Hey, hive mind, my friend Gill just passed her Mod 2 bike test yesterday and is looking for a motorcycle maintenance course to teach her the basics. Originally, the plan was that I'd help her with that stuff but now that I've buggered off overseas she wants to do a course to give her the confidence to get started. I reckon she just needs minor servicing, maintenance, safety checks to begin with.
She works full-time Monday to Friday so it would need to be evenings or weekends. We found these at Bolt London (https://www.boltlondon.com/workshops). The Oval Motorcycle Centre used to do some but it's closed down. Everything else seems to be full-time, 1 year City & Guilds type stuff. Do you peeps know of any others, preferably in North London?
Is she fit?
in all seriousness buy her a haynes manual
Is there one of those garage space rental places nearby where they provide tools etc?
Like this, but in London
http://thatbikeplace.com/
Quote from: Carbon_ZX6R on August 30, 2018, 07:19:42 PM
in all seriousness buy her a haynes manual
You need to know a bit about bikes before a Haynes manual helps.
Quote from: Dom1 on August 31, 2018, 12:30:42 AM
Like this, but in London
http://thatbikeplace.com/
The Oval Motorcycle Centre was London's only one (that I know of) and it closed down through lack of use.
Quote from: Carbon_ZX6R on August 30, 2018, 07:19:42 PM
in all seriousness buy her a haynes manual
She's got a Chinese 125 at the moment that she's planning to sell before winter. Then she really wants to get a Triumph Speed Twin early next year but might have to get a Bonneville and get it lowered slightly. So until I know what she has, I won't know which manual to get. But I agree with what Alzo said, she could do with some basics before getting started with a Haynes manual.
Quote from: Alzo on August 31, 2018, 06:54:51 AM
Quote from: Carbon_ZX6R on August 30, 2018, 07:19:42 PM
in all seriousness buy her a haynes manual
You need to know a bit about bikes before a Haynes manual helps.
If I remember correctly they do like an introduction to motorcycle mechanics , I remember seeing it in Halfords a while ago
A classroom scenario is a better option...possibly some local colleges would do a non vocational class.