Trade shop manual

[fj1200]

I have a shop manual for unit construction 650/750 triumphs printed by Haynes, that I would like to trade for a shop manual for 1982  xs650.  Anyone interested?

[Fritz]

Sounds like a Great deal.......
.....I have a 73-76 Suzuki GT 125-185 Twin Haynes Manual  that can be traded for an 82 XS650 Manual and will trade it again to you for the Triumph manual   
...Rusty Bucket must have a few of those books kicking around his shop....

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[fj1200]

Sounds good to me. Do you want a first edition 196? or a second edition 197? I have both.

Just checked they are both 73's.

[Rusty Bucket]

Remember, Gary has all the Yamaha manuals - and I don't think there were XS650 manuals, though I'm not certain about that.  Gary might be williing to swap an XS650 manual for a Triumph manual, if he had one; so calling Gary is the thing to do.

[fj1200]

To my recollection there were none in the library. Only on your book shelf. I did download a pdf manual ...better than nothing,but not by much. I prefer the feel of dead trees. After all we live in what was once called the "spruce capitol of the world".

[fast1]

  A properly stored book can still be read a 100 years later. Never seen a computer last more than 5 yrs. I also hate electronic parts and service manuals. They suck.

[fj1200]

True.   Just sold a book last wkend that was over 100 yrs old. 

[Theo]

I would agree that a paper manual is generally nicer to work with, but an electronic version has the advantage of easy searchability. So, why not print off the PDF manual? Then you would have the best of both worlds. Further, when the paper version gets all dirty and greasy from handling in the shop, you can simply reprint it.

[Billy Thunder]

I always use those grease marks on the edge of the book pages as an index...lol. Easy to find that area of the manual that gets used most.

[Hans]

Manual, we don't need no steenking manual.