Tag Archives: Motorcycle Maintenance

Your motorcycle battery is dead, but luckily, you have a car and some jumper cables. Now what? Here's how to safely jump-start a motorcycle from a car, without frying your motorcycle's electronics.

How to do an oil change on a Suzuki Boulevard M50 and Suzuki Boulevard C50. Article with accompanying video walks you through it in 7 easy steps!

How to change the shaft drive oil / final drive oil on a Suzuki Boulevard M50 or Suzuki Boulevard C50 in just a few minutes. Step-by-step pictorial guide and video walk-through.

Jefe Smith breathes new life to his Harley-Davidson Twin Cam and makes it better than ever. Here's how he did it and how it all worked out.

This article and accompanying video will show you step by step how to do an oil change on a BMW F800R, or any other F800 series BMW motorcycle. Includes oil, oil filter, and torque specifications.

Here’s a quick video on how to siphon a motorcycle tank. It’s Episode 3 of my Kawasaki Ninja 650R Rebuild Series (more like a restoration series, but whatever…). Intro Do you have a motorcycle that’s been sitting for a long ...

Consider this your very own personal spring motorcycle to-do checklist. Follow these 5 simple maintenance suggestions and you'll be all ready to de-winterize your motorbike and get a nice smooth start to a sunny new season. Have a look!

Sure, there are millions of roadside toolkits out there for sale.  They range from the low-quality and bulky (think Harbor Freight) to the ultra-expensive and not quite applicable (think Sharper Image).  Honestly, making your own roadside toolkit is the perfect DIY situation.  ...

Ewa (like Whateva) called me Monday night. She was hooking her battery back up to her bike. The last time I saw her we were in her garage pulling the battery out of her motorcycle and winterizing it. The temperature was right ...

Today became an impromptu Oil Change Day at YouMotorcycle HQ in Toronto, Canada. The original idea was to get my buddy’s motorcycle running, see if we could take it out for a ride, and call it a day. After changing the ...