Motorcycle Mechanics Course

[Dave20046]

Indeed! Bet you can't wait till I finally get round to fitting that gixxer front end

The amount I saved on crashing the banana was lots though, that was the first major work I'd done on a 'big' bike. I wrecked just about every plastic, and needed to swap the tank, snapped the forks, bent the handlebars, turned the front wheel into a semicircle, wrecked the header pipes etc.etc. Got it back on the road for about £300 in parts.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Look at it this way, even if you make the most monstrous c*ckup you can imagine it will still be cheaper than dealers labour charge for job.

Does that include the ferry over t'Styx?

[yorkie_chris]

You take your life in your hands with insufficient training riding the thing, what's difference?

Noone trying to kill you in your own garage either.

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Noone trying to kill you in your own garage either.

I've accidently tried to kill myself a few times.

Druid

[yorkie_chris]

No riskier than riding bike then!

Slightly greater risk of being a bit on fire, but only slight

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

No riskier than riding bike then!

Slightly greater risk of being a bit on fire, but only slight

Don't I remember a oil soaked overall and a grinder situation?

[yorkie_chris]

Ok that time I was more than a bit on fire, but that was fabricating not generally spannering

Haha

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Ok that time I was more than a bit on fire, but that was fabricating not generally spannering

Note to self: Buy more fire extinguishers.

Druid

I am the guy who took apart the shocks on my old Cub 90 because of a clonking and vague handling, and found I hadn't done the front axle up - and had been riding it for a couple of months before it got unbearable. I know what my "spannering" (ie bodging) is like and wish I could afford to learn properly, without being my own test pilot!