Available Workshops

Since S&S Cycle supports the grassroots and D.I.Y. crowd, they sent us two engines to use for classes.  

So if you are interested in getting hands on experience at engine overhauls, upgrades, or you just want to learn how your engine works, this is the class for you.   

We will be tearing down, inspecting maintenance points, and reassembling an S&S Cycle/HD Twin Cam Engine. We will be inspecting rattling rockers, cam chain tensioners, cam removal, oil pumps, lifter & pushrod removal, and cylinder head removal and installation.

The goal is to make sure you are comfortable tearing into your own engine. All work will be done on engine that S&S Cycle donated to us to help support the next generation of DIY Harley builders.

This will be a three night event. Each attendee will get a handbook, horsepower building info from S&S Cycle, plus greasy hands and a whole lot of experience.

Price is based on one person per engine. Please contact me if you would like to have multiple people work on each engine. It is the same price, but I need to know for logistics.

 If  you are new to turning wrenches on your motorcycle, this class is for  you. Each person will  get a handbook, and a grab bag of stuff.   We will cover: Checking oil on metric (Japanese and European) and American motorcycles. 

• Checking oil on metric and Harley motorcycles. 
• Changing oil on metric and Harley motorcycles 
• Check air filters & replacement.
• Disk brake inspection, and pad replacement overview.    
• Brake shoes inspection and replacement overview Types of brake pads.    
• Clutch- how it works and clutch adjustment
• Tires: Wear marks, replacement intervals and what all the numbers on the sidewall mean 
• Chain wear and alignment. 
• Harley drive belt wear and alignment
• Spark plugs: gapping and replacement   Batteries: service and replacement
• Charging system basics Basic lighting and turn signal repair
• Fork seal inspection
• Winter storage.  
• Spring service.
• Overview of good practices for road side reviews.
• All work is done on motorcycles owned by Skidmark Garage, so there is no concern over breaking items as you learn.      

•  Knoble Moto Carburetor Class. Come learn the black art of the carburetor. 
• We will cover:
• Major Types of Carbs
• How Carbs work
• Disassembly, Thorough Cleaning, & Reassembly
• Syncing Carbs
• Stock tuning, and tuning for aftermarket cone air filters. 
• Troubleshooting
• Tips on rejetting, and tuning for aftermarket parts
• Bring your problematic carbs, because it will be hands on class. I also have carburetors for people to work on. 
• All classes are held at Skidmark Garage.

  Are  you interested in learning more about the specialty tools for  motorcycle repair? Learn how to use specialty tools like torque  wrenches, impact screw drivers, impact sockets vs regular sockets, chain  breakers, master link presses, volt meters, micrometers, dial calipers,  dial indicators, feeler gauges, taps and threading dies, bolt  extractors, drill charts. I will also cover the difference between torx  and allen wrenches. We will also cover the different grades of bolts and  how to tell which is which. As always this will be a hands on class and  you will get real experience with each tool, and we might break a few  cheap ones for educational purposes.   

•Hands on Installation of a Supertrapp SuperMeg exhaust on Evo, rubber mount Sportster. 

•Tips on bagger exhaust install

•Basic fundamentals of how performance exhaust work.

•02 Sensors. How they work, and how to troubleshoot one. 

•Explanation of different horsepower curves for different styles of exhaust.

•Explanation of how exhaust quiet engine noise, and how this relates to performance. 

•Tips of rejetting for carbureted bikes. 

•Hands on retune of ecu for fuel injection. 

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Stopping is important, so we are offering a class on brakes. .  We will cover maintaining and rebuilding your hydraulic brake systems. Bleeding systems.  Electrical related to your brake light switches.  Pad & Shoe Replacement  We will also cover servicing and maintaining Drum brake Systems.  I will even explain the mystery of the different types of brake fluid.  As always, this will be a hands on class. 

All classes are held at Skidmark Garage. 

 Oil all over your forks? Your fork seals are leaking. Don't pay the dealer a small fortune.
This is a job you can fix yourself. Buy the seals and oil, pull your forks, and bring them into the class.
*This class is for standard forks only.  USD style will have to be a different class due to special tools and complexity.  
Or  you can work on the forks we have at Skidmark. We will have a fork for  everyone to work on. . 

Want  to change your handle bars? Maybe new grips, sleeker turn signals, or  new set of mirrors? In this class I will show you how to identify which  parts will work with your bike, and more importantly, we will change out  some handlebars, turn signals and grips on a motorcycle.  As always  these are hands on classes, because you learn the most by doing.   

Lowbrow Customs is a huge supporter of the DIY and Grassroots custom motorcycle world, so they graciously donated the parts for this class.