Whether you’re doing your own servicing, looking up a torque setting, restoring a classic or just trying to work out what that warning light means, a good manual is essential. Factory manuals can be expensive and hard to find, but two websites offer a large collection of Triumph manuals free of charge. Between them, they cover Triumphs from the mid-1940s right through to 2024.
ManualsLib: best for modern Triumphs
Link: www.manualslib.com – Triumph motorcycle manuals
ManualsLib is the larger of the two, with more than 340 Triumph motorcycle documents. It’s organised by model, so it’s easy to find your bike, and manuals are viewed in your web browser. Most documents are owner’s handbooks, but there is also a good selection of full service and workshop manuals.
Service and workshop manuals
- Speed Twin, Tiger 100, Tiger 110 and Thunderbird (1945–55)
- 650cc unit twins: Bonneville T120, TR6 Trophy and Tiger 650
- Bonneville 750 and Tiger 750
- Trident T150 and T160
- Daytona 675 and Street Triple (shared manual)
- Daytona T595, 955i and 600
- Speed Triple (several generations)
- Sprint ST, Sprint RS, Trophy and Thunderbird
- Tiger 800 and 800XC (2010–13)
- Tiger Explorer and Tiger 1200 XC/XR (2012–17)
- Rocket III, Rocket III Classic and Touring
- Rocket 3 R and GT (2021)
- Scrambler 1200 XC
Owner’s handbooks
Owner’s handbooks cover most modern models, including the Bonneville range, Bobber, Speedmaster, Thruxton, Street Twin, Scrambler 900 and 1200, Speed 400, Scrambler 400 X, Trident, Tiger 850, 900 and 1200, Tiger Sport, Speed Triple 1200, Street Triple and the TF250-X motocrosser.
Carl Salter: best for classic Triumphs
Link: www.carlsalter.com – Triumph service manuals
This is a much smaller collection of around 50 downloadable PDFs, run by an enthusiast on his personal website. Its real strength is the classic era. It includes workshop manuals, repair manuals and year-by-year parts catalogues, which are often hard to find elsewhere. It’s particularly useful for members running classic Triumphs on Red Plates.
Classic Triumphs (1945–1978)
- Workshop and repair manuals for the 1945–55 and 1956–62 twins
- 1963–70 650 twins and 1963–74 350/500cc models
- 1972 650cc twins and 1973–78 Bonneville and Tiger 750
- Trident workshop manuals (1969–73 and the 1975 T160)
- Tiger Cub T20
- Parts catalogues for most years from 1963 to 1975
- A range of original owner’s manuals
Modern Triumphs
- Daytona 600 (2003), Daytona 675, and Daytona 955i/Speed Triple 955 (2002)
- Rocket III service manual
- Tiger Explorer service manual
- Modern Classics service book and 2016 service data sheets
- T300-series owner’s handbook
The files are listed in a single list rather than by model, so you may need to scroll to find what you want. A few manuals appear more than once, and one Speed Triple 1050 handbook is in German.
Which one should I use?
If you ride a modern Triumph, start with ManualsLib, which has far wider coverage of current and recent models. If you have a pre-1980 bike, start with Carl Salter, where the parts catalogues alone are worth a look. For some classic models both sites have useful material, so it’s worth checking each.
A few words of caution
Neither website is affiliated with Triumph Motorcycles, and the manuals have been uploaded by third parties. Manuals often cover several models or model years, so check that the one you’re using matches your bike’s year and VIN before relying on specifications such as torque settings, clearances or fluid capacities. If you’re unsure, confirm with your dealer or ask at a club meeting. There’s usually someone who has done the job before.
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