I have a copy of the OEM manual- anyone need it?

rritterson · August 25, 2005, 07:43:51 PM

I got a copy of the OEM service manual for the GS that covers through the 05 model. If anyone needs a bit of info for it, feel free to PM me.

I'm thinking of scanning the whole thing to PDF and making it available. I don't want to screw the site out of a good source of revenue though, so I think I'd tell people to donate $3 to the site and then give them the link. Would anyone be interested in that?

scottpA_GS · August 25, 2005, 07:56:40 PM

Hmmmm.. Maybee Suzukis Copyright Attorneys would be interested in purchasing one

:lol: :lol: :lol:

rritterson · August 25, 2005, 08:04:07 PM

I don't think they care all that much. The Haynes and Clymer manuals are all over teh interweb.

scottpA_GS · August 25, 2005, 08:07:58 PM

Yea.. Umm ok... You start charging $ for people to DL a copy.. Cash some of those checks and uuuuhh.. well .. Hope you like hunter orange jumpers

rritterson · August 25, 2005, 11:35:52 PM

no, i'm not charging people to download it. I'm asking people to make a donation. I'm not profiting off of the manual, and the site owners aren't involved with me.

Plus, the donation isn't even mandatory.

banner · August 26, 2005, 01:55:06 AM

where are these free clymers manuels? i still need one.

red_phil · August 26, 2005, 02:00:01 AM

Not sure about this but if it's just the bike manual it could be ok.

The right to have a copy of an instruction manual for a video etc goes with the ownership of the device, so we should all have a right to the GS500 instruction manual.

If your talking about the GS500 Workshop manual however that is a very different matter.

rritterson · August 26, 2005, 02:37:16 AM

blah blah blah blah..

FINE. No service manual for anyone. Y'all can go pay $60 too. :nana:

Phaedrus · August 26, 2005, 10:18:02 AM

I'd be up for it. I think it is a good idea. Of course there are always "moral police", but sometimes you gotta take a step back and look at what is moral. Proceed with what helps the most amount of people the most, while causing the least amount of grief. A few GS500 manuals to some GS enthusiasts isn't going to hurt anyone. It is no worse than making photocopies of sections of a book at a Library. I am sure we've all done that. Those of us that read anyway :lol:

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I have a copy of the OEM manual- anyone need it?