Hello guys and gals it has been a minute since I was able to
post. The life of the weird and
wonderful wizard at times gets a little too weird for even me lol. But I digress I sat her pondering what to write
about and it came to me. As most of our
country shakes or has shaken off the chill of winter it is time that we will
all be hitting the road. As you know our
main focus is the build but we all need to remember that a huge part of riding,
building, and enjoying motorcycles is maintenance. Oh there it is that dirty word. Assuming that you did what you need to do in order
to protect your scoot for the winter there are a few steps to take to make sure
your first trip out you spend more timing riding the bike than pushing it
home. Now is the perfect time to do
those little checks. No matter how much
prep you did winter is always the perfect time for those garage gremlins to get
at your ride.
1.
New gas. This
is a no brainer in particular with the ethanol in it now if you have much of
winter at all the gas that set is gonna be funky. Also not a bad time to spend the extra buck
and get a new fuel filter. It is amazing
how many times a gummed up filter will leave you on the side of the road.
2.
Fluids, check that brake fluid if you happen to
rock a liquid cooled check that coolant too.
3.
Tune up.
In the weeks leading up to riding weather take the time to tune it up
spark plugs, oil change with filter.
4.
Check them tires and lube that chain. Not only is it obvious that there is danger
involved if either of these fail your ass is doing the walk of shame.
5.
Cables this is often over looked but for a few
bucks you can get some stuff called cable lube and trust me you spray it in
there your cables work better and last longer
the good folks at http://cycleonemanufacturing.com/
carry it < and most anything else you need, its good stuff.
6.
Brakes.
Ckeck em for warping wear and function.
Riding is only fun if you can stop when you need too. Injuries aside many a pair of clean skivvies have
been ruined by bad brakes.
7.
Ok so assume everything checked out good on
these basic steps if you are a home builder now is also the perfect time to
double check nuts and bolts. I know we all roll to the shop born to be wild
playing our head and think we are the next Indian Larry but guys we all forget
shit. One missed bolt now is the difference
between hmm I wonder how I missed that and fubar city.
I will leave it at that and say that soon I plan to do a
write up on a few of these things. Some
guys might say oh come on it so basic but you got to remember we all learned at
some point and no one is born knowing everything. Until next time keep those sleds tuned and
show them some love they will love you back.
Wizard
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