Work shop manuals / books - which,where, why?

[stopintime]

So far I've been concentrating on my riding skills and learning to know the handling of my S2R 800.
5 track days this season.
The bling mods will continue, I've done the suspension, probably will do the brakes next.

But, in addition:
I stop, sit on a bench and feel a new kind of curiosity - what's behind that cover, what if I take this part off, what if....
The need to educate myself is growing. No garage or suitable place to work on the bike, but a few basic maintenance jobs should be fine. I think I want to read first, before I start.

I have downloaded '06 work shop manual. Maybe it would be nicer with a real book version of this than 600 pages of printed sheets - is that available anywhere?
Are there other sources for newb tech education?

[numbskull]

In addition to the shop manual, I highly recommend LT Snyder's Ducati Desmodue/Desmotre Maintenance and Modification Guide. You can order it from his website, desmotimes.com 

[CMDRDAVE]

In addition to the shop manual, I highly recommend LT Snyder's Ducati Desmodue/Desmotre Maintenance and Modification Guide. You can order it from his website, desmotimes.com 

+1, this book makes a lot more sense than anything out of the shop manual.  And it is probably a lot cheaper.

[booger]

I have downloaded '06 work shop manual. Maybe it would be nicer with a real book version of this than 600 pages of printed sheets - is that available anywhere?

Just print the PDF out double-sided on heavy weight glossy paper and put it into a 3-ring binder. Same thing as having a book. The FSM and the LT Snyder manual are great companions.

[Langanobob]

The FSM and the LT Snyder manual are great companions.

+1

If you have any trouble ordering the LT Snyder book to ship to is it Norway? Let us know and we will lean on him from here    Not that I expect a problem.

The LT Snyder book and online tutorials from places like www.ducatisuite.com are very useful for practical tasks.  The FSM is good for things like detailed electrical diagrams and oil system schematics and is also useful for maintenance.  I don't like reading manuals from a computer monitor and I found a reasonably good printed copy of an FSM for  my M620 about US 15 on ebay - again, don't know how the postage would work to Norway.