im up for this 
Yes, I was reading the previous posts and wondering about your venture. Glad to hear that you’re still plugging away at it - I hope it comes to fruition.
The biggest issues in tackling work oneself seems to me to be:
Tools - when you start adding up all the clever stuff you actually need - like bearing pullers, jacks, stands and so on - it’s quite an expensive shopping list.
Interpreters - for the manual; they are not always necessarily easy to follow and usual take the longest route around.
Safety - You simply have to get every job right or the bike may not be safe to ride.
I’d love to decode the mystery of forks, valve shims and electrics - but they’re not things I’ve ever felt 100 per cent confident about tackling myself.
So, bring it on - I’m up for it.
Happy to donate my time and host a session on the importance of ‘Lubing’ 
Agreed. I am in Abbey Wood area, happy to help people with showing how to change pads, bleed brakes and stuff like that. Changing oil/filters is also a doddle…
So if you are local to me and not sure on doing these things, drop me a PM and I’ll do what I can to help as well.
im also up for this… have done some simple stuff on my bike (pads,oil,filter,sparkplugs) so can help out with that kind of things.
Great idea all together. I wouldnt mind getting more knowledge beyond oil change and simple maintenance.
Sod this lark, it means I’ll get oil and dirt on my hands and break my nails pffff
I’ve got me biatch to do that sort of thing
Will he be there doing both bikes then lol
http://www.merton.ac.uk/course.asp?co_id=EMCYOT102
Sounds like we might get things moving -
Just for those in SW London, there is a course run at Merton which might be worth a look too (Am hoping to do this too:) )
A few members on here have done the course there.
Does it come recommended anyone?
i did the hammersmith one (£170 odd - 10 weeks) and i **dont ** recommend that one! :pinch:
I think it was £132, and i agree, the teaching there was pretty poor/dated. They had two hydraulic ramps for bikes with centre stands only. And guess what - it was the tutors bike which was up there every week! lol
His bike was an old Honda 250 - and was disgusting. Lets face it - if you teach maintenance, at least look after your own bike - or at least make an effort to get up to date with newer bikes (which all the students had). he stressed it was supposed to be a maintenance course only when I suggested dismantling calipers and cleaning them, then proceeded to make us sit and listen to him go on about the history of engines/strokes/bores etc!
Each week, we replaced parts on his bike which I think were stolen from a museum - along with his drum brakes which he insistend we needed to know. When I get a bike with drum brakes - will someone please kick me in the ******. Oh, and he did a puncture repair - which he F8cked up and chipped his rim. The tyre he repaired would have got him stopped by the police (Cracking rubber on the sidewall, and bulging).
So - unless they have revamped this course I wouldnt bother - unless youre thinking of opening up a pizza shop and buying a dozen pices of sh*t to deliver with.
Okay - rant over! lol :hehe:
Alex, was that the Hammersmith or the Merton one? I guess a lot comes down to the quality of the trainer…even more reason for getting a LBr I guess.
Alex didnt i warn you guys to check if the instructor was called Pete and if so NOT TO GO!!! :pinch:
It was the Hammersmith one.
Could really be a great/popular course if it was thought out a little bit better. i.e. get rid of the weirdo teaching it and replace him with an enthusiast - as youve said.
Ah yes the good old waver/disclaimer good at deterring people from suing, but any solicitor worth his/her fee would contest it a court…so not really worth the paper its written on, but it is worth having away.
Tools can add up and can and do take up storage space.
A lot of workshop manuals are sometimes confusing and can often send you the long way round, but they are written with the expectation that the whole bike is coming apart. I am planning to have generic “How to do” manuals.
Your right about safety, so the friendly 
workshop technician will do a scrutinising check make sure that the bike is road worthy.
Given time and guidance all mysteries of fork, shims and electrics will be decoded!
Thanks for your support and encouragement in this little scheme. 
best bit of advice i could give is
Read your owners manual ( if got one ) about the basics as this is all covered in there
and also purchase a haynes manual and read relevant sections and do so whilst looking at the bits on the bike .
Do not be put off by it …with a small set of decent tools and a bit of common sense there is no reason why you cannot undertake this on your own … Don’t rush and give yourself time to check and double check …
Take photos of things to see how they were before you take them apart or make a sketch
have a few empty marge tubs to put bits in …
get a cheap dust sheet to put on the floor so if you drop anything its easy to see
few handy rags
and get everything you will need beforehand ( grease /oil/ fluids /spare parts )
if you need a specialist tool ask see if anyone has one or see if they say what you can use as an alternative
and if you think you cant work it out … take a break and look at the book and go through it again …be suprised at how often you miss a sentence that says something that will explain why that bit wont come off …