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Author Message   Trojan Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 11:10 am:        Does anyone know when the service manual and parts manual for the new bike will be available from dealers?   M1combat Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 09:42 pm:        +1   Blake Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 03:38 pm:        Bump   Mikej Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 03:52 pm:        I'd suspect a race is going on between bike production and tech pubs. I'd imagine there are occasional tug of wars between getting parts for assembly and disassembly pics and queing queueing queuing (really? that's how it's spelled???) up parts for production, and battles getting an assembly sequence worked out versus stopping that assembly sequence mid-step to take some pics of the process. Then there is the lead time between finalizing the doc, compiling them into a publishable format, building a complete index coupled with a table of contents, then building it into a book with reasonable chapter breaks so a pic from one section doesn't end up on the next page or dance down to the next formatted paragraph bumping the next pic in line out of sequence. I dare say there are probably as many hands involved with the publication of the service and parts books as are involved with the actual physical assembly of the bike itself, and there is probably plenty of overlap of personnel and assigned tasks. And then imagine the turmoil involved if something is deemed to be better performed in a different way - hold the presses!!!!! Oh, Bomber, care to offer an opinion on the processes involved? In the end, I'd wager that the shrink wrap date of the documents most likely coincides with the packing dates of the first production palletization of dealer-destined bikes. I don't recall what the lag was for past models between dealer availability of bikes and availability of service manuals, anyone recall? = = = = = ps, I've been involved with tech pubs in an anciliary capacity for much less complex products and I don't envy the bike book people one bit. It'd be fun to do, but I can clearly see the stress that's probably involved in it. (Message edited by mikej on July 19, 2007)   Doerman Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 04:06 pm:        The expression "job 1" has been used by Buell Anonymous for October 15th. If BMC mean Job 1 as used by Ford, it would mean that all collateral products like: - manuals (shop and parts)and international - brochures - updating the dealer network computer software - spare parts kits - eduction of internal and external sales - US and foreign reg. compliance - Press kit I'm sure there's more that I can't think of. It means that the product is completely finished and fully supported Just a thought.. I'd love to be able to buy the shop and parts manual from Amazon or I-Tunes as digital media. Asbjorn   Court Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 04:19 pm:        You are referring to what I would call the "John Deere Model" . . .the FIRST one down the line does not leave the line unless the service and parts manual are sitting on the seat. I expect this to be the same.   Mikej Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 04:42 pm:        So, does that mean that each bike will come "with" a service manual and parts book instead of having to purchase them later????? That'd be nice.   Court Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 05:06 pm:        No, they will not come with the bike. Yes, they will be available at the time the first bike ships. That help?   Bob_thompson Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 06:12 pm:        Thanks Court, see my other post.   Court Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 09:53 pm:        My bad. . . I kinda posted in the midst of someone else's thread. Anyway the info is accurate. See my other post.

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