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Had to be said :lol:

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too slow;)

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yeah well in actual fact I thought of it first, but was just trying to keep the tone at a reasonable level. can't think why i bothered...;)

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Afternoon all.
Sadly this seems to be an all too common occurrence, where a supposed beginners course assumes some prior knowledge.
I taught an adult education course in bike maintenance some years ago, I literally started it with 'good evening this is a motorbike'.

As has been said, you're better off working with a knowledgeable friend, or if you're lucky a mechanic proper. I regularly service peoples bikes in front of them, & let them have a go in the process. It's good to see people getting involved with their machines workings, & seeing the understanding of how things work dawn.

Cheers.

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It's £125 for a ten week course.

Never mind. I'm sure one day it will click.

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go back to Chris and play with your bike, I know you learn more with him, plus he explains stuff and makes you do some stuff yourself. I've learnt more about my bike from him than I have off im indoors
What the regulator rectifier looks like, how to check your battery, how to remove all plastics, free choke cables etc and stuff
Oh and how to blow a fuse whilst using a multi meter

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Woman be quiet! :p

Melody,
Doing bits and bobs yourself is the only way to learn but not many people are as daft as me to just dive in.
Though how you managed to do some on your bike last time and not get your hands dirty I don't know... :confused:
(I ended up looking like some coal mining type after the fight her oil filter put up)
Your welcome to bring yours over or watch me work on mine any time, so long as you stop being so shy when you hit something with a hammer hehe

Chris

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One more thing;

Don't worry too much about that, as soon as you use threadlock or that copper grease you saw me use the torque settings are meaningless anyway.
And I wouldn't want to try putting a torque setting on a 10 year old component anyway.
(Haynes and other manuals give "dry assembly torque")

Are you doing the oil and filter on your own bike?

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Well this winter ive a lot of work to do on the bike (a engine rebuild and fix the selector forks/drum/change damaged gears) then the whole bike is going to get stripped down and all the nasty nooks cleaned up, then its fork over haul,rear spring overhaul, overhaul the brakes,new brakelines and pads, new chain and sprockets and autosol the exhaust. not much eh?

A lot will be done by myself and will be a total learning experience all the way (and a bit of beer or dosh bribing to be done when i get stuck -take note northy!-)

By the end of it i should be a dab hand on a high percentage of sv work to be done and will be able to service a SV easily and fix major & minor faults without having to resort putting my hand in my pocket and giving it to a garage.

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Well, I managed to check my air filter today ... first time I've had the seat off, tank propped up, so had a quick mooch around inside/under. Filter looks dirtier than Madonna so think it's about time it got replaced ... cleaned it out best I could for now though. Managed to get everything put back on/in ... turned round n found a washer on the floor ... my heart sank ... "where the hell did that come from?" ... then I realised it had fallen out of my tool box :oops: LOL relief!

Next up is oil n filter change :)