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Which service manual is the best to get? Also, where is a good place to get it an also get parts?

Thanks,
Rick
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puchased haynes manual (VBB) from amazon. i don't like it. i'm hoping to find a better one myself.
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'66 Sears Allstate 788.94370 '65 Vespa V9A1T
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the haynes manual is pretty shitty. someone needs to write a manual that would compare to the sticky manual for lambrettas. eric?
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smallstate wrote:
the haynes manual is pretty shitty. someone needs to write a manual that would compare to the sticky manual for lambrettas. eric?
Eric needs to do that. I would buy it over the Haynes any day. Eric is much more detailed which the Haynes is lacking in.

Patrick, Eric, Greasy, ...start making some books!
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Yeah that's what I figured. I had a haynes manual and a bently manual for my volkswagon. The Haynes manual sucked, bently manual was 100 times better.

Does anyone else make a manual other then haynes? I need it for a 2002 px200.
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Everything you need for your bike is on scooterhelp.com and vespamaintenance.com

i don't remember the last time i even looked at my haynes manual.
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79 P200e, 81 100 Sport
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I purchased the Haynes Manual for P200 to use during my rebuild. I used it equally amongst the sites that have been mentioned, vespamaintenance.com and scooterhelp.com.

The Haynes is not the best, but there are some pics in there that can't be found on the websites. The combination of all 3 seemed to cover most everything IMHO.
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I got more out of my Haynes book for the 1970's bikes then I did from the P book. I just got it to read it. Most of the stuff I did was from the above mentioned. But I always ask here as well due to the vast knowledge members have here. Also individule imput.

This place is Great for Answers....
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