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Spitfire:
Haynes manuals were a staple diet for me until I could afford genuine ones, they did serve me well, still have quite a few in the loft.

Cheers

Dennis

MCTID:
My two pennyworth......Haynes Manuals do serve a purpose, but I have to say that they often (more often than not) fail to tell the full story, so you are left scratching your head on whether to turn left, turn right or stand still when you reach a task which is on the critical path with rebuilding anything mechanical....brakes, engine, gearbox etc etc. Probably why so many bits are broken or engines fail to work properly despite many hours of painstaking hard work going into them !

Surely it's not too difficult for the Haynes Author to diligently read through their words when it's finished and make a simple judgement 'Does that make sense and will my readers understand what I have written' ? We all go through an Education System where somebody more knowledgeable than ourselves reviews what we have written and corrects mistakes or clarifies misunderstandings, so why shouldn't the Publishers of Haynes Manuals do exactly the same before they release their books......on their 'unsuspecting' Customers ?

I pestered Nurse Julie to have a go at writing such Manuals/ DVD's after following her recent Engine Rebuild thread on the sohc Forum.....her thread was logical, clear, to the point and easy to follow. Whilst her photos were much clearer than the crap that Haynes use, they were actually photos of the parts being assembled - not something completely different or just showing one gear of a five gear cluster when talking about assembling the complete five gear cluster and all it's associated bits !

As my old Teachers regularly used to say to me 'Must try harder' !

Bryanj:
Mr Davo i am supprised you got 1.5 gears on the 5 speed triumph aas i remember it telling you to fit the hi gear sleeve gear first(one the sprocket goes on) then fit the cam plate and that is physicaly impossible

AshimotoK0:

--- Quote from: SteveD CB500K0 on August 04, 2020, 12:48:10 PM ---Do the manuals change much over the years Ash?  I see that one is 1974.  I probably have half a dozen of them stashed away as Eamon left me a boxfull.

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I think they did update them Steve..,.. usually to cover later models introduced after the publication date of the originals rather than updating mistakes ... a bit like Honda really.

royhall:
Ash. You may have to beware of copyright for any Haynes manual that is still in print.

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