Motorcycle Maintenance Archives - Ride Expeditions

Adventure Bike Hack: Making a portable trail stand on the cheap

Julian - July 24, 2019 - Motorcycle Maintenance, Motorcycle Trip Packing & Planning - 1 Comment

If you’ve got an enduro, trail or adventure bike, chances are that it doesn’t have a centre stand. And while you might be able to buy and fit one, that just adds more weight and clumsy metalwork under the bike and reduces your ground clearance. So how do you get the wheel off the ground […]

Bleed your brakes: A simple guide to improve your stopping power.

Julian - July 19, 2019 - Motorcycle Maintenance - No Comments

Bleed your brakes. A simple guide to improve your stopping power Maintenance on your bike’s brakes is important. If you can’t stop when you’re heading to a massive drop-off out on the trails or when a car is pulling out on you, then the consequences could be terrible. So if your stoppers are not working as […]

Trail ride preparation – Check it or Wreck it

Julian - March 21, 2019 - Motorcycle Maintenance, Motorcycle Safety - 4 Comments

So it’s been a few weeks since you got out on the bike. You’ve been busy at work, family life takes over – we know the drill. When you finally get a moment to fire up the dirt bike and head out for a day’s trail ride, there’s a tendency to just splash in the […]

Dirtbike seat recovering -The easy way

Julian - February 18, 2019 - Motorcycle Maintenance, Motorcycle Product Reviews - 2 Comments

Your dirtbike’s seat has a hard time. From the endless wear from your butt moving back and forward while riding and the regular slathering in mud and dust, to the inevitable jet washing at the end of the day to shift all that clag, its a tough life. So with the upholstery on the Ride Expeditions […]

Replacing KTM Swingarm Bearings and PDS Heim Joint

Julian - February 11, 2019 - Motorcycle Maintenance - No Comments

No matter how much you look after your bike, components are going to wear out. And while it’s easy to see how your tyres or brake pads are wearing, then things like bearings are a tad more tricky. On the Ride Expeditions KTM EXC250, the rear suspension was beginning to feel decidedly off-colour. It was […]

The Twelve Days of Dirt bike Christmas: Tiny jobs to fill the holiday

Julian - December 15, 2018 - Motorcycle Maintenance - No Comments

We all know that Christmas is a time for family, but there’s no need to forget your bike! When you are faced with a week of lolling around stuffing your face with chocolate coins and mince pies and being nice to distant relatives, it’s good to have a plan to keep you sane and give […]

Changing the chain and sprockets – The easy way

Julian - August 20, 2018 - Motorcycle Maintenance - No Comments

The chain on the sprockets on your bike are integral to the way it performs. You cannot expect to get the best out of that finely tuned motor if you don’t look after the bits that convert all that power into forward motion. Yet a swift look round your average bike park will reveal a […]

Repacking your dirtbike end can – The easy way

Julian - August 13, 2018 - Motorcycle Maintenance - No Comments

The end can on your dirt bike’s exhaust system has a miserable life. It gets bashed, scraped, scratched, clouted and generally abused every time you go out on the trails. But that length of alloy is a precision designed item, carefully crafted to get the best performance out of your motor. And as time goes […]

TRAIL RIDING: 10 MORE TOP HACKS

Julian - June 26, 2018 - Motorcycle Maintenance, Motorcycle Product Reviews - No Comments

Now we all like a good hack. No, not a lung shaking early morning cough, but a bit of simple and inexpensive genius that makes life that little bit better. Our first list of Trail riding hacks went down so well, that we asked our tame trail monkey Julian to come up with ten more nuggets from […]

Garage Essentials – The Top ten for motorcycle Newbies

Julian - June 18, 2018 - Motorcycle Maintenance - No Comments

OK so you’ve made the decision. After years with just cars on the drive, you’ve taken the leap of faith to finally pass your bike test and buy that motorcycle you’ve always promised yourself. But wait just a moment – while your four-wheeled box might have thrived with little more than a car wash and a service […]

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