Bike mechanics course, which one?

[biker58]

Hi everyone!

I have been thinking about doing a motorbike mechanics course, can anyone on the forum recommend a good course to do?

From what i have read on here a lot of guys tend to do their own work and see what happens.


I want to be able to do my own work on bikes too but i have very little knowledge of mechanics (i do have a haynes manual though! ) Also i want to work on my own projects in the future.
Another reason i'm asking is that i'm out the army next year and it's always useful to have a new qualification.

Cheers for any help guys.
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[Bike Bunker]

+ searching for a motorcycle repair and maintanence apprenticeship in June time when i finish college but really fucking hard to find :'(

[Radis]

Have you tried going to you local underarch mechanics and saying you want to work one day a week for free in exchange for learning a bit about fixing bikes? Most of the blokes I have met quite like it when people do that. Don't go to a big chain store and expect it to work though!

[biker58]

[biker58]

[Clanger]

A few of my mates went to Merton College, London...it has a good reputation. One of them scored a job with Pizza Hut as a mechanic after graduating, and is still with them oodles of years later. He covers the whole of the south and south west area shops.
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[neatbik]

I did a 3 year IMI course at college. In reality the first year was a waste of time for me tbh, but only because i already had a good basic knowledge.

Check your local colleges, some do evening course's to teach you the basics, others do full time courses that will pretty much cover everything.

[biker58]

[johnsmith222]

Personally I would recommend that you use BCF and the internet reading up and just take your time.

You will have to buy a lot of tools but it's the old story that you only have to buy them once, and then you can do the job for life (unless they break).

Get a manual for your bike and make sure you relax and take your time.

There are plenty of people on here who have never done a course and probably do a better job than many mechanics. It's your life and your bike so you're not going to get lazy with it if you think you can get away with it.

This sort of approach can branch off into other things that you would normally pay someone else to do. I managed to rewire and upgrade the lighting in my garage with nothing apart from the help of BCF and found it very enjoyable/relaxing. I also managed to permanently fix a garage door that my mum paid a "professional" £50 to fix. His fix lasted a week. Mine lasted 4 months so far.

I wouldn't have tried any of this if I hadn't realised how easy things can be if you take your time and read up.

If I was looking to do a course with a view to finding a job then there is no chance I would do motorcycle mechanics. There just isn't enough demand for it. I know that the bike buisness is going downhill. Maybe it's because the people who can afford to have a bike as a toy take them to a main dealer, and the people who don't find out how to fix their bike themselves. There's just enough demand.

Go for car mechanics. Everybody has them and most people don't have a clue about fixing them so there's going to be plenty of work.

[andyscooter]

local collage round here offers a course

but you need to finish the car mechanics before you specailise in bikes to get on it
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