Youtube tutorials on repair and maintenance

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Youtube tutorials on repair and maintenance

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As someone who really wants to learn as much as possible about their bike, I was wondering if anyone has any videos on repair and maintenance of any aspect of their bike. From engine, electrics, brakes, gearbox, anything at all to upload to youtube?
The reason I ask is that whilst reading manuals and documents are helpful. Im certainly more of a visual learner and understand better by seeing process in action.
Currently theres a few videos of model 31s CSRs and g12s being ridden around on Youtube but nothing in terms of repair and maintenance. Lots about G80s tho!
Whilst the lockdown goes on ive seen a few people on here detailing work theyve been doing both past and present and as a 'youngun' its sometimes hard for me to understand parts or sometimes whats been done.
Ive had lots of help from friends so far and enjoyed learning 'in the moment' but videos would certainly solidify my understanding :)
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Best I've found so far to what you seek is Dick Casey


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Not AMC but Michael Waller is also worth a watch for all old Brit bike stuff


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Yep Michael Waller very informative.
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As a section we do theme nights ( or used to before covid) where we pick a subject that can be demonstrated during the evening ie AMC gearbox rebuild , Fork rebuilds etc..
perhaps next time we should video them
Its a way of passing on experience to the younger section members and giving them the confidence to tackle jobs themselves

since we did wheel building at least 3 others now build their own wheels
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That there, is a brilliant idea.


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g80csp11 wrote:As a section we do theme nights ( or used to before covid) where we pick a subject that can be demonstrated during the evening ie AMC gearbox rebuild , Fork rebuilds etc.. ,,,,,,,,,,,since we did wheel building at least 3 others now build their own wheels
And here he is, Thrifty Peter (g80csp11) doing just that:
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The video does not seem to work for me Sprids . ;)
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Clive what I said was 'we should video the theme nights in future' unlike in the past where we only have a few photos
There are several U tube clips on wheel building , not Matchless/AJS but shows the general principle
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Would it be useful to have an area in the Forum system where members could post links to appropriate Youtube videos?

We don't have the capacity to hold the videos on our system (any why would we if Youtube does it), but we could build up a library of useful links to save people searching for videos.
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