Lessons You Can Learn From Owning an Exotic Motorcycle

You want to get an exotic motorcycle, not the usual Japanese sportbike. Here are some things to consider that could become hard lessons learned.

Dealership

The Does the dealership perform warranty work on this exotic?

              

You go to a local dealership to look over the exotic bikes in stock and there it is just the right bike for you, so you think. You see the MSRP is within your budget and you ask for a test ride, fine, but only around the dealership’s lot. You came prepared to take the test ride on the street and wore your Men Motorcycle Leather Jacket and Men Leather Motorcycle Pants with full armor.

The salesman starts it up for you and the engine runs really smooth, you don your helmet, ask the gear configuration. You hop on and take a couple of laps around the lot, the bike handles well, you are satisfied. You start negotiating the price, the salesman usually takes your offers to his sales manager three or four times.

Finally, the salesman returns with an acceptance of your offer. Not exactly what you wanted but it is close enough to what you were looking for, you accept. You get hustled to the finance officer’s office and he starts going over the details of the purchase contract. He wants you to purchase an extended warranty for an extra year over the manufacturers already two-year warranty.

You decline the extended warranty, telling the finance officer the manufacturer's two-year warranty will do. The FO says fine, you sign the paperwork, hand them your down payment, sign the remaining paperwork, the bike is now yours. The salesman hands you the keys and you take your new exotic ride home.

For further details please read: ‘Exotic, Inexpensive Motorcycles, How to Get One for Yourself?

What Can Possibly Go Wrong?

Does the dealership still sell this exotic bike?

                  

You have been enjoying your new exotic ride for a couple of months now and there are some issues developing. On long rides, the bike is faltering, not running smoothly and sometimes even shuts down. You haven’t ridden the bike that hard so you suspect factory flaws are beginning to arise. You call the dealership’s service department, explain the problem, ask when you can schedule a warranty diagnostic and service to solve the problem.

The service department manager tells you the dealership does not do warranty work on the make of the bike you bought from them. On top of that, he says the dealership no longer sells that make of exotic motorcycle. As we all know dealerships can be in business one day and be gone the next.

First lesson: You may not have done enough research to find out the relationship between the manufacturer and the dealership.

Do your homework when choosing a dealership.

Second Lesson: You did not inquire with the dealership if they actually did warranty work should the need arise.

Investigate whether or not the dealership is in solid with the manufacturer they represent and that they perform warranty work.

Seek Help from Other Exotic Bike Owners

You better have all your bases covered this exotic sells for $120,000.

           

Search the web, find out if there are any support groups or blogs that write about the model of exotic bike you are getting. You can learn from these other bike owners the problems they had and how they resolved them. With the social media networks, blogs, and community chat rooms on the internet finding others with the same problem as yours is easy.

Lesson Three: Having a support network with others who have the same exotic bike as you, finding fixes for warranty issues can be easy.

Instead of your bike being in a shop for a week or so over warranty issues the problem is fixed quickly and you can ride on. Wicked Stock is the place to go to find deals on motorcycle gear to go along with the new exotic bike.

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Rider Training – Do You Still Comply?

 

 

 

Have You Digressed?

You have your motorcycle license, been riding for a couple of years; do you still adhere to your safety training? Did you know that many motorcycle accidents involve riders without training?  Ninety-two percent of riders involved in accidents were self-taught or learned from friends or family. Rider inattention is a common factor in many motorcycle accidents.

Experience on the bike involved in an accident was less than 5 months, but the rider had about 3 years riding experience. Reaction time for a rider to avoid an accident is less than 2 seconds, remembering you accident avoidance techniques is crucial. In our article, Five Things You Might Want To Know Before You Begin Riding A Motorcycle we talked about five things you needed to know before beginning to ride. Number 4 was the importance of rider safety training.

Advanced Rider Training At Its Best

Do riders who have gone through rider safety training courses forget what they were taught after riding for a year or two? The sad part here is motorcycle accident deaths are at 14% of all accident fatalities in 2017, which is 5,286 dead bikers. Are these stats a result of riders who went through safety training only to ignore what they learned? It looks as though that might be the case. Speaking of looks, wearing Men Textile Motorcycle Pants will make you stand out in a crowd, looking good.

A Study of Rider Training

Do stats tell the truth about rider training & accidents?

A study in 1989 concluded that riders with safety training had fewer accidents, and the accidents were less severe. In 2007 another study found that riders who completed rider safety training courses were 44% more likely to get into an accident. The study went on to say riders who completed a second course were 180% more likely to have an accident. The two studies contradict each other, which is right?

The study did reveal that safety trained riders are more apt to wear Men Leather Motorcycle Pants with the armor inserts in place. The NHTSA in 2010 held a panel discussion assessing the effectiveness of entry-level motorcycle training. Here is the kicker, there is not enough data to support whether or not basic MC training is practical or not. The NHTSA cites the lack of stats on the relationships between impaired driving on trained and untrained riders. The NHTSA recommends further studies be conducted on the relationships between a person’s car and truck driving records and their motorcycle driving records.

What’s The Answer?

Right now, there isn't one at least not officially. Experience has taught you that rider safety training makes you a safer rider than you would be without it. Experience also dictates that you wear 4 Season Motorcycle Jacket for protection and that great look. So, do we need government research to tell us that rider safety training helps riders avoid and even prevent accidents?

No, we do not.

A Refreshing Thought

The thought here is, do you need to take an advanced training course every couple of years or so? Yes, you should take a refresher or even an advanced rider course as we tend to forget what we learned.

By taking a refresher course, you might learn a new accident avoidance technique that you were not taught the first time through. We all get rusty by refreshing your skills you will perform like a well-oiled machine. You will need all the safety tricks available when dealing with drivers who instinctively fail to notice the motorcycle on the road with them.

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Changing Motorcycle Tires: A DIY Guide

 




Get the Wheel Off

You are all ready for a good ride with friends and fellow riders. You safety check your ride to make sure it is roadworthy, the front tire is flat. You are in luck, the tube inside the tire is the problem, not the tire, and you will only have to get a new inner tube. You decide to do the tire fix yourself.

Repair shops charge by the hour, usually $100, tire repairs can run from $50 to $120 depending on the bike model. Don't forget the cost of a new tire or inner tube; unless you are inept as a mechanic, is it worth it? The tire has to come off the bike and be broken down whether or not you are replacing the tire or tube.
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The Right Tools

Socket wrenches or end wrenches to remove the wheel and valve stem locknut.

Valve stem tool.

Two or three tire spoons, aka tire irons.

Tire pressure gauge.

Motion Pro Bead Buddy

Rim protectors.

A compressor or tire pump to re-inflate the tire.

A lubricant such as soapy water, tire soap, etc.

The front-wheel must be raised off the ground with the bike being stable, safety first. There several devices on the market for lifting the bike off the ground.

Refer to your motorcycle manufacturer's manual for details on removing either front or rear wheel. For more information on Motorcycle tools, please visit 5 Motorcycle Tools You May Not Have Used.

Get the Tire off the Rim

You got the wheel off and on the workbench. Using the valve stem tool, remove the valve stem, let the air out, and then remove the valve stem locknut.

If you are not replacing the tire, mark the valve stem location on the tire to replace it correctly. Break the bead holding the tire to the rim; this might be somewhat difficult if the tire been seated for a long time.
The bead has to be completely broken before the tire can be removed from the rim. C-clamps, welding clamps, or even a bench vise can be employed to break the bead from the rim. If more help is needed, the Motion Pro Bead Buddy works very well and can be purchased off Amazon for around $15.00.

Once the bead is broken off, the rim flip the wheel over and break the bead on the other side of the rim. Now it is time to remove the tire from the rim, a mixture of water and dish soap is an excellent lubricant for the task. The objective is to get the rim to slip off the rim as easy as possible.

Put the rim protectors on the valve stem side of the wheel and insert the tire spoons, aka tire irons, hooked end up. Using small bites ease the tire up and over the rim, until the tire is off the rim. If there is an inner tube, now is the time to pull it out.

Get the other bead off the rim, you might be able to pull it off, if not, use the irons. Once the tire is completely off the rim, it is time to inspect the inside of the rim for rust, cracks, etc.
If this is the first tire removal, there should be a thin rubber band going entirely around the inside of the rim. This protects the inner tube form chaffing if the spoke ends poke through.

Toss this rubber band away; you will be using something else to protect the inner tube. Clean off the rust and corrosion by using a stiff wire brush, then you can re-line the rim with duct tape or wide electrical tape, at least three wraps.

Finish Up

Ready to put the tire back on the rim, place the tire over the rim and start working the tire back onto the rim with the tire irons. When the first bead is back over the rim, put the new inner tube inside the tire and partially inflate to prevent pinching by the tire irons. Fit the valve stem into the valve stem hole on the rim and partially secure the valve stem locknut.

You can fit the other side of the tire to the rim using the tire spoons and generous squirts of the soapy water solution to help things along. Inflate the tire to the right pressure setting as the pressure is increasing; you should hear the beads popping into place. If you are replacing the tire as well, locate the rotation arrow on the outside of the tire.

This mark indicates the direction the tire is to rotate during operation. The tire is fixed, and back on the bike, you are ready to take that ride with fellow riders and friends. So hop into your Men Leather Motorcycle Pants and Leather Motorcycle Jackets and have a great ride.

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