FE/FC Downloadable Service Manual Availability

It's not downloadable (unless you know a very good decryption hacker dude), it's $25.19 USD and covers FC/FE 14-16 models.

Email "bmp at teleport dot com" or phone 888-806-1153 M-F 9-6, Sat 9-5 Pacific

In order:

It's not a PDF file

It requires the disc to operate, not a password

Upon attempting to open the file (really a self-contained application), a window appears instructing you to insert the disc. If you don't, within 30 seconds the self-contained application shuts down, and you realize that you have a useless 9GB file on your computer.

I don't use the service manuals on a daily basis, so I really can't speak with authority on their functionality other than to say that they're very different, and at my cursory glance over them when installing them on our terminals, they're very well done and laid out.

The parts manuals are awesome though! The main sections are Frame and Engine, then labelled subsections within each, and the subsections are divided into smaller chunks. In some sections it's better, in other sections you still play the "what did they put this with" guessing game. In a parts grouping page it's pretty cool, you can mouse over a part reference number on the drawing and it'll light up the part number and description in the sidebar. Likewise, if you mouse down the sidebar where the part numbers and descriptions are, it'll light up the reference number in the drawing. Then you can click on things and generate a parts list (which, if you don't print or screenshot, will disappear when you close the application).

I think it's really a matter of KTM being very saavy about not letting money slip through their fingers. It takes a long time to put together a good manual, especially if they are interactive. They want to recoup those costs.