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Is the Haynes manual worth getting

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deltarider:
That Haynes has been translated in German, Dutch and maybe other languages. As far as the CB500 it is useful for the UK models, not for the CB500K2 GENERAL EXPORT: too many differences.

AshimotoK0:
Why don't you bring something useful to the party DR ... same old same old ... Its SOHC.co.uk BTW

deltarider:

--- Quote from: AshimotoK0 on August 12, 2023, 10:04:56 AM ---Why don't you bring something useful to the party DR ... same old same old ... Its SOHC.co.uk BTW

--- End quote ---
Why the Brits didn't forbid Japanese bikes to enter their market, remains a miracle to me. ;)
Ash, first, you can-not-image the frustrations we have had all those years the Haynes manual was the only available. Nothing seemed to match a 100%. It drove us crazy.
Now that all models surface anywhere, I thought it good to warn K2 owners to stick to the original Honda Shop Manual. It is free available, in a good resolution. So far my advice in general.
Now to the OP. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Mick own a 550K1? Is that model in the Haynes manual? Not in my Haynes which deals with the CB400F, CB550F and CB550K3. Over to you, Ash.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
It is a tenuous connection to the original topic but back in the  mid 1960's a young engineering photographer named John Colley used to moonlight doing Commercial Photography mainly at weekends IIRC he worked at R.R back then in the engineering department somewhere. A few years later in around 1973/4 he did some new model launch photos at the Car Dealership where I worked in BoT.

In around 2014/5 when collecting a Merc from a customer I noticed the name J Colley on the Job Card, I had not seen him since around 1973/4 so I asked him if he used to be a photographer at RR Derby, it was the same John Colley. He was not fully retired, he has a website if you google him.http://www.johncolley.com/

I had a really interesting chat with him, he went on to tell me he went self employed after winning a lucrative  contract to photograph for the Haynes manuals in the UK. Judging by his nice rural house he clearly had done well for himself. He went on to tell me that when Haynes was bought out they dumbed down on the quality & detail as part of the cost cutting drive. By this time he was well known in the right circles so stopped the Haynes work, he has clearly done quite well for himself.

Mick550:
Cheers all. I’ll be adding the Haynes to my Christmas list... :)

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