First days: Living with a motorcycle: Difference between revisions

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====Check the Electrical Components ====

A simple check you can do at the beginning of every ride is to check all the lights and the horn. It takes about 20 seconds, and could be a lifesaver.

A simple check you can do at the beginning of every ride is to check all the lights and the horn. It takes about 20 seconds and could be a lifesaver.

Before you start the bike, check to make sure all the idiot lights which are supposed to be glowing are on (the owner's manual should detail this, but it's usually oil pressure and a few others). Once the bike is started, make sure the following lights are on:

Before you start the bike, check to make sure all the idiot lights which are supposed to be glowing are on (the owner's manual should detail this, but it's usually oil pressure and a few others). These lights come on when you turn the key on, but before you start the engine. This is to show that they actually work. Once the bike is started, make sure the following lights are on:

*Headlight

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*Horn button

This serves the double purpose of checking the switch, and checking the light or other device. If anything isn't working, fix it before going for a ride. Motorcycles are already at a huge disadvantage in traffic, and losing any of those signals is unacceptable (and probably illegal).

This serves the double purpose of checking the switch and checking the light or other device. If anything isn't working, fix it before going for a ride. Motorcycles are already at a huge disadvantage in traffic, and losing any of those signals is unacceptable (and probably illegal).

====Securing the Bike ====

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 ====Check the Electrical Components ====
-A simple check you can do at the beginning of every ride is to check all the lights and the horn. It takes about 20 seconds, and could be a lifesaver.
+A simple check you can do at the beginning of every ride is to check all the lights and the horn. It takes about 20 seconds and could be a lifesaver.
-Before you start the bike, check to make sure all the idiot lights which are supposed to be glowing are on (the owner's manual should detail this, but it's usually oil pressure and a few others). Once the bike is started, make sure the following lights are on:
+Before you start the bike, check to make sure all the idiot lights which are supposed to be glowing are on (the owner's manual should detail this, but it's usually oil pressure and a few others). These lights come on when you turn the key on, but before you start the engine. This is to show that they actually work. Once the bike is started, make sure the following lights are on:
 *Headlight
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 *Horn button
-This serves the double purpose of checking the switch, and checking the light or other device. If anything isn't working, fix it before going for a ride. Motorcycles are already at a huge disadvantage in traffic, and losing any of those signals is unacceptable (and probably illegal).
+This serves the double purpose of checking the switch and checking the light or other device. If anything isn't working, fix it before going for a ride. Motorcycles are already at a huge disadvantage in traffic, and losing any of those signals is unacceptable (and probably illegal).
 ====Securing the Bike ====