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In 2002, Pete Snidal, a recovering Industrial Education teacher and long-time tuner of British Motorcycles, introduced the Pete Snidal Royal Enfield Bullet Service Manual. Now, we have a similar offering for fans of the venerable Meriden Triumph Twins!

References

• "....... Pete Snidal, from Canada, has put together the premier Royal Enfield Bullet repair manual. This is a brand new look at repair and maintenance for the Bullet and is endorsed by Classic Motorworks. All the (text is) new, and is not a rehash of the factory manual. The manual is only available on CD and is a work of art!!. This manual is a MUST HAVE. We carry this new CD, or you can order it directly from the author whose web-site address is www.enfield.20m.com"

Hardly faint praise, from the NA distributor of the marque! Kevin carries the CD - and the later-produced printed book form - of the manual in stock at all times, as does Hitchcock's Cycle, the major UK Enfield distributor of motorcycles and parts for Royal Enfield. As well, there are regular orders from individual RE owners off the website - www.enfield.20m.com.

Now Ported To Meriden Triumphs

Be The First On Your Block To Own This AMAZING CD!

So what's all this got to do with Meriden Twins?, you may ask. Well, I've just put the finishing touches on a similar offering for the Meriden Twins! From a builder, tuner, and rider of Triumphs for even longer than of Enfields, it will hopefully prove to be equally useful to the Triumph community. The CD is patterned very closely after its highly successful Royal Enfield sibling, with many of:

More Excellent Artwork By Network One of Toronto, Canada

The Same Great Features:

• NO Adobe Acrobat (TM) - Reader or Otherwise - required. The CD is written entirely in html code*, so that it can be read with any web browser, such as Netscape (TM), Opera (TM), Cougar (TM), or even Internet Explorer! (M$ TM). NO fuzzy, hard-to-read, slow-loading, print or graphics. Generously cross-linked throughout, with links that will take you instantly to the section or article of your choice. Every page loads FAST and you use the controls with which you're already familiar: page up, page down, click links. No waiting for pages to load, and no need to click through pages 1-146 finally to find what you were looking for on page 147! ( - if you didn't miss it!) From the index, just click the link to the section you want, and you're there! A sample of the basic index page is linked from here or below.

• Lavishly illustrated with photos and diagrams

• Organized for those new to Meriden-built vintage Triumphs (or completely new motorcyclists) as well as for the experienced hand just looking for a fresh point of view or quick, easy reference.

• Designed to augment, but not to replace, the excellent factory manuals - this CD seeks to ease the owner, from curious onlooker to experienced mechanic, into the detailed esoterica so competently provided in the factory books. (Parts and Workshop manuals.) Much easier to read and understand, it stops at being a complete guide to regular maintenance and tuning. For a better idea of what it covers, check out the sample index page.

• All text is, once again, completely new - no rehashing of the same text found in the original factory books (they're already available - and copyrighted! Why redundify?) as found in many other after-market manuals. All text in the PS manual is completely original - a fresh point of view on many subjects.

• Emphasis on trouble-shooting and how-it-works articles. There is an emphasis on explanations and theory of operation of the various bits that make your Triumph a living thing, rather than just how-to procedures for dismantling, examination, and reassembly - once again, The bare-bones plain facts are presented very well in the factory manuals, and we're doing an augmentation here, not a reiteration.

• Shipped in a sturdy cardboard sleeve - no crappy exploding plastic CD "jewel case." A fine piece of art work at no extra charge! (Assimilated this Excellent idea from Neil Young and The Dead.)

Coverage

The manual goes from a discussion of the very basics of four-stroke operation and continues into the fine points of engine tuning and chassis maintenance. It stops at the level of engine and gearbox tear-down - the down-and-dirty aspects of very detailed definitely-shop work vary too much from model to model, and there's no sense in duplicating what has already been done so well by the wordsmiths and illustrators of Meriden many years ago. (Or their clones.)

What I have attemped to do with this manual is to provide a source of all the information you will ever need for day-to-day maintenance and fettling of your Triumph twin, in words the regular rider (and riderette!) will have no trouble understanding. It is, I feel, an excellent beginning for those who may wish to "ramp up" to full-on Triumph servicing, and provides more detail and perspective on many subjects not really covered well in the regular manuals, which were obviously written to speak to the already-qualified mechanic.

What About The "New Triumphs" (Hinckley/Cosworth Crotch Rockets?)

There are no plans to expand coverage to the new "Triumphs." Our coverage begins with immediate post-war rigid and Sprung-Hub twins, and extends to the "end of an era" Oil-In-Frame models of the late '70's.

Update, Nov 28, '04:

- The Betas are out to a half-dozen good men and true for review. Results from the first one are back already, and the corrections made. So far, the acceptance is more than favourable. May I quote?

• "As a wrap up, this CD is worth every penny you are asking. I learned some new things. Some stuff I learned the hard way, hopefully your reader won't have to suffer like I did.. And although I like the Haynes manuals, they don't have everything, the factory manuals are written for experts with a perfect workshop, and other books seem to be more race oriented. (Tuning for Speed by Stan Shenton for example) So your book comes in as the perfect companion for someone who just wants to ride a Triumph with a minimum of headache."

• "The electrical section is excellent as well, I especially liked the "rewire yourself" parts. Not sure why anyone would switch to negative ground, but the directions are clear and well illustrated. Nice schematics!" (Neg ground is NOT recommended, but instructions are there for later OIF's and cases in which unlucky owners have discovered their new Tympanii are case-grounded negative. (been there; done that.) - Ed.)

• "In the gearbox section the troubleshooting tables and labeled photos of gearbox operation are the best I've seen in any manual anywhere. Nice work!"

Although, at the time of this writing, all the results are not yet in, I'm confident enough that this thing is ready that I'm going to start shipping now. We may just catch the end of the Season! As with the RE book, there will be update patches offered from time to time for the first year or so if/as necessary.

What Else Can I Say?

There is a great deal of material in this manual. All that is linked in the index is covered in detail - with the reservation, of course, that we stop at serious shop work. You can get a good idea of what's in here by clicking this link (underlined text in blue) to see the sample index page.

* HyperTextMarkupLanguage - the code for web browsers

Purchasing Options

Are totally simple. You can order through Paypal (they cost me, but I LOVE 'em!) or send me a cheque/ck. Price goes like this:

The Price Chart - $US 29.95 Plus Postage

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Purchase Price	S&H - North America	S&H - Overseas
$US29.95	$3.00	$4.00
Total	$32.95	$33.95

B. The Non-Paypal Option: You can send me a cheque!

Pay-Pal is a truly wonderful way to handle global commerce via theinternet. But if for some reason you can not, or choose not to, use it, you can mail me a cheque.If you choose the cheque option, please make it payable to me at theaddress below, and I'll be happy to remit your manual by return mail.All cheques must be in the currency of country of origin, in an amountequivalent to the $US price for the option you choose from above.

Pete Snidal, PO Box 331, Grand Forks, BC Canada V0H 1H0

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Thank you for your interest,
Peter K. Snidal,
B. Ind. Education
Metalworking/Mechanics

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