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Are you guilty of not performing regular maintenance tasks on your motorcycle? A lot of us are, and we don’t realize the damage we could be doing to our bikes by neglecting this all-important maintenance. It doesn’t matter if you take your motorcycle to a shop, or do the work yourself - but make sure it gets done twice a year. You’ll pay more money if you let the shop do it, for sure. Most of these tasks are pretty simple, and you can probably do most of them if you want to save some bucks.

The most important maintenance task is checking the brake pads on your bike to see if they need to be replaced. How will you know? Are they making any kind of a squeaking noise? Do they feel kind of mushy when you apply them? If either of these two criteria apply, it’s time for new brake pads. This is a pretty easy repair and one that most bike owners should be able to manage. It takes less than 45 minutes to change them out.

Next, look at your brake fluid levels. Many bikes have an indicator level with a marker that will reveal what the levels are. Check and see if yours does, and if so, then you will know whether or not you need to add fluids. On the off chance that your fluid levels are too high, it would be best to drain out the excess. While you are in the vicinity of the brakes, it would be a good idea to bleed them. There are many ways to do this, all depending on the make of your motorcycle. If you are unsure as to how to do this, your local shop will be glad to help.  This might be a good idea anyway, because if you spill brake fluid on your bike, it will ruin your paint job.

Maintenance of your motorcycle may not seem too important to you, but be aware that it can save you quite a bit of money on repair bills in the future.

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