Best Manual for the XS650

[GregTheKeg197]

What is your guys opinion on the best Manuals? I have been an xs650 owner since april and am finally ready to start my bobber build. Money wasn't a problem but at the same time bills always come every month....sigh. I am really not a noob when it comes to bikes since I have ridden motocross since I was 7 and have always worked on them since the day my father taught me the right way.
TO THE POINT
I saw Haynes and Clymer out there, any other options? The most questions I have one this build is going to be engine, electrical wiring, and carbs. Its a basic air cooled inline twin that I am gonna keep stock but still every engine is different, with different torque specs. Let me know Gentlemen. Thanks, Greg

 

[650Skull]

This is asked every other day. Link to the Google search asking "Best manual" Here

 

[GregTheKeg197]

Thank you very much for the quick response man. I appreciate it.

 

[Soliddrummer]

The best xs650 manual is this forum. Seriously. Look around, use the search function, there you will find every answer to ever possible question. If you can't find it, look harder, it's there....as a last resort, start a thread and you have access to the best and most knowledgable xs650 specialists out there.

 

[jd750ace]

Better get both a Clymer and Haynes while you can if you want both. They will be one by this time next year.
Haynes bought Clymer Publications.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130918-700929.html

 

[pcoumbe]

For $19.95 the parts and service manual CD from www.650central.com is good value.
Look up what you want, print it and take it out and use it, get it dirty, whatever, throw it away when you're done.

 

[TwoJugs]

I use 3 or 4 manuals to pick up details on different subjects. Each one handles the info in its own way and sometimes explains things better, including the factory manual and 2 different clymbers. The yamaha original parts book is very helpful too for getting the parts back in the right place although I have run across a few mistakes or at least confusing sections in all.

If you know how to ask right and filter what you read, yes this place can give you more useful info than any of the books.

 

[XSLeo]

I think the Factory manuals are best. The after market books are mostly just copies and often poor copies of the factory books. They contain many mistakes. The Clymer book is good, the Haynes book is good. Having both is better. Comparing the two you can find the mistakes. Having the Factory books to go along with them is even better.
I have the Haynes and Clymer books and with shopping Ebay have the factory books from 70- 80. I have gotten the 80 up books as downloads. I refer to all of them.
I like the real books as compared to down loads. The feel of a book in your hand is something real. Reading it off a computer works, better if you have printer so you can print out the pages you need and have them to carry to the bike as you work on it is a good thing.
Leo

 

[xjwmx]

I like the factory manual too, although I've never seen any other...

There are at least two downloadable manuals. The one usually mentioned here is at
www.biker.net

But there is another one with much better (actually usable) pictures at
http://thexscafedotcom.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/xs650-xs650sj-service-manual/

Actually there is another manual, translated from the German by a member here, which I don't have a link to. Not as thorough as the the factory manual, but mentions some things it doesn't.

 

[GregTheKeg197]

cool guys, thanks for the help.