Skill levels

Just a suggestion I'd like to see in someones profile Sno. Maybe something done at signup.

I find sometimes when responding to post I am responding to a question with the assumption of the users mechanical ability. Would be good if there was something simply showing the rough ability of who we are replying to.

If it's too hard then no problem, usually doesn't take much to work it out, but with the number of members, it's getting hard to remember all of them.


And for those who like a bit of fun, I've made my suggestions into a poll to see roughly what we have in here.

 

This is a great idea. I would also like to see the members bike in their profile. Manytimes they don't way in their post the exact bike they have. Maxim could be teh 550,650,750 or 1100. There is quite a difference between those bikes. Since most don't think to add it to their sig line a line asking for it in the profile would help some of out answering tech questions.

 

If their bike(s) were in their signature it would help... Like how everyone in this thread has done so far.

As for wrenching skill - I'm middle of the road but adventurous to a point.

Just having someone there for the times I get in over my head usually is enough to give me the confidence to rip it open. Pretty simple bikes mechanically.

woot.

short version: Good idea.

 

Good Idea! I have done alot of wrenching over the years on everything from lawn mowers, snow mobiles, a Hondog 550four, Hardley Rideable XLCRTo V8 Vegas and Fire trucks but it alway helps to have a friend that is a Yamaha mechanic Hence the credit to my co-worker Jay

 

I've been working on just about anything since I was a kid ( late 1960's ).
Ran my own repair/service shop for domestic water pumps and swimming pools for 19 years.
If someone put it together, I can usually tear it apart.
If it's not working to begin with, I can't do much more damage to it and hopefully get it working again.

 

I like busting things to see what makes it tick , fortunately i can get them back together [always].

I know what a gas axe and sledge hammer is but i never have heard of a "wrench" , whench yes.

 

I had no idea how the internal combustion engine worked until I was too poor to afford the repairs to my 71 CB350 (my first and only wheels at the time). Neccessity forced my hand and I found myself hooked. I've experiences from toasters to C-130/F-14's and beyond so I'm fairly comfortable pulling anything apart. I haven't any machining or welding skills yet but that will be rectified at the local community college over the next year or two. I've found a great deal of helpful information for the uninitiated in the form of the high school automotive text books (have two of them, they are priceless), they tend to explain things with excellent illustrations. Another referrence is the John Muir publications "How to keep your Volkswagon alive for the complete idiot" water-cooled edition (not in print any longer but still out there). The air-cooled version (which is still in print, thus more plentiful) is also useful but does not address the water cooled aspects of the engine. If you are ever in need of understanding of either an engine or an injection system, these books both have a great deal to offer.

 

If thats the simplest way Sno, then it's all good. Only takes a sec to check a profile.

Easy stuff is simple stuff. :wink: