Video Pilot - Alan Seeley's Missing Motorcycle Manual

Hi All,
Just thought I'd share a link to a film I've produced with Alan Seeley, who writes for Classic Bike amongst other publications in the UK. You may know of him, he's a Norton Commando rider and has written lots about them.
It's a pilot, meaning a trial video, that I hope to be part of a 10 part series.
It's supposed to be quite general and not just for classics or any genre or motorcycle. It's aim is help people to fill the gaps in their general workshop skills.
We started on brakes as I needed to bleed the brakes on my RD350 and we had all the materials to hand. It's also one of those jobs that is only done when it's done and most manuals assume you have the know how to do it.
I'd love some feedback.... be gentle tho ;-) as we're trying to gauge the level or the films. One of the problems with these sorts of jobs is that we all have our methods and they all vary a bit. We're trying to give one clear method that we think works.
We'd also like to get any suggestions for other tasks to do in the series. We're looking at 10 separate films in the first run, covering those jobs that many manuals assume knowledge of or have a certain knack or technique.

Hope you like it and look forward to your thoughts.

http://youtu.be/ex-evh2g1O0

Thanks

Kevin White

Hi Kevin and welcome to the forum.
Here are some pithy comments:

-Good instructional video, short enough to encourage me watch it all
-it covered all the relevant techniques required for the job
-showed good safety tips, maybe explain them a bit better?
-the editing was lightning quick at the beginning, a split second to show each of the equipment was a bit too short, just a couple of seconds to show each bit would be good
-wasn't too keen on the talking head approach to filming, I would like to see more hands on tools rather than someones face
-consider subtitles to complement the dialogue
-wasn't happy that the video showed the brake lever pulled right back to the grip

Excellent effort though and thanks for posting the link, look forward to more of the films

Hope this helps

CB

Cheshire bloke nailed it. Good effort beardyweirdy!
cheers
wakeup

This guy did a great job of covering all of the points of replacing fluid and bleading brakes without making a check list or a set of rules. I loved how he hit important points with a casualness that got the point across very well with out seeming to preach or lord it over the audience. I would watch these for sure and buy them if nessesary. Good job!!
Dan.