What baffles me is that for some reason that defies explanation, Haynes apparently never got around to putting out a manual for the Iron Cylinder Engine Bullets. I mean, we're talking about the longest production run of any model of motorcycle, almost unchanged since 1948, with hundreds and hundreds of thousands of units produced--at least about 20,000 per year between 1955 and 2011. Sure, they may not be parked on every street corner in the USA, Britain or Australia, but it's not like there aren't booksellers or Amazon in India. I mean, they did a manual for an obscure and shabby sub-model of the goddamned Lada Sputnik (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_Samara), a vehicle which only ever saw the light of day in the final closing hours of the Soviet Union. So, what exactly stopped them from taking a look at a vehicle that started its long life in nearby Birmingham, exactly? What's up? Has there been too much traffic on the M6 the past 71 years? After all, they seem to have found the time to cobble this and several other similar witty disposables together down in Somerset:
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Yeah, it's all beer and skittles with the Haynes folks in Somerset. Seriously though, Maddman, I hope your review will at least mention your underserved elders. How much longer, O Lord? How much longer must our Iron Bellies ache for sustenance?!? For, we yearn to be fed! Fed the good word of Haynes!
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Do any of you have an idea where one could find a Repair/Service manual for the Royal Enfield Thunderbird/Rumbler? I know that essentially the engine is the same as the Classic, but the electronics are quite different as well as the rear braking system, etc.
I just spotted downloadable PDFs for both the Thunderbird 500 and 350 models over in the refreshed Royal Enfield Company website's Owners Manuals section at https://www.royalenfield.com/in/en/home/motorcycles/owners-manual/ (https://www.royalenfield.com/in/en/home/motorcycles/owners-manual/). Maybe one of those will be helpful?
By the way, it looks like they finally got some new version of their Community Forum back up and running after more than a year's malfunctioning. It's a wasteland though (https://www.royalenfield.com/in/en/home/forum/)--an endless pointless vista of annoying spam and outlandishly bizarre non-sequiturs littered with the random brain droppings of clueless dumbasses as far as the eye can see. Next time anyone here feels the least dissatisfaction with our superb Forum resource, I suggest they go take even a brief ride on the Chennai Express. I may just order a T-shirt or something else I don't really need from our hosts in Ft. Worth out of simple gratitude for keeping the lights on here.
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I just spotted downloadable PDFs for both the Thunderbird 500 and 350 models over in the refreshed Royal Enfield Company website's Owners Manuals section at https://www.royalenfield.com/in/en/home/motorcycles/owners-manual/ (https://www.royalenfield.com/in/en/home/motorcycles/owners-manual/). Maybe one of those will be helpful?
By the way, it looks like they finally got some new version of their Community Forum back up and running after more than a year's malfunctioning. It's a wasteland though (https://www.royalenfield.com/in/en/home/forum/)--an endless pointless vista of annoying spam and outlandishly bizarre non-sequiturs littered with the random brain droppings of clueless dumbasses as far as the eye can see. Next time anyone here feels the least dissatisfaction with our superb Forum resource, I suggest they go take even a brief ride on the Chennai Express. I may just order a T-shirt or something else I don't really need from our hosts in Ft. Worth out of simple gratitude for keeping the lights on here.
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Thank you, sir! I appreciate it. Got it downloaded and it's the same owner's manual that came with the bike. It's handy for the basic stuff, but no look at anything more. I may just have to buy one for the basic Classic model for the engine part. It'd be nice to have for the rest of the bike as well, but doubt Haynes would produce the manual for an even more obscure bike. Again, thanks for the link!