I‘m currently on a deployment, and I‘m trying to learn about how Motorcycles work while I have down time.I don‘t know anything about them, but I‘ve always loved riding on them growing up, and I‘ve had a little practice driving my Dads. Anyways, he found a deal for me through a friend and I figured if he thought it was a good deal (and doing a little research it seemed to be), so I bought it. I‘d like to read up before I get home so I know how to take care of it.I personally don‘t know much about cars other then the basics, changing tires, oil and filters ect. When I crashed it I got a lot of hands on expiernce fixing it myself, with guidence from online research and phonecalls to my Dad. But I don‘t even know how to change the oil of a bike haha, or when it would be due. So any info, tips, advice would be helpful.What I have is a 2006 Yamaha 650 V Star, if that has any significants.
Chilton's Service and Repair manual. It will tell you everything you need to know in simple cook book recipe type instructions. Motor cycle engines take a beating from high acceleration and engine heat. Just remember to change the oil frequently. Changing the oil is the single most important thing that will make your engine last a long time and prevent problems. Do it yourself Oil changes are cheap too.
The first thing for you to do is take a motorcycle safety course.With this course you will have basic understanding of what a m/c is all about BALANCE plus eye hand coordination and training from someone who knows how to teach this plus and this the best part you will be learning on a small bike that does not belong to you and it's ok to drop,scratch and beat up while you learn the skill needed to operate safely. Also if you have done oil and filter change on cars you can do the same on m/c.You can find an owners manual online or from Yamaha this will show you what you will need to know but if you cannot find one all you really need to do is change the oil and filter the oil plug is at the bottom of the engine which is a bolt head metric size remove and clean the tip remove the filter and just replace,check tire pressure 36 psi front and rear and wear check between the tread and if you see cracks replace it as this very important.Make sure all the lights are working,head light and rear brake light.Of course when the bike is inspected the shop will check all of this for a small fee.I hope this helps.Thank You for you service while you are on deployment.
Google it hehehe Please be safe tho motorcycles are very dangerous!
