Imagine if you had no mechanical knowledge

[catcitrus]

Bikes are relatively easy and clean to get at and service for regular items. However, modern cars are covered in plastic and are a right PITA to access and even do the most minor of things. Who likes lying on damp gravel and crawling underneath to access oil drain plugs etc. I will do brakes and some suspension work. I manage most things on my bikes and very, very rarely have to have a workshop do some stuff--mainly due to specialist tools , and particularly electronic diagnosis on modern stuff. I recently changed the front fork bushes and seals on my low mileage Burgman 400 (it had apparently been done just before I purchased it, but I'm not sure about the seal quality as they still weeped slightly). The biggest issue was access--plastic fantastic again!!!!--and all the front fairing had to come off for fork access. The Haynes manual wasn't very good BUT I found a great You Tube video (Mitch's scooter stuff)--and that really helped to locate all the fasteners and screws (the guy was born deaf so everything is visual prepared with great care). I do have a garage workshop so even at this time of year I could get on with it. The real answer IMO is to do your research first before you even lift a spanner--none of us should assume that we know everything--and I'm an old, and well qualified mechanical engineer.

[Hugh]

Greetings,

My first foreman had the following letters painted over the door to his office "RTFM"

When I went to go in and ask what to do, he simply pointed to the acronym and smiled!

"Read The F*****G Manual"

I only really understand pictures and not words, which I bore in mind when later in life I entered teaching. Lots of photos taken and 'cut away' models made, I also learned more too Look out for the old Eagle comic which had such pictures across the centre pages, brilliant.

TTFN

Hugh.

[Brenhden]

I only really understand pictures and not words, which I bore in mind when later in life I entered teaching. Lots of photos taken and 'cut away' models made, I also learned more too Look out for the old Eagle comic which had such pictures across the centre pages, brilliant.

TTFN

Hugh.

When I was young my dad bought me a little book where every page was a cut away drawing of a different device. It was inspiring. I wish I still had it.

[catcitrus]

Whats the saying--a Picture saves a thousand words? It is sooooo difficult to describe procedures or operations in words only--and it takes great skill to get the subject matter over in simple language. There is also another sort of saying--the better a subject is understood by the teacher the simpler they make it seem.

[soho]

I have just purchased what I would consider a massively complex piece of equipment , it's a hardware interface for controlling software. Gotta tell you I would never have gone for it had the supporting user files not been visual and so exceptionally clear. Pictures, Gimmie pictures !

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[garyboy]

i dunno .. does anyone else get the gut feeling that that guy is a smart ass twat that needs his face smacked?

different bikes have different complexities, these days, and you won't know them until you find out the info !!
still ... i suppose it was a test rather than an instruction ... but i would still want to smack the c@~t
.. was he trying to show how silly girls are or wot ... he got a lot to learn !!

[Asgard]

There are some decent ones for sure but a lot of the Vloggers or whatever these people call themselves get me like that Gary, I suppose all video media platforms are bound to attract people who think the world needs to see and hear them

I cant imagine how id come across if I tried...pillock comes to mind

[garyboy]

I suppose I shouldn't put someone down who is trying (video) but neither should someone use a learner to make a low point. Just saying.

[Richard Simpson Mark II]

He's done loads of videos with her (she's his girlfriend) and to me they always seem to treat each other with love and respect. She's physically brave on a motorcycle too.