Motorcycle mantiance Recording

**F5 Dave** · 21st September 2004, 13:41

I recently travelled with a chap who jotted down every fuel stop amount & mileage, calculated it on his phone & exclaimed what economy he was doing since the last stop. Which was often as he didn't want to risk getting on to the reserve (seemed like the bottom 1/2 was taboo also) in case he ran out of fuel & the world stopped, despite when I calculated (with his info) that his reserve had about 80 range in it.

What a total bore. Sometimes I’ll work it out in my head but

**Cajun** · 21st September 2004, 14:02

Originally Posted by wildfire1

No ......I made it myself, pretty basic really , just an Excel spreadsheet with some formulas. The trick was getting the original information into each spreadsheet, and then setting up a formula to count down months/ klm.

Really only good for personal use for keeping an eye on the costs for our two bikes, and as a reminder for servicing items - i.e brake fluid evey two years/ km 12,000 etc.

Thanks for the link - I would be interested to see if there are any other good program's, I could only find ones for car costs.

Wildfire that program is very out of date, i am in process of making something simlar to that, just seeing if there is something in a program other people would be after.

**FROSTY:Me** · 21st September 2004, 14:48

how about going further with it and including stuff like gearing,fuel mixtures tyre compound,tyre pressures. Weather conditions. temp etc
Then we can use it for a race log book

**Cajun** · 21st September 2004, 14:52

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

how about going further with it and including stuff like gearing,fuel mixtures tyre compound,tyre pressures. Weather conditions. temp etc
Then we can use it for a race log book

well that might the race add on, i will get the basic program for every day user sorted, i already decided i want to add a section for the racer to log information

**Blakamin** · 21st September 2004, 14:55

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

how about going further with it and including stuff like gearing,fuel mixtures tyre compound,tyre pressures. Weather conditions. temp etc
Then we can use it for a race log book

Some of us non racers might be into the weather, tyre pressure bizzo. for personal races against my head... i.e up paekak hill and back sorta thing

**wari** · 21st September 2004, 15:01

HOw about trakcing DImme witted olde gitte drivers ...

LIke the peedofile registerr ... ? :spudwhat:

Yamahamaman · 21st September 2004, 18:04

Originally Posted by Cajun

Okay people i am in the process of writing some software to record, information about mantaince of your motorcycle. Does anyone have any other ideas i could put in it?

Inital cost,
fuel cost, (record average milege per tank etc etc)
serving costs, with information
tire useage(kms per tires etc etc)
You will be able to export/import data

Any one have any other ideas they would like to see in a program to keep a record of motorcycle costs for them??

MSMoney is already doing most of that for me.

**Paul in NZ** · 21st September 2004, 18:25

I record what I did... like changed oil etc Don't care about the cost...

My smile o meter is always in the happy zone...

Paul N

**Jackrat** · 21st September 2004, 18:34

How about,where I left the keys?

I mess with bike every weekend, an do oil changes so often I don't need to know the cost.
That could get scary an the Mrs might find out.

**Mr Skid** · 21st September 2004, 19:04

How about a module for recording each time you crash and the repair costs.

You'd be able to work your km/bin, and see if you were crashing more often.

A $/bin calculation would allow you to see if your crashes were getting more spectacular.

You could even keep a tally of the cost of repairs, and see at what point it would have been more economical to have bought a new bike.

NC · 21st September 2004, 19:09

Originally Posted by gav

does it have spell check?

**ching_ching** · 21st September 2004, 19:43

Hi Cajun,

How bout an accessories feature with an image field so you can take a digipic of your baby after adding your aftermarket blinkers / can / screen etc with provision to record colour, manufacturer, serial no, etc. One may already have a pic of the bike in standard regalia when just bought say, and use that as reference (might be useful for insurance purposes). Or will you incorporate it in version 10.9.8.7.6.5.a.b.c.d.Beta

**k14** · 21st September 2004, 19:48

Yeah and to add to that maybe a place where you can keep a ride/race "diary" where you can write about the day and have a catalogue of pics you took on the day.

**Angry Puppy** · 21st September 2004, 19:49

How about being able to store step-by-step digi photos and notes so that when you are doing maintenance, you have a record of what went where and in what order?

FB