Category: Maintenance

If you are new to motorcycle riding you may have stalled the engine a couple of times as you get used to releasing the clutch and rolling on the throttle. Don't worry, this is totally normal and the...

Image you ride your motorcycle to the gas station to fill up the tank. You are deep in thought and fill up the tank to the brim with diesel. Since you are on the GPS busy planning your route, you...

If you are into dual sport and adventure bike riding, you would have noticed that they nearly always run on wire-spoked wheels. The wire-spoked wheel has been around forever, but in the 1970's...

There is nothing worse than the dreaded click when pressing the electric starter button on your motorcycle. And riding an adventure bike, chances are that you are nowhere near civilization where you...

I've often wondered whether it is necessary, or a good idea even, to deflate adventure bike tires when riding off-road. In a 4x4 vehicle it is common practice to deflate tires on dirt roads to...

My wife and I were racing the sun in the Chalbi Desert, trying to get to the Ethiopian border before dark when she got a flat tire. A piece of glass punctured her rear tire. We carried a small hand...