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Career Details :: Motorcycle Mechanics
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, or similar motorized vehicles.
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.
These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
- Connects test panel to engine and measures generator output, ignition timing, and other engine performance indicators.
- Replaces defective parts, using hand tools, arbor press, flexible power press, or power tools.
- Reassembles and tests subassembly unit.
- Disassembles subassembly unit and examines condition, movement, or alignment of parts visually or using gauges.
- Hammers out dents and bends in frame, welds tears and breaks, and reassembles frame and reinstalls engine.
- Repairs or replaces other parts, such as headlight, horn, handlebar controls, gasoline and oil tanks, starter, and muffler.
- Removes cylinder heads, grinds valves, and scrapes off carbon, and replaces defective valves, pistons, cylinders, and rings, using hand tools and power tools.
- Repairs and adjusts motorcycle subassemblies such as forks, transmissions, brakes, and drive chain, according to specifications.
- Dismantles engine and repairs or replaces defective parts, such as magneto, carburetor, and generator.
- Listens to engine, examines vehicle's frame, and confers with customer to determine nature and extent of malfunction or damage.
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General Work Activities
- Repairing & Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
- Performing General Physical Activities
Frequent Work Context
- Provide a Service to Others
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Consequence of Error
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate