Maintenance night - HB?

[Stickchick]

I'll be getting my bike in a little while... When I get it I want to know how to do some basic maintenance... what are the chances of having a basic maintenance night up here? just things like changing the oil, cleaning the chain, and other little bits and pieces to look for? What sort of things should I look for?

Bring some Bourbon and beer and hopefully I'll learn something ... and then we can all get pissed...

[yod]

Bring some Bourbon and beer and hopefully I'll learn something ... and then we can all get pissed...

[BigG]

I'll be getting my bike in a little while... When I get it I want to know how to do some basic maintenance... what are the chances of having a basic maintenance night up here? just things like changing the oil, cleaning the chain, and other little bits and pieces to look for? What sort of things should I look for?

Bring some Bourbon and beer and hopefully I'll learn something ... and then we can all get pissed...

Can you read, just follow the instructions, just like cooking realy

[Stickchick]

Am I that scary that you don't want to socialise with me???? I don't have a manual as far as I can tell Colapop is giving me a mongrel (bit of everything)bike, just like him I suppose

[Gixxer 4 ever]

I'll be getting my bike in a little while... When I get it I want to know how to do some basic maintenance... what are the chances of having a basic maintenance night up here? just things like changing the oil, cleaning the chain, and other little bits and pieces to look for? What sort of things should I look for?

Bring some Bourbon and beer and hopefully I'll learn something ... and then we can all get pissed...

Sounds like a good idea but you will find there are as many ideas on how to as there are people. For example I use a NT oil on my chian. NT stands for " No Throw" I have had 45,000 km outa a chain and still going strong. Down side it makes a mess of the rim. Some use spray on wax. No mess but only 30,000 thousand K's out of a chain. And that's only one small part of the job. Best we can do is come over and show you what we think and you can make up your own mind. Oil and filter are no big deal and we can help with that stuff. I have a workshop we can use as we have a few tools that make this stuff easier

Do you have a copy of the hand out from the RRRS day? If yes, a daily check list is in it. We can show you how to do these things and you are away.

Sorry I am a bit old for getting pissed. It gets me in to trouble and life is pretty good as it is so I will have a coffee.

Good to see you are keen to do this stuff. Mind you you could get a bike shop to look at putting this on. Why not ask in our H/Bay ride area and see who would be keen?

[nadroj]

I think she would like you to use your tools at her place.
The bourbon helps get the RING spanner over the Head of the bolt.

[Stickchick]

Dude I don't even know how to clean the chain!

Gixxer 4 ever - you're always welcome to come for a coffee.

[Colapop]

I'm a mongrel?? You want this bike now or when it's been put back together...?

Jeez I dunno, you try and help someone out and this is the thanks you get... p/t

All good the bike is coming along nicely... I've got part of a manual... enough to get you going...

[BigG]

Dude I don't even know how to clean the chain!

Gixxer 4 ever - you're always welcome to come for a coffee.

Best Idea yet, take it to someones place and they will help out, my mate lance did a short coarse on ( for women ) how to maintain your car, just simple things on how to check oil, water, tyre pressures and usefull information like that. What youre realy looking for is....................freindship I asume. Getting pissed is the worst thing you could do, you can't ride the bike after cleaning it in that state.

[Squiggles]

I think she would like you to use your tools at her place.
The bourbon helps get the RING spanner over the Head of the bolt.

bwahahahaha

[MSTRS:Me]

... I've got part of a manual... enough to get you going...

The part that shows the key and starter button?? Very important, that part of the manual.....
We'd be happy to 'host' a maintenance evening, although might be a tad cold now. Perhaps better on a Sunday avro for instance. I doubt that a bike shop would be keen to show anyone how to do stuff that will take work away from that shop, but Dooly is another matter. He might be willing to instruct' - if not, then Steve and I at least have a few clues.

[yungatart]

If we learned how to do our own bike maintenance, SC, then we would have to do our own bike maintenance....kinda makes the guys redundant, don't you think?
Far better to act like helpless females and let blokes do blokey stuff and keep their egos intact.

[Gixxer 4 ever]

Dude I don't even know how to clean the chain!

Gixxer 4 ever - you're always welcome to come for a coffee.

No problem. We all have to start at the start. When you have the bike we will do a ride and end up here and just look over everything. I am sure with people like Wasp27 Dooly MSTRS and others we can cover most things you need to get the basics done. What type of bike Make and Model are you getting. I will look on the net for a manual?

[Stickchick]

No problem. We all have to start at the start. When you have the bike we will do a ride and end up here and just look over everything. I am sure with people like Wasp27 Dooly MSTRS and others we can cover most things you need to get the basics done. What type of bike Make and Model are you getting. I will look on the net for a manual?

Its a VTZ250 with a VT250F motor I think....Might have to get Colapop to explain it to you I think as I'm just interested in the fact that its going to go for as long as I need it too hehehehehe

[Colapop]

Ok this is the story... SC was given a bike. Unregistered, unwarranted and not roadworthy... she asked about getting it fixed in a thread somewhere... It didn't seem like it needed much so I offered to bolt on the bits it needed and get it warranted etc and deliver it. I've been meaning to get up there for some time - so I thought kill two birds with one stone (waiting for the smart arse comments...)

As it turns out talking to other peeps it needs the cam chains, adjusters and all replaced so a bit of a major. Anyway as luck would have it I managed to source a bitzer with a good engine and get it here. My neighbour is more bike mechanical than me and has offered to help as well. So between the two of us and the two bikes we will get one on the road for not too much effort or expense. And the Stickychick will be hooning around on her Hoonda up there - terrorising you lot by the sounds of things.

For the record the two bikes are a VT250f (with a forked engine) and a VTZ250 with a VT250f engine (at about 25k) The manual I have had other sections mentioned but I couldn't get at them... I may have as much as there is... I dunno yet (haven't printed it) Having searched pretty extensively I will be suitably impressed if anyone finds a manual online.

Back on topic... I reckon it's a good idea for everyone to at least have some knowledge of maintenance, even if they don't do the maintenance themselves - they'll at least know what's been done when a mechanic explains it.