Showing posts with label lubricant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lubricant. Show all posts

Monday, April 26, 2010

Basic Dirtbike Maintenance 101 - Oil

Basic Dirtbike Maintenance 101 - Oil

There are a million things to worry about on a dirt bike.  It’ll drive you crazy.  But if you take care of the basics, you can save yourself a lot of time and money.  But it takes some discipline.  We are not ‘race every weekend’ riders, but we do ride 2-4 times per month, for a good 4 hours each time.  Here is what we do. This first post will cover oil.

I am a serious “change your oil” person, with all my vehicles.  I figure it this way:  Oil is about $5 per quart, an engine rebuild is $1500 or more.  Enough said.  When it comes to our bikes, I have two rules:
  1. Change the oil every ride.
  2. Use motorcycle oil.