Check the Throttle & Clutch

Video Transcript

"I'm Chad I present motorcycles in Wilmington, North Carolina on behalf of expertvillage.com I'm here to show you some of my maintenance on our bike before you go out for a ride. Now we are going to talk about the throttle how to check your throttle and make sure you don't have a lot of plain in your throttle. Make sure that it doesn't hang up, make sure that it does not stick and basically make sure that everything works freely. By not checking your throttle you can have a problem where your throttle would hang open and that is definitely you don't want to do because your bike would be wide open all the time. And make sure that it does go back smoothly and you know when you let off it. Now we are going to talk about your clutch how you should keep a eye on your clutch and make sure it is adjust properaly cause if not you will take out your clutches a lot sooner as you should. You clutch lever make sure you can pull it in, make sure it is not hanging up of course. Your adjustment on top of your clutch lever is very important cause that keeps your cable tight cause your cable does get stretched out on your clutch table. Just basically make sure you have a little free play on it and just keep it adjusted up and basically that is it. "