Haynes manual v BMW workshop DVD

[old-man-andy]

I already have the Haynes manual - and very fine it is too

Is there anything on the BMW workshop DVD over and above the Haynes that makes it a "must have"??

Cheers

Andy

 

[Greggers]

IMHO ... the two should really be used in conjunction - both are in their own ways lacking in certain details, the DVD for example assumes a certain procedural ability - the 'BMW Way' if you like, whereas Haynes take the more practical route, but the photos are dire and in some parts the explanations can be somewhat ambiguous...

Put the two together and you'll not really go wrong ...

G

 

[deaninkl]

Andy, I used my haynes manual for the 1200 for the first time this last weekend, I found it to be crap. As an example in the section for tappets it does not give you the settings, you have to go to another section for all settings, ok easy...but with greasy hands...etc. I'd expect to get all the info I need in one easy description. Then the actual description of how to get the piston to TDC is ambiguous, ok for me cos I've worked on many bikes over the years, but the whole point of a manual is to help novices.

Frankly the best help I have found is the info pages of site like this and ADVrider, these are concise descritions writen by riders who have done the work thenselves and often do it without the expensive BuMW special tools.

I remember Haynes manuals being great when i was a kid, now they seem to assume you are a mechanic tio start with..IMHO

 

[MikeMike]

I have both and use both. Both have some degree of useless generic crap, the Haynes has the lead there. I expected a higher quality book for the price.
I got the DVD RepRom for free and it is an early edition but most of the necessary stuff hasn't really changed.
The above poster is correct, use the forums as most likely someone else has the know how that has been gleaned from having been there and done that.
I found both to be useful when I found my local dealer overcharging me for oil and claiming it took 4 liters to fill the F650 twin and they couldn't argue with the printed info from the RepRom.