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Haynes or Clymer What do you guys prefer
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:02 am
by tkclow
I was looking into some service and maint manuals and have always used the Haynes manuals for Automotive. For the FZR's which one do you all think is better the Haynes or Clymer. Thanks

Re: Haynes or Clymer What do you guys prefer
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:00 am
by yamaha_george
tkclow wrote:I was looking into some service and maint manuals and have always used the Haynes manuals for Automotive. For the FZR's which one do you all think is better the Haynes or Clymer. Thanks

They both have mis-prints so .......................
Re: Haynes or Clymer What do you guys prefer
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:49 am
by YAM93
Clymer
Re: Haynes or Clymer What do you guys prefer
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:16 am
by Fartblood
They're about the same, so as the haynes is cheaper and hardback that's what i'd go for. And did. And the Clymer.
Re: Haynes or Clymer What do you guys prefer
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:50 am
by tkclow
Thanks for the help, I think I will probably just get them both, they were both cheap enough on eBay
Re: Haynes or Clymer What do you guys prefer
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:04 am
by haunter
i thing the haynes is easier to navigate
Re: Haynes or Clymer What do you guys prefer
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:20 am
by tommyj27
I've never seen the Clymer; the Haynes was okay, augmented it with the FSM.
Re: Haynes or Clymer What do you guys prefer
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:07 pm
by the_finch
I have the Haynes manual and it's pretty good. Never seen a Clymer myself. By far the most helpful may be the factory service manual. They have it in PDF format over at the archives, but it takes a while to download (chapter by chapter) and forever and a forest to print out. Darrin (Ragedigital) has a factory service manual for sale in the classifieds here, and if my finances were where I could buy it, I would. But they aren't, so I can't.
Anyway, there's my

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