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Sidecar · 03-25-2007

Hi everybody!
I bought my Bonneville yesterday. It's a 'all black', 865cc model. The previous owner used it for less than 100 km, so it's basically new.

Now, unfortunately the previous owner lost the Owner's Manual, and my local Triumph dealer charges 50 € for a new owner's manual (yes, the 30 or so pages booklet....)!!!

And here are my questions:

- any suggestion on where to find on the Net a legally downloadable Bonneville owner's manual?
- more on the technical side: with the bonneville on the lateral stand, no oil level can be seen through the oil glass window. With the bike kept vertically, oil shows up. Can you please check YOUR Owner's manual and tell me how the oil level is supposed to be checked (bike on lateral stand or vertical').

Thanks, ciao
Luciano (Milan, Italy) :???:

eurochien · 03-25-2007

Salve Luciano,
I can't help you with the manual, other than make sure that you check the underside of the seat (after you remove it of course, with a 5mm allen key) as that's where I keep mine (along with the maintenance log), the previous owner may have forgotten it even was there (?), although with 100km on the odometer, he would have to be a real amnesic but you never know. Actually that almost sounds fishy that a brand-new bike's owner would not know where to find the bike documentation...
As for the oil level, it is supposed to be somewhere in the middle of the window, with the bike level (center stand).
Ciao

[ This message was edited by: eurochien on 2007-03-25 10:12 ]

rodburner · 03-25-2007

Welcome. BTW,upright and level is with both tires on the ground. Using the centerstand [if there is one]will give a false read as the oil will collect in the lower front part of the engine. If I`m wrong,some will be sure to correct me,and you may disregard my ramblings. Either way,welcome again.

RedBird · 03-25-2007

I believe the Triumph web site has a downloadable copy of the owners manual--you might look there.

Larry

bonnieblackinfl · 03-25-2007

Congrats on the bike!!

Don't forget to check your oil when the engine has reached proper operating temperature, I check mine after a ride. The reason is oil expands as it gets hot, you don't want to over-fill.

BTW, how many miles is a 100k? I'm metrically challanged.

Greg

RedBird · 03-25-2007

I tried the Triumph web site and couldn't find anything on owners manuals--so forget what I said above.

Any Triumph dealer should be able to order you an owners manual. I would also recommend ordering the service manual at the same time.

Larry

Spyder94 · 03-25-2007

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On 2007-03-25 11:18, bonnieblackinfl wrote:
Congrats on the bike!!

Don't forget to check your oil when the engine has reached proper operating temperature, I check mine after a ride. The reason is oil expands as it gets hot, you don't want to over-fill.

BTW, how many miles is a 100k? I'm metrically challenged.

Greg

100 kilometers is, round numbers, 60 miles. Sounds like the first owner rode it home from the dealer and parked it :-D . The owners guide is about as useful as a three pecker goat. Buy the Haynes shop book. I own several for different motorcycles and cars. :-D

Steve, gear head at large :yayyy: :chug: :yayyy:

Sidecar · 03-25-2007

Thank you all for your warm welcome, and for your hints.
Yes, the previous owner, apparently, simply drove the Bonnie from the Triumph dealer to the BMW one, where I have bought it trading in my '92 BMW R 100 R....

For what concerns the Manual, I was in fact considering to purchase the Haynes, although it does not strictly cover my model (865 cc black).... I would probably better spend 30 € on the Heynes, than 50 € for the original Owner's Manual.

Ciao!
Luciano

Spyder94 · 03-25-2007

sidecardudness.

The Haynes covers Bonni variants. These bikes are essentially all the same. Tools and tear down is the same. Wiring should be the same. The only differences I can see is displacement and cosmetics.

Steve, gears
:-D :-D