I have noticed that a few people (particularly steamer section) have mentioned that they are not particularly mechanical and was wondering if there was any mileage in creating regional " garage workshop" days where members can help and tutor one another in a co-operative effort. I am a firm believer that armed with the right knowledge and tools, you will know your bike better than a mechanic on a timesheet and put more love and attention in, doing as good if not better job. I am willing to host one for Northwest England and anyone else wanting to travel to Lymm, Cheshire. I am only really familiar with steamers but some tasks continue to be similar and hopefully if enough experienced members are willing to do the same we could cover all models.
This is an open offer to one offs, but I hope catches on as a regular show. BBQ and beverages and fat to chew inclusive :D and as my property is big enough if you crash and burn during the BBQ there is crash space.
I know this works well with the guys on the Yamaha TDM owners site, they arrange a get together for a day of fettling.
the link is a search of the owners site, it goes back to 2009
http://www.carpe-tdm.net/ipb/index.php? ... 2Bfettling (http://www.carpe-tdm.net/ipb/index.php?act=Search&CODE=show&searchid=e0dabb6d7686639cefe59e4c6018ac2f&search_in=posts&result_type=topics&highlite=%2Bfettling)
Good idea Ken, I'm just about to move house (well, in the next couple of months anyway) but once that's done, I'd be happy to do similar for Girlies in the East.
Can I sign up for BBs Tune and how to do it course please.
Great Idea by the way, happy to host one but I'm not a mechanic.
Hope you all go through with this, it is an excellent idea and I wish there were more Triumph owners here that would be willing to do this.
I will just need to rely on your experience and help through this site.
Thanks to all who man this site and to all those who contribute. Appreciate it more than you know!!!