Bike mechanics course

[True Blue]

I am quite interested in doing some sort of begginers bike mechanics course and it would have to be night school. Has anybody any idea what courses are out there on this sort of thing?

I've tried a few places, but no joy.


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[Sparks!]

I do evening classes in mechanics but that's down in Portsmouth so only thing I can suggest is to try all your local colleges etc.
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[True Blue]

What's the course name? I've tried ringing a few places, with different degrees of unhelpfullness
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[Sparks!]

Not sure think it's a City and Guilds.
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[True Blue]

If you find out, could you let me know mate When I phone these colleges the first thing they ask is what the course name is.

Cheers
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[Sparks!]

I can't mate I'm afraid as the college themselves don't know. It's one of two courses and at the minute we are learning both syllabus's so when they finally decide what course we are doing we will be ready for the test.

College's are useless but most likely City & Guilds.

Sorry I can't help more mate.
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[True Blue]

Ok mate, thanks anyway. At least I know that a course exists that can be done at night school.

[alliamc]

I'm on the City and Guilds 3991 Motorcycle Basics course which isn't basic at all, well not to me anyway... i do my course at Merton College near Wimbledon there's a website www.merton.ac.uk they're meant to be the best for motorcycle courses, and i can say the teaching is the best i've had in years. the course can either be taken in 30 weeks on either monday or thursday evenings or in 10 weeks on fridays. there's a follow up course if you want mroe engine knowledge which im already signed up to start next week, but there's also a progression course that is for anyone over 21 that basicly covers the first two years of a modern apprenticeship but for older ppl who already have jobs, but its 2 days a week, otherwise you do the modern apprenticeship scheme where you're at college once a week and the rest is at a garage somewhere. i think thats all the info i can give for now without going on too long, ask me if you got any more Q's


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[alliamc]

https://www.merton.ac.uk/course.asp?co_id=EMCYOT101

that's the 3991 course, buts its being updated as of september this year, so will cover newer bikes.
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[True Blue]

That's great thanks. like I said I have asked some colleges about it and I just got some shrugs of shoulders and a "dunno".

But armed with this info I'm going to try again to find somewhere that does this. i think I'm going to the Moray coast to work for a year though and I'll need to try to find something up there

Thanks again.

Ritchie
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[bikedudextrm]

YamsR6, what college do you do your course at as i'm in Portsmouth and would be interested in such a course.

[R1stu]

It be Highbury college pompy!! I will be going to it in september!!

It be great from me, as gettin and old CM125 that I need to restore
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[Git]

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[Ste]

But you can't remove your own carbs?

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[bikedudextrm]

Yer i will look into it. I'm currently at Southdowns college at this very moment. I'm doing a AVCE ITC course. Once i've finished i will apply for it, should 2 A-levels, GCSE: 1 A, 3 B's and 2 C's get me in for the advance course. I already know quite alot about bikes i've just restored a cagiva supercity (i rebuilt the engine, stripped it right down to get the frame powder coated and everything else). I'm getting a 500cc 2 stroke supermoto bike shortly for when i pass my test. Thats going to be fun .

[alliamc]

[Git]

I remember a chap called Howard Cook, I think, a Welsh or a Scotish chap with glasses quiet short? And the chap you speak of Geoff, would that be Hayes? quiet an old chap, looks a bit like father christmas, I will dig my loft out later to find my old notes and stuff, i must find these names for my sake, you got me thinking now

[alliamc]

yep that's them, got howard tomorrow, looking forward to it, starting my second course a bit early apparently so that's cool, maybe he'll give me the answer to the troubles of my bike...
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[VindicatorIII]

Hi Guys, I only just came across this great site and found this stuff about mechanics courses. I did some checking and there are only about 10 or 12 colleges doing bike courses. Merton was closed for a while (it might still be closed) while they were doing some building or something. But I saw that Lambeth College (in London) are running courses and have been for over a year now in a new workshop. They are starting a fast-track one for NVQ Level 1 City & Guilds in January 2005 and are going to do an evening one in September 2005. Might be worth a look.
Ah well, back to my old XJR1300
cya l8r

[awj72]

How about doing it from home? The ad for this always in "Ride"

https://www.icslearn.co.uk/course1176.html


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[VindicatorIII]

I never thought about doing it from home. It would be quite hard I would imagine. Even if you had your own bike you wouldn't get the same range of stuff to work on as you would at college, would you?
And with MY luck and skill, who could bail me out when I broke things. LOL

[0ni]

[nick.h]

do any uni's do degree's in motorcycle engineering?
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