Roro, i'll bookmark this page.
I have to do a reorganization of the DVD too.
--Lucky

That stuff is not Mac friendly.   guess I'll wait til the new CD comes out.

I'm using Firefox latest edition.  It downloads but is unreadable gibberish of symbols.  Maybe Google is my new destination.

Not that I need this one, but playing around with the links the first service guide (11U) in IE 8 I get a Google error message: "Sorry, we are unable to scan this file for viruses"

Roro,
Just finished looking at the service Manual in 3 languages and it downloaded in about 5 secs with g-mail account using my i-pad 2..

Very strange.  Works on my iMac.
PM me your email address and I'll send them direct

roro,

Check out this link for the fiche, same thing you have in the list of resources, but is in a different view (11H).  I think it is more printer friendly and easier to view.  In any case let me know what you think....still a rookie over here.

Can we get these types of invaluable pages stickied or pinned?

http://www.ytcn.nl/archief/index.php?dir=Yamaha%20Parts%20Manuals%20ALL%201950-1996/XZ/

  zore, I been meaning to thank you for the  excellent post, I have been reading and re reading the road tests, act.   MILLION thanks!!!

Six additions to the Resources list - at the top of this post

Our friend Night Vision sent me copies of Rov Newsletter 9, 10, 11, 12 which I have not seen before.  Thanks NV - it's great to see people sharing this stuff with all the others.

Also added Leather's exceptionally thorough Ignition FAQ - it's also available on his web site http://www.jetav8r.com/Vision/ Also added Electrex's fault finding flowchart.  If you have any stator r/r issues, then go through this first.  Both these are elsewhere on RoV but added here just for completeness

If anyone else has XZ550/XZ400 resources, just send me an email / PM and I'll include it.
If you have interesting paper copies and can't scan them I'm happy to do that and then return them to you.

Six Additions to the resource list - again thanks to NV
RoV Newsletter 19 - Newsletter 23
For Visions Only - Parts for sale

These old newsletters are pretty interesting.  There's an english translation of the article on the XZR751G, Yamaha Motor US Racing Mod recommendations, How to stiffen your frame, Using a spare rear valve cover in the front for added horsepower, etc etc.  This sort of stuff is never talked about these days.

If anyone else has XZ550/XZ400 resources, just send me an email / PM and I'll include it.
If you have interesting paper copies and can't scan them I'm happy to do that and then return them to you.