The awakening: how to wake up your bike after the winter?
The first thing you gotta do after the winter is to charge a battery (it should be kept dismounted and charged in cool room). Then pour new gas (bike should be kept with full tank for condensate from extreme temperatures may cause rust appearance). Then change motor oil, antifreeze and brake liquid. Pay close attention to brakes as its liquid absorbs the moistures that leads to braking system acidizing and hardens its work and when heated the liquid may be boiled. This way your brakes may be completely spoiled so let the specialists do it as well as check all bikes’ joints and fixes tightening.
It’s better to start a new season with new tires as in winter the rubber loses its elastic and traction features. If you keep the old ones inspect them for cuts and other damages. Then check and set the tire pressure as optimum for city ride is 2 atm. in both tires as it provides the bigger road contact spot. For extreme rides you should have a bigger pressure to have enough rigidity in turns and hard braking. Then check the chain and grease it. To increase its life you should grease a chain every 500 km.
Pay more attention to the front fork. If its chrome parts were not greased it might be rusted that in some time would damage the glands. If the rust is insufficient than remove it with special automobile polish for chrome parts polishing the rest of chrome parts as well. If the bike does not start with an open dresser than cover the filter inlet with your hand. If no help than the reason either in sparking plugs that are covered with condensate or in a fuel system. About every third biker faces the problem when bike doesn’t start after the winter. Often it is caused by carburetor which’s metal parts get acidized over the winter. See, carburetor consists of channels that when acidized have lesser throughput ability hardening the engine start and further work.
Anybody can change the sparking plugs but to set your carburetor you have to have the technical background. Even automobile mechanics never mess with bike carburetors and 30% of carburetor malfunctions are caused not by damages but by poor service. So, consult the specialist for it is cheaper to set your carburetor than to buy the new one. Then check your electric system though it is lesser damaged by weather. Check all moving parts paying attention to all joints and devices.
When you repair something on your own do it carefully in order not to have the “spare” bolts. When dismantling any joint it’s better to note down the order of parts for misplaced insert may cause serious troubles. So, if you are not the mechanic than consult one saving your money and time for upcoming season.
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