If you ride a motorcycle you’ll need to keep on top of its maintenance. Looking after your bike will prolong its life, insure it's safe and making riding it a pleasure.
Understanding and working on your own motorcycle allows you to enjoy it for all its worth with the confidence that it’ll keep up with what you throw at it. It’ll also save you no end in garage bills.
Our courses start from the complete amateur to the competent mechanic who wants to brush up and expand their skills. Our Master-classes focus on sharing specialist expertise for the semi-professional to pro-builders.
Our basic and intermediate courses are led by Tony Davis. Tony’s life-long interest in motorcycle mechanics started as a sprint racer in his early teens. Having spent years building and tuning his own bikes he then turned to teaching and has ten years experience doing just that.
Our workshops are run in small groups with a hands-on approach so that everyone leaves at the end with their hands greasy.
Following on from our Basics of Mechanics Course, the intermediate gets to grips with more complexed mechanical work, aiming to build confidence, skills and understanding to be able to diagnose and fix common issues with your bike. The course groups sizes are kept to a minimum to allow for more hands-on learning and time for personal tuition.
Held from 7pm to 9pm on Thursday evenings, over the four weeks you will learn everything from taking apart and reassembling the clutch to changin fork seals, wheel bearings and other practical skills. The course is taught by George from esteemed Ducati specialist Ray Petty Meccanica, and is one of team behind custom builders Death Machines of London. The course will be held in their garage at 1 Peterboat Cl, London SE10 0PX.
Week 1
CLUTCHES
Take apart
Understanding and diagnosing the issues of dragging and slipping
Clutch adjustment
Rebuilding the clutch (dry & wet)
Week 2
WHEELS
Rear wheel removal and installation
Wheel bearing - check and replace
Week 3
FUEL SYSTEMS / Carburettors
Understanding the fuel system
Carburettor removal, cleaning and replacement
Week 4
Suspension
Front wheel and fork removal
Fork leg disassembly and seal replacement