rstacy Posted July 19, 2011 #1 Posted July 19, 2011 Does anyone have an ecopy of the 86 VR user manual?
KarlS Posted July 19, 2011 #2 Posted July 19, 2011 On this site in 1st gen tech library. Heres the link for the manuals. http://labs.trunkful.com/vrmanuals/index.cfm
rstacy Posted July 19, 2011 Author #3 Posted July 19, 2011 Thanks Karl. I have been there. He doesnt have the Gen 1 Owner's manual.
rstacy Posted July 19, 2011 Author #5 Posted July 19, 2011 Did they even have 'e' in 1986? :stirthepot: They must have. How else would I know to ask for it?
Zane Posted July 19, 2011 #6 Posted July 19, 2011 Hey all, I think what he is looking for is the manual that comes with the bike. Not the service manual. Am I right?
rstacy Posted July 20, 2011 Author #7 Posted July 20, 2011 Hey all, I think what he is looking for is the manual that comes with the bike. Not the service manual. Am I right? Correct! I am just looking for a pdf or electronic version of the owner's manual that comes with the bike.
Freebird Posted July 20, 2011 #8 Posted July 20, 2011 Try this link. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3384 oops...sorry...I thought one of those was the owners manual but I was wrong.
rstacy Posted July 20, 2011 Author #9 Posted July 20, 2011 Try this link. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3384 oops...sorry...I thought one of those was the owners manual but I was wrong. Right. Thats the same link that Karl posted. Mike sent me an 83 which is close but so far no 86 versions out there.
Jayceesfolly Posted July 21, 2011 #10 Posted July 21, 2011 Ray: I have a 89 manual. I can scan the pages and e-mail them to you. Are you looking for a particular page or chapter? Jim
rstacy Posted July 21, 2011 Author #11 Posted July 21, 2011 Thanks Jim. I'm not looking for anything in particular. I would just like to have the manual for the bike. Its a big manual. I can scan it if you let me borrow it for a few days. Ray
islandmech Posted July 21, 2011 #12 Posted July 21, 2011 If possible, put iton a PDF and post it to the site....I am sure others would also like this Cheers
Flyinfool Posted July 21, 2011 #13 Posted July 21, 2011 Yup the manual for my 88 is 172 pages, I was going to scan it but figured I would wait till someone that needed it was willing to come and help. It took a log time but I finally got mine from ebay when no one with unlimited cash bid on it.
Flyinfool Posted July 21, 2011 #14 Posted July 21, 2011 Another idea is to go to http://www.yamahapubs.com/ and just buy a brand new owners manual for your 86, they claim to have it in stock. I had to do Ebay cuz they do mot have the owners manual for my 88 in stock, even though the only difference is probably the cover.
twigg Posted July 22, 2011 #15 Posted July 22, 2011 Another idea is to go to http://www.yamahapubs.com/ and just buy a brand new owners manual for your 86, they claim to have it in stock. I had to do Ebay cuz they do mot have the owners manual for my 88 in stock, even though the only difference is probably the cover. They do ... $20 "print on demand". If we have a pdf, we can print our own
Flyinfool Posted July 22, 2011 #16 Posted July 22, 2011 They do ... $20 "print on demand". If we have a pdf, we can print our own The $20 print on demand is only for the service manual. The service manuals are already available here in elec format. The owners manual is a hard copy only.
twigg Posted July 22, 2011 #17 Posted July 22, 2011 The $20 print on demand is only for the service manual. The service manuals are already available here in elec format. The owners manual is a hard copy only. Nah Jeff ... I just looked. The Service Manual is $90, the Handbook $20. I was looking at the '86, maybe the others are different. By the way. Yamaha will also supply these for some bikes, also a print on demand for about $90.
Flyinfool Posted July 22, 2011 #18 Posted July 22, 2011 Your right, they changed since I last looked. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it) So much the better, it means that you can buy an owners manual for $20. At least with my scanner it would take days to scan 170 pages, and then the file might be to big to post.
rstacy Posted July 22, 2011 Author #19 Posted July 22, 2011 Thanks guys. I just ordered the $30 (with shipping) print on demand manual. I also learned that I have a XVZ13DS. Whats the difference between my bike and the XVZ13DSC? Canada? Ray
Flyinfool Posted July 22, 2011 #20 Posted July 22, 2011 I am not certain, but I think the "C" is for the republic of California.
PEIslander Posted July 22, 2011 #21 Posted July 22, 2011 The following link has the 83 owners manual and others as well. Most of the info would be good for any year 83-93. This manual used to be on this site but got lost several years ago after the 'Crash' ! http://bergall.org/temp/venture/pdf/
rstacy Posted August 24, 2011 Author #22 Posted August 24, 2011 Thanks guys. I just ordered the $30 (with shipping) print on demand manual. Ray The manual came in and I guess it is OK. The quality of the pictures is less than adequate. It looks like a third generation copy. The cover and binding look good. Ray
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