Any Ideas on how to slowly get into motorcycle mechanics?

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I dont ride yet but Im getting my licence next summer, Im really interested with working with them but I dont have much mechanical experience and I want to slowly work to getting more familiar with that type of work. Any ideas on what kind of jobs to get into first? thanks.
 
Read.
The library has lot's of books.
Buy a piece of junk that doesn't run and take stuff apart to see how it works - even if its a lawn mower engine.
http://www.dansmc.com/MC_repaircourse.htm
 
Get an old motorcycle! Get a single-cylinder bike that needs valves or rings or something like that. Don't pay a lot for it. Get a manual for that particular bike and some general books on motorcycle repair and maintenance. Get some tools. Find some friends who know about bikes to talk to if you get stuck. Then jump in!

Older bikes, let's say before 1990 or so, are very simple and easy to work on. A single or a twin would be good to teach you about engines.
 
small engine repair like lawn mowers ect.
however, go to local bike shop and hang around, ask owner
if you can sweep shop for free, in return to be allowed to watch
mechanics work on bikes. Most cases they will do that! you do a min
work for free but get paid by learning mechanics
 
Go to a junk yard or look on the free list sites. For a junk 4stroke bike. Then rip/tear it down one piece at a time and then reassemble it.
Tear down the carb and reassemble-- Tear down the engine reassemble-- Tear down the trans reassemble-- Tear down the fork/wheel and reassemble.

With each part you will learn.Until you can take the thing apart in your sleep.

People think taking apart a engine is difficult(well having the right tools helps).But if you did it 20 times in a year with the same type of engine it would be a second nature.

The best education you can get is hands on by tearing and assembling. Then you can move on to different models.
This will give you a huge head start for a next to nothing price.

From there you can go to a tech school/college and get the info/degrees you need to move into a profession.

And there is your job.

Goodluck
 
I bought a small Kawasaki Vulcan when I was in high school. When stuff started to go wrong, I didn't have the money to get it fixed, so I tried to fix it myself. A few years later I started building my own bike. These kinds of things just take practice. Enjoy riding your bike. Do the routine maintenance yourself, and eventually, you'll need to do other maintenance on it. Necessity is a great way to learn.
 
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