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Photo by Alessio Corradini, on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, of two locals

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Photo by Alessio Corradini,
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repair manual r80g/s

hello, i m looking for the official bmw r80g/s repair manual, edited by bmw, in french or english.
if you have it ...

thanx a lot
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apparently, there would be someone in la rochelle (france), he has it (in french for sure, maybe in english).
he s selling copies of the original book (280 pages around)
the more he has customers, the faster he goes to make the copies :

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Documentations et Publicités MOTOS anciennes
Distributeur revue technique RMT et revue Motocyclettiste
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11 rue Auguste Roux 17300 ROCHEFORT
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E-mail : retrodocmoto@aol.com
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unfortunately, the link :

http://dogpage.future.easyspace.com :
is not working anymore, it was the original bmw repair manual of the R80G/S.

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Hi Vincent, I would be interested also, if it is the english version. How much for the copy?
Cheers, Peter
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hello
here with a few friends, we sent an email to the guy doing the "business", no answer yet, i let you know.
we think it s a french copy, i m still searching for english copy on the web ... if anyone finds it ...
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Vince,
Last I checked Capital Cycle in the USA had the original repair manual for sale and I bought one. $70usd. Just as handy is the part catalogue that motobins had for sale. I have both and use them all the time. The bindings fall apart. They are paperback size. Bill
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bill,

thank you :-)
my search keeps going ...

latest news :
alec s. tell ms : clymer (i think, maybe spelling mistake) is excellent.

for bmw originals or copies of originals, i m in touch with :

1 - http://www.fndiffusion.ch/index.htm

2 - RETRO DOC MOTO
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Documentations et Publicités MOTOS anciennes
Distributeur revue technique RMT et revue Motocyclettiste
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Revues MOTO de 1920 Ã 1990

11 rue Auguste Roux 17300 ROCHEFORT
Portable : 06 77 36 76 97
E-mail : retrodocmoto@aol.com
Vente par correspondance

i m not sure if they have it in french, in english, both

how can i contact the company you re writing about pls ? i could be interested

thanx
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I have Clymer and Haynes manuals. They are both OK, but I think the original BMW would be much clearer about most repairs.
Thanks Bill, I will check out Capital Cycle and let you Know...
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here under this link has it in italian :

http://www.solomotobmw.it/public/web...nualer80gs.htm

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here under, this link : it s +/- the official bmw software for spare parts catlog (called ETK) for all models etc ... the one they use in the bmw dealers :

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/select.do?vin=&kind=M&arch=0

to find some documentation also : repair manuals etc ... try this link :

http://www.ulismotorradladen.de/englisch/englisch.htm

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just received an email from capital cycle :

http://www.capitalcycle.com/

Salesman <salesman@capitalcycle.com>

Dear Sir,

We have only the English language version.

Thank you for your enquiry!

Tommy

Capital Cycle.

Order line: 1 800 642 5100 (toll-free)

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they have the bmw repair manual for the r80g/s (photocopies or original ?)




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just received an email from capital cycle :

http://www.capitalcycle.com/

salesman@capitalcycle.com

Dear Sir,

We have the book in stock, it is printed by the official BMW supplier in
Germany. The cost is $65.95 plus $20.00 shipping and handling to France.

Thank you for your enquiry!

Tommy

Capital Cycle.

Order line: 1 800 642 5100 (toll-free)
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http://dogpage.future.easyspace.com :
is not working anymore, it was the original bmw repair manual of the R80G/S.

but i found the bmw r80g/s rider's handbook (31 pages out of 72 only) :

http://oasis.fortunecity.com/oahu/12...ual/index.html
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hello,
the repair manual (in french), the original blue book made by bmw, is now online.
you can go on http://flatmaniac.free.fr/ or http://flatmecanic.free.fr/ and ask the webmaster for a FREE access : other usefull info, pictures, how to fix/repair etc ... other manuals are also on line, like the r80gs r100 gs in english etc ...

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I have a english version of the original R80G/S workshop manual. If somoene is willing to host a site with this informatian or add it to thier site I can see if I can make a digital copy available.

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Hi, I am not electronically savvy enough to figure out how to host the workshop manual, other than scanning it page by page and posting the photos somewhere...

But maybe someone like Grant could help us out.
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