Clymer Manual?

Why not buy the official Norton manual for Commandos (06.5146) from Andover Norton at £25.64 no VAT ?

I have the Haynes and Clymer, but the "Official" one is my "go-to"

And Norman's new one is just excellent.
 
Staytite said:
Why not buy the official Norton manual for Commandos (06.5146) from Andover Norton at £25.64 no VAT ?

I have the Haynes and Clymer, but the "Official" one is my "go-to"
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It was just for a different 'perspective' on tackling things, but yes, agree, official manuals are always the best.

Staytite said:
And Norman's new one is just excellent.
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Norman's new one? As in the restoration book? I have that and find my head in it most evenings.
 
Bonzo said:
I've used a Clymer manual for years on my brick (BMW K100RS) and when I got hold of the mk2 I was hoping they did one for the Commando.

I see they did, but now out of print, but there's a version that also includes Triumph & BSA models. https://haynes.com/en-gb/norton/750850cc-commando/1969-1975-0

It's sold by Haynes, but isn't the Haynes manual?

So would the Norton section be the same as the old single Clymer edition, or is a bit of a trimmed down version?

I would imagine covering 3 different manufacturers offerings in one manual would make for a weighty (and navigationally frustrating) tome?
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I have the Haynes "Owners Workshop Manual" published 1990 (Good shape) and the Haynes "Owners Workshop Manual" published 1973 (Very Good shape). There are quite a few for sale on eBay, New. Amazon has a lot of the 1990 version for sale. PM me if interested in either of my used ones.
 
marshg246 said:
I have the Haynes "Owners Workshop Manual" published 1990 (Good shape) and the Haynes "Owners Workshop Manual" published 1973 (Very Good shape). There are quite a few for sale on eBay, New. Amazon has a lot of the 1990 version for sale. PM me if interested in either of my used ones.
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Cheers for the offer Greg,

I have the '90 version. I'm not a massive fan to be honest, but as mentioned above, good to have another perspective.

Clymer Manual?


I didn't know they did one in '73.
 
The four at the top left are the best manuals to have together with parts books, the Tech Digests are quite useful.
There are errors in them all scattered about, even in the Norton workshop manual that have been documented on here by LAB & others. The MKIII edited workshop manual available from chaztuna is nice to have for that model. He's put a lot of work into corrected errors in that manual. The Sudco Mikuni book is a must have when fiddling with those carbs.
Those old Norton news booklets contain a lot useful little hints and are a fun wayback machine read.

Clymer Manual?

Clymer Manual?
 
Nice collection Chuck_Wagon

The Tech Digest you mention, is that the INOA book?

I see that in the NOC spares for £15
 
Bonzo said:
Nice collection Chuck_Wagon
The Tech Digest you mention, is that the INOA book?
I see that in the NOC spares for £15
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Yes, both of the Tech Digests were done by the INOA.
The beige one at top was the first one in 1981, my white one is Version 3.2, Sept. 1999 & has all the info from the first one plus more. The newest white one is version 3.3 and has error corrections.
 
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Jdub said:
I think this has become our "What Book?" thread so I thought to post here. Does anyone have any experience and recommendations for two books I am looking at, both by Graham Blighe, especially as applicable to our Nortons?

= Improving Classic Motorcycles
= Magnetic Speedometer Repair

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The speedo repair book is nice reading but don't expect it to do anything other than tell you how to do a hack job on the instrument. I don't have the other book, so I don't know about it.
 
Bonzo said:
It was just for a different 'perspective' on tackling things, but yes, agree, official manuals are always the best.



Norman's new one? As in the restoration book? I have that and find my head in it most evenings.
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What cam does Norman recommend?
 
IIRC there is a mistake / ambiguous instruction in the gearbox assembly section of the Haynes manual. It describes the orientation of a pinion on the layshaft, which could be mis-assembled. - as in put on inside outwards.... I think the error is pointed out in the Commando Service Notes book. I have made a suitable annotation in my Haynes manual, but I dont have it to hand to check.
 
daveforty said:
IIRC there is a mistake / ambiguous instruction in the gearbox assembly section of the Haynes manual. It describes the orientation of a pinion on the layshaft, which could be mis-assembled. - as in put on inside outwards.... I think the error is pointed out in the Commando Service Notes book. I have made a suitable annotation in my Haynes manual, but I dont have it to hand to check.
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The Mk 111 manual is the one most full of omissions and outright mistakes .
So bad that Chastuna initiated a re-think.
Easily uploaded and printed out and bindered up at your local friendly print shop .
 
Interesting. I have the version shown in Chuck_Wagon's post #10 earlier in the thread, I guess that is the first issue of the manual?
 
daveforty said:
Interesting. I have the version shown in Chuck_Wagon's post #10 earlier in the thread, I guess that is the first issue of the manual?
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Haynes? I think that's the 3rd (could be the 2nd.?) edition.

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The layshaft 4th. gear assembly in my copy of the above manual is correct.
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Chuck_Wagon said:
The four at the top left are the best manuals to have together with parts books, the Tech Digests are quite useful.
There are errors in them all scattered about, even in the Norton workshop manual that have been documented on here by LAB & others. The MKIII edited workshop manual available from chaztuna is nice to have for that model. He's put a lot of work into corrected errors in that manual. The Sudco Mikuni book is a must have when fiddling with those carbs.
Those old Norton news booklets contain a lot useful little hints and are a fun wayback machine read.

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Chuck,
I see the catalog from British Marketing.When I first got my bike in 1993 I thought they were the only source for Norton parts in the US.This was way before I had a computer which opened up a new galaxy for me.Then I found this forum which put all my other motorcycles on the back burner!
Mike
 
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