bike building courses

cena

There anywhere in Ireland thats teaches you on building bikes like choppers etc.

Socialist_Pig

dont think so..the few bike builders i know are mechanics(self taught or otherwise) who also work with metal fabrication.

for both skills you can serve an apprenticeship when you leave school.I think its more an issue of being good at both and love biking

cena

Where you one learn how to work on bikes.

KamiKazi

there are some bike maintenance courses in Dublin I think

Pataman

I dont know where you are based but there is a maintenance course starting on the 30th in Newpark school in Blackrock.

cena

Live in Galway. Be no good to me. But thanks.

KathleenMcCabe

How about evening bike engine courses?

Would anyone be interested in starting one up?

Richard tea

Good idea. it would be the best way to understand the workings of the bike.

Wonda-Boy

So much to learn so little time....

Highly recommend to start servicing your own bikes. It can be daunting at 1st but if you know anyone thats good with bikes ask can you watch them and you pick alot up quickly.

I know/knew nothing about bikes until I started to service my own just little things as they needed it....now I can do a full service, overhaul the brakes (incld master cyld. etc) granted its just on my current bike but I would attempt it on any bike within reason.

Would love to do a good indepth bike course all the same.

rat_race

Would love someone here to start something...Would be awesome.

Some of the maintenance courses in Dublin seem okay. I looked into them before. But some of them seemed too basic. But as part of the course in one of them, you get an old crappy bike and fix it up, which I thought would be cool.

But to be fair, with access to the internet, basic tools, and maybe a service manual (which you can find online, legally or illegally), there isn't much you cannot do with a little patience.

Have only been biking since October and so far have taken off all fairings (wow, I know), replaced indicator, changed bulbs, fuses, oil, oil filter, air filter, chain (rivetted), front & rear sprockets, spark plugs, etc...Once you do it you realise it's all pretty straight forward and they're really quite simple machines.

Apart from the engine of course...Next for me is checking valve clearance...someday. :P

Wonda-Boy

Someone with a bit of knowledge and patience would make a right few quid if he/she wanted to start something....

Wossack

wed eve class, with martin cummins. well regarded I believe

Course Code: W8 MOTOR CYCLE MAINTENANCE (CONTINUATION) (Martin Cummins)
Improvers welcome.
Wednesday Time: 7.30-9.30 Fee: €105
www.pobalscoilrosmini.ie/night.html

dublin 9