Work Shop Manuals ?

[TourNut]

What Workshop manual is better ? - Haynes , Clymer or what ?

 

[KDK]

Honda's Service Manual, available online from Helm Inc..

 

[mi1300]

+1 on Helm.

 

[Fred D]

I think the OEM (Helm) Service Manual assumes a degree of previous experience, knowledge, confidence in ones mechanical ability. The Clymer manual (for the ST1100 - haven't seen the Clymer for the ST1300) has fewer, crisper pictures, and a more detailed description of the maintenance task. Ideally, IMO, it would be nice to have both~all, but if I could only have one, and I do , it would be the Helm.

 

[roginoz]

I'm with Fred: get the OEM manual. I have one for each of my bikes, and it's been money well spent.

 

[4walls]

I sent you links, check your PM inbox.

 

[Blue STreak]

Check ebay for the OEM manuals. Not always available, but when they are a lot cheaper than a new one.

 

[sennister]

I have OEM for the 1300 and a Haynes and OEM for the 1100. I see that the Haynes is now out for the 1300 but I prefer the OEM manuals. It is nice to have more than one though because there are times that one manual isn't clear on something I will look it up in the other. Many times there will be a diagram or some other reference that is helpful. For instance the water pump replacement procedure is missing a few steps in the OEM manual for the 1300. You would be able to figure it out but when I just read the OEM manual it left out key parts so I wouldn't have ordered all the parts needed to do the job had I only referenced the OEM manual. Since I only have the one I just used this site as a reference and people here that had done the job before.