Video Pilot - Alan Seeley's Missing Motorcycle Manual

[whitey]

Hi All,
Just thought I'd share a link to a film I've produced with Alan Seeley, who writes for Practical Sportsbike and Classic Bike amongst other publications in the UK.
It's a pilot, meaning a trial video, that I hope to be part of a 10 part series.
It's supposed to be quite general and not just for Modern Classics or any genre or motorcycle. It's aim is help people to fill the gaps in their general workshop skills.
We started on brakes as I needed to bleed the brakes on my RD350 and we had all the materials to hand. It's also one of those jobs that is only done when it's done and most manuals assume you have the know how to do it.
I'd love some feedback.... be gentle tho ;-) as we're trying to gauge the level or the films. One of the problems with these sorts of jobs is that we all have our methods and they all vary a bit. We're trying to give one clear method that we think works.
We'd also like to get any suggestions for other tasks to do in the series. We're looking at 10 separate films in the first run, covering those jobs that many manuals assume knowledge of or have a certain knack or technique.

Hope you like it and look forward to your thoughts.



Thanks

Kev

[smokin074]

Hi just letting you know seen the video here in Australia , informative & easy to understand & follow , thumbs up , thanks for posting

[tripodtiger]

I thought it was good. One thing I do that wasn't shown is to pump the lever, then take the free play out,open the nipple and then squeeze the lever to push the fluid through. As you suggest, if you tried to cover every little variation in technique, you'd be there for a month. The peg on the bleed tube will help me.
Keep them coming & I do hope they don't get lost in the MCN video library.