Best Motorcycle Guide

Part One of Two.

Part One of a Two-Part series on how to get your bike ready for the up-and-coming riding season and save yourself money.

Get Ready For Upcoming Riding Season and save some money to. Here is a complete guide to all you need to Know About Motorcycle maintenance for the four cycle motorcycle. Even if you applied motorcycle storage tips before putting your bike away for the winter, you'll want to go through this checklist before hitting the road this riding season. At the start of every riding season you want to do is the same stuff that's required on a 500-mile service.

1. Battery: First things first. Is 12-volt battery charged up yet. set a voltage charger on it and then check with a bold smear to see if it holds a charge. A fully-charged 12-volt battery, allowed to & rest" for a few hours with no load being drawn from it will balance out its charge and measure about 12.6 volts between terminals. When a battery reads only 12 volts under the above conditions, it's almost fully depleted. Actually, if a battery's resting voltage is only 12.0 to 12.1 it means only 20 to 25% of its useful energy remains and its probably time for a new battery. It's either a goner or it has been deep cycled, and a battery can only be deep-cycled a limited number of times before it is indeed dead. After charging it is not wholly in charge its probably just a good idea to go out and buy a new battery.

2. Air Filter: Removed and then clean the air filters and the air filter cases. if the filters are replaceable replace the filter element otherwise use a air compressor to blow the debris out of the filter element.

3. Fluids: The first thing you wanted to do is top off your engine oil. If you did not change your engine oil before storing it over the winner now would be a good time to do an oil change. Than perceived to check all other fluids including the hydraulic brake levels for the disc models and fork and suspension oil. All the fluids should be drained with new added including your front end and brake master cylinders. When you check your brake fluid, if it looks old, thick and brown, replace it.

4. New spark plugs: Now is a good time to go hand in changer spark plugs. You are going to need to loosen and remove your Motorcycle Spark Plug with a wrench or socket wrench. Turn in an anti-clockwise direction and remove the plugs. Do a search for how to read to learn more about your spark plugs.

Take a look at the plug wires and clean up the boots real good or replace them if they're starting to look heavily worn.

5. Tires: Keep your tires correctly inflated. Check the tire tread and make sure that there are no major cracks. If you do find a major dry rot crack it&s probably a good idea to replace the tire. A tire that is very under-inflated can lead to a blow out. So, read the side of the tire and inflated properly. The most common motorcycle breakdown is for tire damage. Check both the front and rear tires. you can then use your air pressure Gage to make sure each tire is properly inflated at the recommend pressure. Rubber is a flexible material and does not like to freeze and will cracks when it is frozen. So, if you stored your bike in a cold spot over the winter thoroughly check your tires for cracks and damage before going out for a ride.