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[Smudger]

Hi all,
is there a workshop manual that would be suitable for most things on my 2013 conti?
I need things like torque settings and oil change info etc.
I had some new tyres fitted late last year and the tyre dealer removed the wheels for me and said the rear wheel is a nightmare to do because of the spacer??? Just before storing the bike over winter I gave it a good clean and adjusted the chain. However the wheel on chain side wouldn't slide when slackened off and didn't move when adjusted,the only adjustment was coming from the opposite side!!! I'm wondering now if the wheel has been put back in correctly? Reluctant to take it back to them as I'd rather do it myself as they didnt fill me with confidence. Problem is, I can't find any info on how it's supposed to be fitted correctly? I assume being a fairly new bike, rear wheel assembly is different to that on other bullets? Dave

[nigelphoto]

The short answer is that the rear has a disc on the GT but is drum on the traditional C5 and B5; and there is no w'shop manual for the Conti. Where in the country do you live too we can help point you in the direction of a GOOD local dealer?

[Smudger]

Thanks for the response,
I do only live a short distance from our hosts but not afraid of a spanner, so was keen to do most things myself. I may bite the bullet and take the wheel out again to check everything is OK. Just would have been handy to have had some referances to work from. Dave

[nigelphoto]

Mr.H and his team are one of the best w'shops you can take your bike to. Go round and see them and I'm sure someone from the w'shop willl advise you on what spacers etc go where so you can do the chain adjustment yourself.

[Rattlebattle]

Given the propensity of most, or certainly many, owners of current model RE bikes towards maintaining their own bikes, I'm surprised that Haynes have not produced a manual. When you look at some of the bikes for which there are Haynes manuals one wonders what criteria Haynes use to determine which bikes they cover. Maybe the sole criterion is how many have been sold/registered? It is as the same story 3 or 4 years ago when I had a Honda NT700V Deauville, another bike that lends itself to home maintenance and owned by the sort of person likely to want to do this. Haynes did eventually produce a manual for this bike, around 7 years after it replaced the original 650cc version. Whilst they do have their critics, Haynes manuals are usually worth having and would no doubt cover all the UCE variants.

[hagis]

To remove rear wheel remove outer nut from r/h side of spindle, to adjust chain also loosen inner spindle nut to allow cush drive/ sprocket assembly to move.

[Wayne]

The rear wheel is not too bad to take out - put the stand on a piece of wood to raise it up, you do have to remove all of the disc bolts and then its fairly easy - it is a bit tricky to put it back aligning the spacers but I have done worse on some Jap bikes !

[papasmurf]

Smudger this may help:

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/83251 ... ml?page=56

[Tim NZ]

There is an electronic factory manual, but it is 31.3Mb and would take my connection forever to send.


If you are unable to find anything elsewhere, drop me a line, royalenfield AT clear DOT net DOT nz

[Chris [Stockport]]

https://royalenfield.com/pdfs/.../CONTI ... MANUAL.pdf

Any use? Not had a chance to read it yet?