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custom bike builders

  • 04-01-2007 5:47pm
    #1
    streetryder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭


    im 17 years old and i was wondering if anyone new where i could find work experience for motorbike building. i am very interested in motorbikes and would love to get some experience in this field of work, as i wish to pursue it as a career.

    If you have any suggestions please post here thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    madrab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,892 ✭✭✭madrab


    you wont find much work in irrelnad apart from a few of the special workshops, get an apprentaship as a mechanic would be your best bet


  • #3
    streetryder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭streetryder


    ill have to have a look around. thanks anyway


  • #4
    528i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭528i


    Stop watching American Chopper and learn your lessons like a good lad.


  • #5
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    528i - are a Christian Brother or something - stop patronising a simple question.

    FWIW -I'd certainly apply myself to the lessons alright........but only for the purposes of doing bike mechanic'ing professionally - there are several v.good schools in the UK -

    Tivertion - at http://www.edc.ac.uk/apprenticeships/apprenticeships.html

    Soundwell College, Bristol - at http://www.cityofbristol.ac.uk/cobctemplates/subclassification_ft.asp?classid=29
    and see a review, here http://docs.ali.gov.uk/Inspreps/1/495DET.PDF

    Given that Bristol is where I went, I'm biased, but looking back, I'd have chosen Tiverton if offered the opportunity.

    Finally, it is sometimes thought that Merton College is the creme, and you can find it here: http://www.merton.ac.uk/content.asp?id=26

    Last thought: stuff the begrudgers, and go do. But do the homework - there's enough monkey's out there wielding wrenches - aim higher.......

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #6
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,548 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    galwaytt wrote:
    528i - are a Christian Brother or something - stop patronising a simple question.
    He's right though :( there's between zero and f**k-all opportunity to make a living in this country building specials. The bike market as a whole here is small enough never mind a tiny sub-set of it.

    In Cavan there was a great fire / Judge McCarthy was sent to inquire / It would be a shame / If the nuns were to blame / So it had to be caused by a wire.



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  • #7
    AsphaltRisin'
    Closed Accounts Posts: 415 ✭✭AsphaltRisin'


    you never know. maybe he could change all that... Or might just go to UK Where there's a proper bike scene


  • #8
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    Dont know where you are, but how about asking uncaged in arklow, or ger conlon (?) and C&C in cork? Theyre the only custom builders Im aware of. Others may know more. TBH youll need a good grounding in basic bike mechanics before you get into custom building. Theres a lot more grunt work involved than those silly US shows make out.:)


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