Dan's online motorcycle repair course (1999-2020)

I have always wanted to do something like this for tractors: use, maintainance and repairs. A lot of women drive tractors and still need a guy around like a spare set of muscles.

I feel like I can’t tackle this until I have a set of adapters or levers or some such hack to deal with our obvious gender handicap.

This is going to be my winter 2020-21 project. Thanks.

ETA: heh .. http://www.dansmc.com/china_bikes.htm .. I remember when I arrived here to the states many years ago and all I knew was enfield and fury from India. Asian bikes were called ‘rice bikes’ ..and at least in the east coast, there was a certain derisiveness towards anything that wasn’t a Harley. Indian bikes were neither here nor there but were rice bikes anyways.

Eta2: I agree with the sentiment. it’s the same with cameras. I remember a cheap Chinese TLR called Seagull. Used the same medium frame film and was just a cheaper cheaper version of Rollei or Hasselblad. You get what you pay for.

There is a lot of room for better help for mechanics. Most of it is distributed as long-winded YouTube videos, and it's the wrong medium. Everything else is lost in the noise on various forums.

I'd love something like ifixit for other fields and I can't possibly be alone. I want answers that aren't hidden in a 30 minute 480p video of a mumbling dad.

Here's an example of what I mean, since I just finished it: https://nicolasbouliane.com/blog/v-strom-650-heated-grips

Knowledge is power, and it's dirt-cheap to mass produce. I wish more people casually documented how they repair things.

I think adding a gendered twist to it would be great too. We shouldn't deprive an entire gender from the satisfaction of fixing things with their own hands. It's too good an experience to pass on.

I seriously hope you get started on that.

I like the site and it looks like it has lots of useful information. The evangelism is uncomfortable for me, does not pertain to motorcycle repair.

The part on "Phillips JIS screws" is just wrong http://www.dansmc.com/jis_screw.htm

"There are different types of Phillips head screwdrivers around but only one type fits JIS screws"

Philips becoming synonymous with cruciform in some circles really lead to the destruction of many perfectly good screws...

Well yeah, that's kind of his point.

I think he's using the right words for his audience. People who already knew that there were multiple types of cruciform bits wouldn't need the article. For the people (Americans) who don't, they know them as phillips bits. Literally everyone in America calls them phillips bits, even most who are in the trades:

> Don't be surprised, when you ask for a JIS screwdriver, if the "Expert" parts person has no idea what you are talking about.