Shop manual on DVD from eBay?

[CDN_FJR]

I was browsing eBay and came across a few sellers selling FJR shop manuals on CD/DVD... They're much cheaper than a hard copy of the manual from Yamaha... anyone buy one? Are they worth it or just an eBay scam?

Thanks

Richard

 

[ponyfool]

They're a scam, but not in the "take your money for nothing in return" style. They're illegal copies of a scanned document, thus, they are illegal and a scam in that sense.

 

[Ignacio]

And specifically have their very own forum guideline #9 about them.

 

[CDN_FJR]

And specifically have their very own forum guideline #9 about them.

That's why I asked first... not interested a pirated copy, now that you mention it might be. I should of realized that the FJR is on it's 5th year here in North America that pretty much every topic has beed covered and beaten to death... I kinda' like talking to you guys here for your opinion and current twists on things. I realize I should go straight for the search function first. I am not lazy... but I would rather intereact with the people here than to just google everything and bypass the site completely.

Thanks again everyone.

 

[SockMonkey]

But it sure would be nice if Yamaha put their service manuals on DVD (searchable of course...)! There's obviously a market for them or otherwise you wouldn't see them advertised on Ebay. (As an aside, their printed manuals aren't so hot from a quality standpoint; they need to fire their printing/binding company. Pages are falling out all over the place in mine and are being held in with Scotch tape... :angry: )

 

[Ignacio]

But it sure would be nice if Yamaha put their service manuals on DVD (searchable of course...)! ....

Sounds like a great reason to try using the resources at this link to make a suggestion.

 

[SockMonkey]

But it sure would be nice if Yamaha put their service manuals on DVD (searchable of course...)! ....

Sounds like a great reason to try using the resources at this link to make a suggestion.

Good call! B)

 

[twowheelnut]

I thought the Gen II Service Manuals came with DVD or CD Roms, based on what one of my favorite people, Dallara had made such a fuss about...

 

[SockMonkey]

I thought the Gen II Service Manuals came with DVD or CD Roms, based on what one of my favorite people, Dallara had made such a fuss about...

Nope, all we get is a cheaply bound, 1 1/2" thick book for our $60.00. I'm tempted to take mine to FedExKinkos and have them cut the binding off and put it into either a 3 ring binder or have it spiral bound. (Truth be told, a printed manual is handier than a DVD. Balancing a laptop on the seat of my bike while I'm working on it - like I do with the manual - is a catastrophe waiting to happen..)

 

[kulwen]

I took a table saw to my book and shaved the binding off. Took it to work ran it though the double sided scanner that just auto-fed the pages. When the scanner was complete about 20 minutes later I got a email from the scanner with the manual in PDF form. Then, I took the paper copy to a friends house and used a drill press to make it ready for a 3-ring binder. We used a blank piece of 3 hold paper as a guide where to drill.

Now, I have my paper manual for home and a copy on a USB drive and PC for when I am on the road. Since I have Adobe Writer at work I added the quick links to the table of contents.

Recently I screwed up a page to my paper copy. No worries, I just re-printed it and put it back in the book.

No, I won't email a copy out.