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windrider

Has any one got the workshop manual for the Speedmaster? I have ordered it but was wondering if it is worth the buy as I have heard that some of these manuals are not that good.

dazco

Personally i think it blows. But at the moment it's the only option till that haynes one everyones been talking about comes out in few months. Gotta be better than this piece of ****. then again i'm not sure what it will cover. it may be for the bonnie only, i dunno.

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windrider

Funny I heard that the Triumph one is a better buy than the Haynes one. I think the only way to really make sure you have it all covered is to have both. There do seem to be some inconsistencies in some of the documentation supplied by Triumph by the looks of things.

karlr

I've had the factory manual for years. It is outstanding. I bought it a couple of months after buying my SM. I've own Haynes manuals before. and found them always coming up short to the factory manual.

It's very well laid out, perfect diagrams, and complete in every way. The added bonus is when you get stuck doing something. Talk to your local Triumph dealer / shop and simply refer the page in the factory manual your working on and get any tips you need.

The down side is the cost. Way too much in my opinion. Then again compared to the of the factory manual for my A4 it's a bargain.

Second problem. Only metric values. Here in Canada we use the metric system, however I'm a bit of a Luddite when it comes to torque settings. It would have been nice if both metric and imperial values were in the manual. I solved the problem with a conversion table I did on a spreadsheet and stapled it into the manual.

Lastly, every page as at least one "Warning" on it, for the price it would have been nice to have part numbers rather than all the warnings. However, its a separate book, or fiche.

I recommend you spring for the factory book, if you need some more proof I could scan in a page or two for you and post or email them to you so you can see what you'll get. Better yet, just drop by your Triumph shop and ask on of the shop staff to see theirs.

Cheers

Karl

windrider

Thanks I thought it would be best to order the factory manual. My problem is I don’t really have any support here where I live so it will be a bonus for me. I did order it and it has cleared customs and the dealer has it but we are waiting for my other parts to clear and they will ship them all off to me, I suppose it will be early next week I hope. Pity it does not have the parts list but then I could just scan in the part and send it off to my support dealer and they can sort it out from there. One thing I must say they are excellent. Pity my local dealer is not, anyway the main thing is I can get support.

tba-golfer

Wind, et.al.- The Haynes manual will be published in early May, and can be pre-ordered at amazon.co.uk

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