1. 200+ page factory school notebook from the inaugural 2002 Aquatrax training class. The world's first four-stroke, and first turbocharged, personal watercraft. Writing on several pages.

2. User guide for Kawasaki's special test tool for their two-stroke bikes' CDI ignition.

3. 82 page Honda factory new model dealer seminar notebook, 2001, the year of the first GL1800.

4. One of many factory repair guides for Yamaha personal watercraft and jet boats. 43 pages. Sharp photocopy.

5. Very early (1992) two-stroke Kawasaki KX motocrosser prep and maintenance guide.

6. Self evident. Early (1980) Honda portable generator repair booklet. 27 pages.

7. The Honda Japan published book on the then-new Turbo systems. This was part of dealer training.

8. Notebook from Honda factory employee training. Factory, not dealer. This is a photocopied technical booklet.

9. Honda 1982 new model dealer seminar workbook which exemplified the most significant 82 model, the CX500 Turbo. Also a photocopy.

10. Self evident. Mikuni VM series (early dirt bike carb) tech book.

11. 1978 SAE study on motorcycle handling dynamics.

12. Companion booklet to the Kawasaki dealer training video on charging systems.

13. This thick catalog is obsolete, but at least it shows pictures of the special tools.

14. A very good technical book on Kawasaki's earliest fuel injection system.

15. This small pamphlet was given to new Honda customers a very long time ago. 8.5" x 5.5". 8 pages.

16. The official Lucas tech book. Good info on the charging systems in particular.

17. The Raask company catalog. They were famous for their "rearset" foot control assemblies.

18. By Volkswage, 1971. This is a useful guide to help mechanics adjust to the metric system.

19. Official Kawasaki Europe dealer training instructor lesson plan on the 2016 ZX-10R.

20. Official Kawasaki Europe dealer training instructor lesson plan on the 2016 ZX-14R

21. A factory user manual for Honda's "Diagnostic System", which replaced the earlier steel suitcase-shaped "Service Tester".

22. This is the revised, 1980s version of Honda's famous electrical basics book.

23. This is the revised, 1980s version of Honda's famous carburetor basics book.

24. This is the famous, originally-published, much earlier carburetor basics book from Honda. Note the 60s-70s 450 DOHC twin carb on the cover.

25. A technical familiarization book for Kawasaki's ZX900 series of engines.

26. This is the workbook for Kawasaki's 2016 new model dealer seminar which included the gyro-equipped ZX-10R.

27. A very early tech book on the two-stroke engine.

28. Action Fours was a high performance engine parts company based in Orange County, California. Some of the drawings and tables one finds on the Internet are from this catalog.

29. A Valkyrie dealer new sale bike uncrate and setup guide.

30. By racing journalist Joe Haile.

31. The workbook for Honda's 1988 new model dealer seminar, featuring the then-new 1500 six cylinder Gold Wing. A not-so-great photocopy, but technically informative and the horizontally opposed six-cylinder Wing a watershed motorcycle.

32. Provisional means the official manual was not available yet. Honda asked that this be thrown away when the manual became available because some details were still being determined even though the bikes were already at the dealers.

33. Kawasaki's video electrical training supplemental booklet.

34. One of the more interesting books, Kawasaki on high performance. A good book, this was used as the basis for engine training in some tech schools.

35. The warranty dealer reimbursement rate schedule for the then-new early generation V-Four Honda models listed on the cover.

36. Cylinder head specialist Jerry Branch invented the "bathtub" combustion chamber that made H-D Evos make real power. Price is for all three pocket-sized booklets by Branch.

37. Ricky Racer was a company that dealt in exotic high performance goodies for 70s bikes, including the DOHC head conversion for SOHC 750 Hondas and fuel injection systems shown on the cover.

38. By former automotive engineer Des Hammil.

39. Suzuki's technical training manual on their electrical systems. Produced in Japan.

40. Mikuni's tech book on their personal watercraft carburetors.

41. Norris Barsumian was famous for high performance bike camshafts, though he and his sons were probably better known for cams for air-cooled Volkswagens and Porches. His cam grinding business started at San Clemente Honda in California.

42. The Curtis company supplied Honda and other OEMs with hand-operated key cutting tools. A photocopy of the original marketing pamphlet.

43. The Ducati-like TL1000 had some updates, as documented in this Suzuki booklet.

44. A nice basic book. That's a (cutaway) Yamaha Virago engine on the cover.

45. When Polaris made personal watercraft, their two-stroke engines had direct fuel injection into the cylinder. This is the Ficht system, and this is a photocopy of the training book.

46. 1981, 96 pages. Gianatsis was a well known motocross racer and journalist.

47. S+W was a 60s-70s leader in aftermarket motorcycle suspensions. This is a great book, featuring suspension engineer Bruce Burness.

48. This 1994 publication was the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute's (MMI) first textbook, this one the updated second edition. Pretty basic and somewhat old.

49. The 1999 edition of Goodheart-Wilcox Publishing's powersports training textbook, at one time used by a number of mechanics schools.

50. This 2009 Delmar Publishing textbook is slightly more current. It was created by Ed Abdo, a well known Honda mechanic and training manager from the east coast.

51. Yamaha used Kent-Moore as their special tool supplier. That is, tools for the most part essential due to special operations.

52. This workbook is for Honda's dealer mechanic training "boot camp" so to speak. Called, "STEP", it was the first stage in factory dealer mechanic training.

53. By renowned automotive engineer and turbo expert Hugh Macinnes.

54. Partly Superflow's earliest tech manual, and partly my own notes from when I taught flowbench use. Superflow makes the best-known and probably the most widely-used flowbenches in powersports.

55. A coffee table book with beautiful pictures.

56. Not a bad book, but pretty basic.

57. Ian Foster's first (of two) edition(s) of his famous coffee table book on the iconic Honda CBX1000. Model years, facts, lore, owners. Very nice.

58. By Chilton, this is the motorcycle equivalent of those honking big 60s and 70s every-model-of-U.S.-made-car repair manuals. I added all the stickers.

59. This is API's (American Petroleum Institute's, the people who control a great deal about engine oil, and are best known for their visosity ratings) brief technical treatise on engine oil.

60. This is a great book. Petersen, the famous car museum group and original publisher of Hot Rod magazine, produced this enjoyable journey through 60s and 70s motorcycle maintenance.

61. This is just a few of my notes on NOS. It includes some very early material from the NOS company.

62. By journalist and racer Buzz Buzzelli.

63. Factory Toyota electrical training course workbook. 1990. About 300 pages including theory and worksheets. A very good resourse.

64. Short but a very good book on the two-stroke engine. By Yamaha. I bought this while in my first semester at Trade-Tech, a once very good mechanics school.

65. Tecumseh's lawn mower engine manual.

66. Luftmeister offered performance parts for early, air-cooled Boxer-engined BMWs. This is their catalog. It includes needle bearings for the valve rocker arms, for example.

67. The workbook for a Suzuki new model dealer mechanic seminar.

68. By Petersen, who made good books.

69. Another by Petersen.

70. Another by Petersen.

71. The factory Yamaha repair manual for the XS1100. In usable but somewhat worn condition.

72. By Tracy Martin, author, rider training instructor, ASE certified mechanic.

73. Another mechanics school textbook, this one is pretty old. 1984, to be exact.

74. Humerous cover, multiple-page factory Kawasaki brochure promoting Kawasaki's mechanic's training. Shows a KZ400 inside at Kawasaki's original Santa Ana facility. In protective sleeve.

75. 1996 mechanics' training booklet on Kawasaki's first ABS.

76. A photocopy reproduction of a Laverda repair manual. Never used in a working environment.

77. By a computer nerd, author, blogger and Harley performance enthusiast. I made a lot of penciled notes in this one.

78. Famous all-Brit repair book by a Canadian Triumph and BSA dealer. Writing on flyfleaf. Comes with his parts catalog, click to see it. I taught myself about my BSA A10 using this book.

79. By Mikuni. 11 pages. Very nice condition. This is of course available free electronically online, but this is for those who prefer paper.

80. Textbook for learning the metric system. By a Colorado State University professor. 92 pages.

81. Automotive engine basics, by the Snap-On corporation. Heavy on electrical, scope, emissions, ignitions. 1993. 284 pages.

82. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

83. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

84. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.