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How to Set Up Your Motorcycle Workshop: Designing, Tooling, and Stocking

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How so Set Up Your Motorcycle Workshop has some interesting information in it. It covers basic questions, such as what kind of shop is actually needed; and it goes on to suggest tools, layouts and materials for those who plan such ambitious projects as customizing, restoration and racing. The book is flawed, however, by a cutsie-pie, aren't-we-eccentric-but-lovable style I really found grating. This adds a lot of padding to the book, including a spoof glossary of terms such as do-dad and kerfluey, which Masi uses a lot. If you can get past the style,you can find out more than just shop design. There is a section on welding, for example, which expains a good bit about the different techniques used in shop work; and there are a lot of information bits such as coating new metal with lubricant before assembly which are useful even though they have nothing to do with shop design. Althogether, not a bad read. It just lacks the brisk clarity of similiar how-to motorcycle books, such as Peter Shoemark's Motorcycle Basics Manual.

As far as I can find, this is the only and best book on the subject of setting up shop to work on motorcycles. It clear, its funny,
and a bit gritty and conversational. There really s nothing to decipher. You read it, make your plan and also glean some helpful info like how to set-up shop on the roadside when your bike breaks down.