Ever buy a service manual on disc?

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Just purchased a manual for my 2000 Phaser on ebay. Cost me $12 bucks and shipped in less than a week from the States up to Canada. Yamaha wanted $140 for it and so far I can not see any downfall to the disc. What I do see is a huge advantage as I can copy it as many times as I want and just print out the pages I need. Or I take the laptop out to the garage.

Just thought I'd put it out there. Cyclehippie.com was the store.

 

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gotten a few off ebay. Can't go wrong with the price

 

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I have one for my F5. Its proved useful a couple times, convinient to have...but I don't really get to ride it enough for things to need fixing.

 

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There are some sites that have them for free download.

 

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HawkShot99 said:

There are some sites that have them for free download.

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Link? I'd love a Nytro service manual in pdf.

 

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tomMTX said:

Link? I'd love a Nytro service manual in pdf.

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Gotta search around a bit for them. I was able to find them for my motorcycles.

 

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I've bought two for Doo's and one for a Yammie, each for under $5. I didn't realize they would be burned copies until I got the first one and saw that it came in a paper sleeve...I imagine there'd be some legal implications if the ebay sellers peddling these things ever got caught. But I support their cause!

 

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I bought one for the hubby's and my '03 Cats a few years back. Same thing, burned disc, but also didn't know that at the time.

I did take and get a binder, with those clear plastic sheets to put paper in, then printed out everything relevant to both of our sleds. Nice to have it all in one spot and to be able to easily flip to the pages needed while in the shop.

 

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I bought the cd for my 02 Arctic Cat at the dealer for around $30. I would have been happy to pay that much for my 06 as well, but Arctic Cat got greedy and jacked the price to $150!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I paid $9 on ebay instead.

 

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downloaded a pdf manual for my 2002 skidoo last year from tradebit.com:
http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/1122774

Was nice not having to wait for shipping, but the pdf was corrupt and wouldn't open! Contacted the site and by the following day they had a new version for me to download so it all worked out.

 

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I got a shop manual for my 69 chevelle on a disc. Love it.

 

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Got one for my M7 and love it.

 

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I use them and like them alot.

 

Rixster

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I did the same thing, Love it, the copy what you want and take it to the garage is NICE.

 

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Have many manuals on disk as well, the only bummer is i hate printing them off all the time so i bring my computer out. Then i keep getting my laptop all dirty and greasy...

 

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I bought one last year for my 900 rmk. I still like the paper manuals better but for the price of a new paper one the CD did just fine.