Jobs / Construction, installation, and repair / 49-3052.00
Motorcycle Mechanics
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, or similar motorized vehicles.
- US jobs
- 13,510
- Median wage
- $48,580 a year
- Job family
- Construction, installation, and repair
Can agents do the work of motorcycle mechanics?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Construction, installation, and repair: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 20%Assemble equipment or componentsNot measured
- 15%Repair vehicle componentsNot measured
- 15%Repair tools or equipmentNot measured
- 11%Test performance of equipment or systemsNot measured
- 11%Disassemble equipmentNot measured
- 8%Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performanceNot measured
- 5%Smooth surfaces of objects or equipmentNot measured
- 4%Inspect vehiclesNot measured
Unmeasured territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Mount, balance, change, or check condition or pressure of tires.
- Replace defective parts, using hand tools, arbor presses, flexible power presses, or power tools.
- Dismantle engines and repair or replace defective parts, such as magnetos, carburetors, or generators.
- Connect test panels to engines and measure generator output, ignition timing, or other engine performance indicators.
- Listen to engines, examine vehicle frames, or confer with customers to determine nature and extent of malfunction or damage.
- Repair or replace other parts, such as headlights, horns, handlebar controls, gasoline or oil tanks, starters, or mufflers.
- Disassemble subassembly units and examine condition, movement, or alignment of parts, visually or using gauges.
- Repair or adjust motorcycle subassemblies, such as forks, transmissions, brakes, or drive chains, according to specifications.
- Reassemble frames and reinstall engines after repairs.
- Remove cylinder heads and grind valves to scrape off carbon and replace defective valves, pistons, cylinders, or rings, using hand and power tools.
- Install motorcycle accessories.
- Reassemble and test subassembly units.
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All Terrain Vehicle Technician (ATV Technician) · Custom Bike Builder · Motorcycle Mechanic · Motorcycle Service Technician · Motorcycle Technician · Motorsports Technician · Scooter Mechanic · Service Technician · Bike Builder · Bike Technician · Dirt Bike Mechanic · Frame Repairer · Frame Straightener · Lube Technician · Motor Bike Mechanic · Motor Scooter Mechanic · Motor Vehicle Technician · Motorcycle Fabricator · Motorcycle Repairer · Motorcycle Sales Associate · Motorcycle Subassembly Repairer · Vehicle Mechanic