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Scary said:
^ Yeah and discouraging new riders from learning to take care of their bikes with preposterous 'what if' scenario's is really helping :rolleyes:
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You know the first time I tightened my chain I ****ed up the alignment and was lucky that some dude at work helped me fix it. Hate to admit it but some of us suck at doing physical things.
 
If discouraging just one rider saves his life, I am happy.
 
I guess we all wern't born with the ability to read a manual and follow directions with pictures.
 
You know, sometimes people just don't want to do ****. I used to be a mechanic..I'm not that interested in changing struts on my car..I'd really rather pay someone to do it.
 
Low rider said:
If discouraging just one rider saves his life, I am happy.
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Thank god you're here, you saved my life by discouraging me from doing my own oil changes. Now my engine won't seize while I'm doing 140 on the highway and thus preventing me from getting rubbed out.
 
COMMON SENSE, people

If you know what a wrench is, and you know which way to turn a fastener in order to tighten or loosen it, and you have the capability of following written instructions, and you have enough familiarity with mechanical things to recognize when something is going wrong, then go ahead and do your own scheduled maintenance.

If you can't pick up a tool without screwing something up, then leave it to the experts!

Everyone has their own comfort level. For engines, mine stops at internal cylinder head work. I don't do the internals of shock absorbers, either.
 
DemonPig said:
down the line. Footnote - any place that does oil changes is required by law to accept used oil for recycling. So you can drop off your dirty oil at Canadian Tire, Walmart, Costco, etc.
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Where did you read this? Can you provide some kind of reference just in case crappy tire tries to pull a fast one on me?
 
Brian P said:
COMMON SENSE, people

If you know what a wrench is, and you know which way to turn a fastener in order to tighten or loosen it, and you have the capability of following written instructions, and you have enough familiarity with mechanical things to recognize when something is going wrong, then go ahead and do your own scheduled maintenance.

If you can't pick up a tool without screwing something up, then leave it to the experts!

Everyone has their own comfort level. For engines, mine stops at internal cylinder head work. I don't do the internals of shock absorbers, either.
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Common sense has been extinct for quite some time now
 
If you don't try, you'll never learn... Get out there and teach yourself or grab a buddy that can show you a few things. Almost everything I know about wrenching was learned this way.

Funny, every fall I do a tear down, inspection and rebuild of my sled. If something fails at 160+ in the trails then I'm headed for a tree or a rock, but in all my years I've never had something break that was due to my mechanic work.
Every spring, my mx bike gets torn down, inspected and rebuilt. I pound the crap out of that bike and I have never had something I did break... Nor have I messed up any of my oil changes, which I do every other weekend. That's a few hundred oil changes I've done without using a manual or a torque wrench and never any issues.

Last year I taught myself how to rivet a chain on my street bike. I looked up how to do it, took my time, and I'm still riding with that same chain.

I guess I'm on borrowed time if doing your own work is so risky.

Get out, feel like a man and get greasy... It's actually enjoyable and full filing to know "yeah, I did that".
 
rmemedic said:
If you don't try, you'll never learn... Get out there and teach yourself or grab a buddy that can show you a few things. Almost everything I know about wrenching was learned this way.

Funny, every fall I do a tear down, inspection and rebuild of my sled. If something fails at 160+ in the trails then I'm headed for a tree or a rock, but in all my years I've never had something break that was due to my mechanic work.
Every spring, my mx bike gets torn down, inspected and rebuilt. I pound the crap out of that bike and I have never had something I did break... Nor have I messed up any of my oil changes, which I do every other weekend. That's a few hundred oil changes I've done without using a manual or a torque wrench and never any issues.

Last year I taught myself how to rivet a chain on my street bike. I looked up how to do it, took my time, and I'm still riding with that same chain.

I guess I'm on borrowed time if doing your own work is so risky.

Get out, feel like a man and get greasy... It's actually enjoyable and full filing to know "yeah, I did that".
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Yeah, I think that's a good idea. I have a buddy who works on his bike frequently so I'm going to do the basic things such as oil change, spark plugs, chain tightening, etc... with him. As for the more advanced things, I'll leave that to the pros. Thanks for the tips guys...time to get greasy
 
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