Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

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

dansmc.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

21–30 of 101 posts

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

#24

Post by Itsdijital »

Man I am so happy to see this. I got an old honda motorcyle about 15 year ago and this site was instrumental in helping me develop skills to fix it, and ultimately become a fully fledged shade-tree mechanic.

Also I'd like to add https://www.msgroup.org, another ancient website packed with excellent riding safety tips.

These two sites pretty much got me rebuilding, repairs, and riding motorcycles. Still goldmines today.

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

#25

Post by hungryforcodes »

buggythebug wrote: post #22
zw123456 wrote: post #12

But really, what is motorcycle repair without the Zen? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_... (actually, cool site, TY for the link)

It's motorcycle repair without bs

But without any of the philosophy.

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

#26

Post by myself248 »

nicbou wrote: post #4
jelliclesfarm wrote: post #2

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 ..…

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://…

I mean, they're clearly not opposed to the content:

https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Tractor

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

#27

Post by lallysingh »

Itsdijital wrote: post #24

Man I am so happy to see this. I got an old honda motorcyle about 15 year ago and this site was instrumental in helping me develop skills to fix it, and ultimately become a fully fledged shade-tree mechanic. Also I'd like to add https://www.msgroup.org , another ancient website packed with excellent riding safety tips. These two sites pretty much got me rebuilding, repairs, and riding motorcycles. Still goldmines tod…

+1 to msgroup.

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

#28

Post by zw123456 »

buggythebug wrote: post #22
zw123456 wrote: post #12

But really, what is motorcycle repair without the Zen? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_... (actually, cool site, TY for the link)

It's motorcycle repair without bs

Ahhh, OK fair enough. I was just joking around:)

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

#30

Post by dvtrn »

hakcermani wrote: post #7
second--shift wrote: post #3

I love retro pages like this. Also, a fan of motorcycles and enjoying the intersection between the two. I was doing some work on linux metrics and was also reviewing ( http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/tutorial.html ), another cute retro page. It's rare to see two interesting 90s-style pages in one day. Of note, both display lots of valuable content in an easy-to-access way, load faster than anything Web 3…

Another retro one, but for bicycles! ... https://www.sheldonbrown.com

The phrase “everything I learned about x I learned from n” is probably kitsch and hackneyed, but in the case of bicycle maintenance, Sheldon Brown and his website, it’s absolutely the case for me.
Post reply on HN