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Summary: Changing the oil is an important bike maintenance procedure that will help maintain the quality of motorcycle. Learn more about bike maintenance from an experienced motorcyclist in this free sports bike video.
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"Alright, this last part we're going to talk about just maintenancing our bike. If you run your bike to death, you don't ever change the oil, you don't do anything to your chain and stuff, you bikes going to quit on you. If you treat it right, you take care of it, it's going to last you a long time. So, really, really important before you really ever go riding, you should check your tires, your tire pressure because if your tires are low, that can cause you to crash, especially around corners and stuff like that on long trips. So, our tires will be a first thing, always check those, make sure the tread is still good on them, we don't want to have a flat bald spot back here, otherwise, we could slide out, that cause no traction on the tires anymore. The other thing is the oil, you guys can either take it into a shop, if you guys don't know how to maintenance your bike very well, you can take it into a shop, have them do it for you. I like to save myself some money, and do it myself, I've done it for a while now. You can check that oil, you can also check your oil levels on the sides over here, they have a glass. The other thing is your chain, you want to keep your chain well lubed at all times cause if it's not well lubed, then you'll wear it out a lot quicker than normal, so always keep that up, well lubed. And, if you guys take care of the basic stuff on your bike, make sure your"
eHow Article: Motorcycle Maintenance