According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mount, balance, change, or check condition or pressure of tires. | 94% |
| Replace defective parts, using hand tools, arbor presses, flexible power presses, or power tools. | 92% |
| Dismantle engines and repair or replace defective parts, such as magnetos, carburetors, or generators. | 92% |
| Connect test panels to engines and measure generator output, ignition timing, or other engine performance indicators. | 90% |
| Listen to engines, examine vehicle frames, or confer with customers to determine nature and extent of malfunction or damage. | 90% |
| Repair or replace other parts, such as headlights, horns, handlebar controls, gasoline or oil tanks, starters, or mufflers. | 89% |
| Disassemble subassembly units and examine condition, movement, or alignment of parts, visually or using gauges. | 89% |
| Repair or adjust motorcycle subassemblies, such as forks, transmissions, brakes, or drive chains, according to specifications. | 88% |
| Reassemble frames and reinstall engines after repairs. | 87% |
| Remove cylinder heads and grind valves to scrape off carbon and replace defective valves, pistons, cylinders, or rings, using hand and power tools. | 86% |
| Install motorcycle accessories. | 86% |
| Reassemble and test subassembly units. | 86% |
| Hammer out dents and bends in frames and weld tears and breaks. | 59% |
