Repair Manuals

[Doppelganger]

Greetings-

I am a new rider and BMW owner. I am amazed by this bike every time I get out for a ride, and look forward to many happy hours together!

The motorcycle I purchased did not have an owner's manual. I was looking for your opinions on the better manual- Clymer or Haynes?

Thanks in advance!

[Jim Moore]

Check your PMs.

[ednap]

Welcome to the forums

 

I had a Clymer manual for my K1100LT which I sold with the bike. It was very clear and handy. I have no experience with the Haynes though.

 

At the moment I am using a CD-Rom manual I bought of E-Bay for my R1150RT but it isn't as comprehensive as the Clymer was either.

[Nevets]

I purchased a Clymer manual, and have not been very impressed. Can't speak from experience about the Haynes. I'm also a relatively new BMW owner.

 

From the picture, it appears you may have an RT-P? You will be very impressed by the amount of information available from this site. In fact, I would almost question the need for a manual with all of the info available here. There was a thread a few weeks ago about "free" (non-copyrighted) manuals etc. Check what you can get for free before you spend any hard earned cash. PM me if you want me to email anything to ya..

[Ken H.]

Personal opinion, if you're going to do a lot of your own wrenching, you're going to want all three. Each has there strengths and weaknesses and by reading the subject at hand in each of them I can almost always glean together what I need to know.