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20 Apr 2005
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maintenance manual
I am going on my first RTW starting in 2 weeks and decided it would be a good idea to bring sometype of maintenance book. I was wondering if anybody knows of a good do-it-yourself maintanence book, kind of a do it all book for dummies. I have a 2004 R1150GS.
my website if anyone is interested www.ridingtheglobe.com 
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20 Apr 2005
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Haynes & Clymer manuals are your only real option. I'd go for the Haynes as the latest version includes 2004 1150 models whilst I think the Clymer only covers the older 1100's.
If the book is too bulky to take with you, familiarise yourself with the bike as much as possible & photocopy the most important pages to take with with you i.e. colour copies of the wiring diagrams etc. As long as you can service the bike yourself, change tyres, repair punctures, remove fuel tank, replace all filters, have a vague understanding of the electrics & carry sensible spares, you should be okay. Have a great trip & post a report at some point, preferably with lots of photos. Steve [This message has been edited by Steve Pickford (edited 20 April 2005).]
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22 Apr 2005
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hello,
i don t know those new injection machines but i have the same search for my r80g/s. you can also find the original bmw repair manual on internet or cdrom, which i m trying to do for my old machine. depending on your preferences, capacity to understand each repair manual (bmw, haynes, clymer ...) : it s worth comparing each repair manual and see with which one you could sort out your problems at best on the road (for example here in france we have "RMT" repair manual and i don t find them well made or explained) ... and and of course your ability to find them, which is, in my case for my bike to get the original bmw repair manual, is not easy. happy trails
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23 Apr 2005
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for example, this link about 1150's and others :
http://popov1100.ath.cx/ this one for others : http://flatmecanic.free.fr/ happy travels
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10 Jun 2005
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i found a brochure at a bmw dealer and scanned it : see it on :
http:// f5.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/4JypQlPiTQ5V0g_yCcjRTPfQ7gMjOi1XJT7ENiUA2xSevwoo_9 1y_-kvOjURSg1OHGTy0uYd6rBmhck5tJhZbNPJX1_7-wY/ref.%20manuels%20de%20reparation%20bmw.bmp they give the references of some bmw bikes(2v, 4v) repair manuals (paper or cdrom) with those references numbers, you can go to your bmw dealer and order your repair manual. happy trails [This message has been edited by vincent danna (edited 10 June 2005).]
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10 Jun 2005
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Vincent
You can make your scan 10% of the current size if you crop the unnecessary white space and resave it as a GIF. Josh I know you have already left but there are some online PDFs here: http://www.advrider.com/Wisdom/Wisdom.html Your web site mentions you'll be in the UK in June. Are you going to be at the HU meeting this month?
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6 Jul 2005
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hello,
a friend sent me this list about repair manuals on line : i haven t tried the links yet : bmw.k100rs.free.fr/files/repair_manuals/BMW%20C1%20-%20ENG.pdf F650 CS www.diff.ru/manual/files/BMW_F650CS_Repair_Manual.zip www.themotorhead.com/downloads/BMW_F650CS_Repair_Manual_English_2001.pdf bmw.k100rs.free.fr/files/repair_manuals/BMW%20F650CS%20-%20ENG.pdf F650 GS xfer.gofastvideo.com/gallery/getitem/382/1/F650.pdf R850 C / R1200 C www.diff.ru/manual/files/BMW_R850C_R1200C_Repair_Manual.zip bmw.k100rs.free.fr/files/repair_manuals/BMW%20R850C%20R1200C%20-% 20ENG.PDF K1100 LT / RS bmw.k100rs.free.fr/files/repair_manuals/BMW%20K1100LT%20K1100RS%20-% 20ENG.pdf R1100 (RT/RS) / R 850 / 1100 (GS/R) www.diff.ru/manual/files/BMW_R1100(RT-RS-GS-R)_'00_Repair_Manual.zip R1100 S www.diff.ru/manual/files/BMW_R1100S_Repair_Manual.zip www.themotorhead.com/downloads/BMW-R1100S-RepairManual-.pdf bmw.k100rs.free.fr/files/repair_manuals/BMW%20R1100S%20-%20ENG.PDF R1150 GS www.diff.ru/manual/files/BMW_R1150GS_Repair_Manual.zip R1150 R bmw.k100rs.free.fr/files/repair_manuals/BMW%20R1150R%20ABS%20-%20ENG.PDF R1150 RT www.europrez.com/europrez/files/r1150rt.pdf xfer.gofastvideo.com/gallery/getitem/383/1/r1150rt.pdf www.diff.ru/manual/files/BMW_R1150RT_Service_Manual.zip bmw.k100rs.free.fr/files/repair_manuals/BMW%20R1150RT%20ABS%20-% 20ENG.PDF K1200 LT www.diff.ru/manual/files/BMW_K1200LT_Repair_Manual.zip bmw.k100rs.free.fr/files/repair_manuals/BMW%20K1200LT%20ENG.pdf happy trails,
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8 Sep 2005
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hello,
also, on http://photobucket.com/albums/b248/vincentabc/ password : vincentabc file : ref des manuels de reparation bmw you have all the official bmw repair manuals references : then you can order an original copy (paper or cdrom depending on your bike) cheers
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9 Jan 2006
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Hi guys,
regarding the R80GS, which repair manual would you prefer, Clymer or Haynes? One comment on the Amazon website was pretty critical about Haynes. Hans
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