GOT IT!! - Haynes

[Elm]

Hard to get. I'll throw a party for anybody else who got this book! Don't you DARE tell me you bought it from a store!! I had to jump off a 600 ft cliff to get this!!

Claud is reading it now. Thus far, he says it has almost all the information from the factory manuals we have on FZ6-FORUM.COM, but Haynes seems to "translate" more words.

There's plenty of COPYRIGHT material in the book, which means I'll have to explain everything from it in my own words!! Isn't that wonderful?

[Apollo]

Yep, I just got mine also, and it did come from the haynes store lololol

[Elm]

AWESOME!! Claud finished reading the book!

He's looking down at me...uhh...uh oh. He seems worried about something.

On a positive side, the HAYNES manual has more pictures and descriptions. There are more clarifications behind every step, plus handy reminders for each task.

One problem: Haynes takes the LONG WAY.

When HAYNES builds their guides, they take pictures and notes as they're TOTALLY DISASSEMBLING the vehicle. In a way, that's a great thing for the sake of added description, but you're going to need more time to completely remove certain parts.

Here's an example (you can check it out yourself).

REMOVING SPARKPLUGS (North American S or S2 Model)

FACTORY GUIDE: You remove a couple of radiator hoses and take the plugs out. Minimal amounts of pictures or descriptions are provided here.

HAYNES GUIDE: You remove the fairings, fuel tank, airbox, radiator (draining coolant first) and then you can finally take the plugs out. More pictures, descriptions, references and tool explanations; more unnecessary steps.

Perhaps we could startup a MECHANICAL SHORTCUT Topic? Where we post discovered shortcuts to complete jobs? I know a couple already...

[Cloggy]

Originally Posted by Elm

AWESOME!! Claud finished reading the book!

.....On a positive side, the HAYNES manual has more pictures and descriptions. There are more clarifications behind every step, plus handy reminders for each task.

One problem: Haynes takes the LONG WAY.

When HAYNES builds their guides, they take pictures and notes as they're TOTALLY DISASSEMBLING the vehicle. In a way, that's a great thing for the sake of added description, but you're going to need more time to completely remove certain parts.
.............
Perhaps we could startup a MECHANICAL SHORTCUT Topic? Where we post discovered shortcuts to complete jobs? I know a couple already...

I love Haynes manuals, maybe because I'm such a mechanical Numpty, but even I could do it

[reiobard]

sounds like someone has to start scanning pages to convert it to a PDF for us!!!

[BranNwebster]

I can't justify buying this, could it be better than the free service manual we already have? Although being on paper would make it some good bedside reading material. I love manuals and maps. Of course everything is going digital.

[reiobard]

Originally Posted by BranNwebster

I can't justify buying this, could it be better than the free service manual we already have? Although being on paper would make it some good bedside reading material. I love manuals and maps. Of course everything is going digital.

Printers are a great solution for this.

[Wolfman]

Originally Posted by reiobard

Printers are a great solution for this.

I downloaded the FZ6 Onwers, Assembly & Service manual off the net...took them all to work on disc, and printed the lot! Used the Binder from work to make them into a nice book...now i have excellent "reading material"...i love the internet!

Would love to see the Haynes Manual...doubt they would find it very amusing though if scanned pages started appearing on the net....Lol!

[grommit]

If I'm doing a job I just tend to print off the relevant pages and take them with me. Nothing worse than a laptop covered in grease.

[steveindenmark]

Not that difficult. I think you can get it on Amazon now.

I saw it in Germany...in English... last week but am happy to have the workshop CD off e-Bay for a fraction of the price of the Haynes.

Steve