just recieved my bike

[mikemacy]

i just recieved my bike today its a 65 pan. im looking for a good shop manual for this bike any recomendations? how good is the clymer manual? thanks for any help

[FlatHeadSix]

The Clymer is ok but its pretty generic, tries to cover everything and leaves a lot of the specifics out in the process.

try to find a factory manual also, and, of course, Bruce Palmer's restoration guide.

[mikemacy]

im not trying to restore this bike though. how specific does this book get. im planning on making this a bobber style bike. im pretty much looking for general electrical, mechanical and drivetrain information. the more specific the book the beter though. thanks everyone.

[john HD]

you will like palmer's book even if you are running a bobber.

lots of good info on figuring out what fits what.

john

[Jack_Hester]

Buffalo Motorcycle sells reprints of almost any early H-D service and parts manuals. You will want both. The exploded views in the parts manual is a great help when seeing how things go together.

http://stores.ebay.com/Buffalo-Motorcycle-Works

Jack

[57pan]

A lot of people bad-mouth the Clymer manuals. I use it in conjuction with the H-D service manual. Clymer does not assume that you own every special tool and fixture that the Motor Company ever made so it is directed a little more toward us shade tree mechanics.

Just my $0.02