual. When you say expensive, how expensive do you mean?
The one for my CRF 230 was about £50, the one for my Harley £65, far more detailed than Haynes, they list all the special tool numbers, all the set up info for different models and sub types, and other bits of copyright info that other manuals cant publish
There is also what chassis and engine numbers mean, info on small changes, like when they have made minor changes to a part and havent bothered to tell the pattern part suppliers about them. You know the feeling when you by a cheap part and it doesnt fit etc
Expensive yes, but when you have made a couple of 50 mile round trips to finally get the right bits they soon pay for themselves
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Thanks for telling about this bargain I got mine in Plymouth today, also found they have Adventure Motorcycling for £1 and got that as well, to add they are selling Turtle Wax Shampoo at half price for a Gallon so sorted for the next three years?
I wanted the Adventure Motorcycling book too but the nearest store with one was in Bridgend - "72 miles away". Uh, hang on, Bridgend is in Wales so must be further than that... let's check... yes, 147 miles but it is 72 miles as the crow flies across the Bristol Channel! Nice one Halfords, remind me not to buy one of their Sat Navs
Reserved on, picked it up yesterday... Weston SM..
Nice.. tells you most of what is in the standard owners manual as well as most of whats in the KTM engine and Frame manulas..
For £1.00 it's a bargain... and the Haynes cover is worth the £1.00 as well.. something WHS would sell for £3.00 Protects the book cover and has flaps that fold out to protect the pages when the book is open as well...
The chap on the checkout wasnt convinced it was the right price though and asked the manager before he would let me buy it
