What up guys? It's Adrian from YouMotorcycle. It has come to my attention
that some of you guys who know me from the motovlogs don't actually know that
for ten years I've been doing a lot of blogging and writing motorcycle
articles aimed at helping motorcyclists, so today I wanted to share with you guys
a post that I'm finishing up right now called 30 plus
beginner motorcycle tips, and each one kind of links to different articles so
if you're interested you can find out a bunch of info on that and if you're not
you need to skip ahead this is kind of really aimed at beginner motorcyclists,
I'd say anybody from hasn't even bought a bike to maybe five years of experience
after that you might not find this so interesting I break it into five
different categories: beginner friendly motorcycle maintenance and
repair general tips, modifications, riding tips, making saving anything
financial career wise to do with motorcycles. Some of you guys know I've
worked in the motorcycle industry off and on for most of the last ten years so
I thought I'd want to share some insight with you guys for those who are
interested and the last section is on vehicle specific advice. First one is on
how to deal with rusted or stripped screw heads because they can make
a five minute job become an hour long job. I had already known about a few
different ways which I share with you on here but I actually discovered a new way
of dealing with stripped screw head, thought that it was great so I wanted to share
that video with you guys as well as some some instructions and tips. The next how to
is how to jump start a motorcycle with a car. A lot of people are scared to do
this and a lot of people aren't scared to do this but should be. If you know
what you're doing and you read these instructions I break it down to a few
steps it's actually really simple. If you do it wrong you do run the risk of
damaging your motorcycle's electrical components so you definitely want to not
just hook up your car to your bike and hope for the best.
Check out the article it could help you help get back on the road and help you
not damage your bike. The next one was about how to drain your gas
tank without actually taking the gas tank off of the bike. If you've had the bike
sitting for a couple months the gas if you haven't treated it with anything, the
gas starts to degrade, it starts to go bad, it can kind of gum up a little bit
and this can block your carburetors, your jets, your fuel injectors, the good news
is that with a nine dollar siphon, I show you how to put it together
and how to use it, you can get all the gas out of your gas tank put some
fresh gas in there you don't have to worry about that old stuff and you just
get rid of it. Next one very self-explanatory how to prepare your
motorcycle for winter storage. Take five minutes read that if you're not familiar
with it and you'll be really happy that you did because a lot of people have a
lot of issues in the springtime with motorcycles, if you ask any motorcycle
repair shop they'll tell you neglect is probably the number one driver of
business and in the springtime that neglect comes from people who didn't
look after their bike before they put them away for the winter. It's kind of weird
for me to like something that I've created. Normally I just create something and I
hope it helps people and then I leave it in the past behind me but
I actually like this one because it helps you guys both get back on the road and
stay on the road and save money all in one shot. It's how to tell if your dead
motorcycle battery needs to be replaced or if you can get by with just
recharging it. A lot of people think the battery died therefore I have to spend
money and buy a new one, that's not necessarily true. Sometimes you can just charge it up and
it's back and good as new again. Sometimes though you can recharge it and
even though it takes a charge the health is so reduced that the battery is just gonna
leave you stranded again a few days later so this video shows you two different ways
both in a video and in an article how to test your motorcycle battery and make
sure that it's still good and it's not going to leave you stranded and you're not
spending money for nothing. These next two videos are just about how to test if
you have kind of headlights or signals that aren't working you're gonna want to
make sure you know is it the headlight and turn signal or is it the switch or
the wiring with this video it's gonna show you what this these two videos and
articles are gonna show you how to test the headlights and how to test the turn
signals individually so that you can make sure no it is you know is there
isn't the headlight or the turn signals. Next one pretty self-explanatory how to
get the ownership of a motorcycle with no ownership I even have a little template
of a document that I use because I bought a bike where it didn't have an
ownership and then the guy disappeared he didn't just leave town he left like
the province he loop the other side of Canada and it was after a couple months
it became obvious that he had goes to me I was never gonna see this guy again but
I still got the ownership for that bike and I'll show you guys how to do that
too if you're in the same situation that I was in. How to install a motorcycle
lift. This is a professional motorcycle lift. I have another lift that I've put together
that's like half the price later on.
We'll get to that. Do it smart do it right how to tow a cruiser, but really
the principles here apply no matter what motorcycle type it is that you're towing.
Now we're into the next section which is gonna be a lot quicker than last one.
It's beginner-friendly modifications that anyone can do on their motorcycles.
The first one is how to change the handlebars on a Sportster. It's pretty much
the exact same thing for basically every Harley-Davidson. The next thing was
probably the best damn part for my bike I could have bought for $18
it's a mount for holding my phone so I can see GPS while I'm riding, and at the
same time that drains your battery a lot because your phone has to be at max
brightness because of sunshine so it also has a little USB plug so that I can plug in my
phone and charge it while I'm riding my motorcycle. Once you understand how
simple it is to install on my bike, you'll be able to figure out how to install it
on your own like no problem at all. Haha so this one I put on here it's how to
remove warning stickers from your motorcycle because it drives me crazy when I see
people and they're driving around with warning stickers on the gas tank and you
can tell if it starts like it started to pick away just at the little corners they
just started and there's just this gooey sticky leftover trace of
where they started to but they'll never finish the job. It just makes it look
worse than if you've never started at all. It'll take you like five minutes
you'll be happy you did it and you'll leave me a like right? I don't care if
you do or not but if you do that's cool. The last one is a Harbor Freight
motorcycle table lift that I bought at $290 I spent
another 30 bucks on hardware and two-by-fours and added these side rails
here. There was some bikes I was fine just pushing the bike right up and other
bikes I was kind of nervous and terrified because those things weigh a lot
and they were kind of awkward and heavy. Some bikes I literally just rode up my
table that's basically for $350 all in I have a kick-ass table lift so if you
don't want to spend 800 bucks and $350 is more in your budget you should
check that out. This next part takes us to motorcycle riding tips for
specific conditions these are not videos I did these are actually videos that
were all done by a captain crash Idaho and I kind of shared on my website years
back he did some great videos on how to ride when the conditions were less than
ideal, rain, or grooved roads like what pavement have been stripped that's kind
of rippled, extreme wind gusts if you're a new rider and you're not 100% sure how
to tackle those kinds of situations you should definitely check those out. Bare
with me because this part's where it gets interesting it's all things money finance
career and motorcycles so first one is really straightforward how to increase
motorcycle fuel economy it's not just car fuel economy stuff that I just
changed car and wrote motorcycle this is bike specific tips. If you need to sell
your bike I have ten specific tips that will help you sell your motorcycle. I see
a lot of listings and I just know if this person had just done two or three
things differently they would probably get four hundred bucks more. I really
want you guys to get more money for selling your bikes so that way you can
buy better bikes. Boom! Next, four ways to make money with motorcycles.
Yeah that one was cool if you're thinking about if you have a lot of spare time if
you don't want to just be watching Netflix sitting on your ass at home
eating potato chips and you want to find a way to make some money that's
actually fun I got four ways for you to make money in motorcycles as kind of a
part time thing check that out. Next one after that was kind of sequential it was
ten ways to find a job in the motorcycle industry. I was at a motorcycle industry
pub night and I'm looking around I realize it's just the exact same faces
and just their top their job titles change and where they work changes but
it's just the same people over and over after I think about all the
these people have done why they've been hired and came up with this list of 10 ways
to find a job in the motorcycle industry so if that interests you you know what
to do. As a kind of spin off of that I had a university student who asked me
in the comments he said hey I'm a university student how do I get a job in
the motorcycle industry, do you have any tips for me? I said you know what I'm gonna give
this guy like a proper reply so I wrote him a whole new article and did a
video on my advice for anybody who's looking to get into the motorcycle biz
right after graduation. The last ones I'm a just power through
real quick and it's motorcycle specific how to's and
walkthroughs and all of these also have both articles and videos. First one is
oil and filter changes on Ninja 650r, oil change on a Suzuki Boulevard M50 and
C50, all my video guys just you guys know I included all the part numbers the
grade of oil and all the torque specifications because it drives me
crazy that I watch these videos on YouTube and these people have not posted
torque specs, or told you what kind of oil they are
sometimes they're using the wrong oil basically what I do is I always go
through the factory service manual I look at that and then I make sure that
all the steps I'm taking are exactly in line with that service manual. Other oil
change videos include BMW f800r oil change, Harley-Davidson V-Rod oil change,
got some information on batteries how to find a battery on a BMW 700 GS, on a
Moto Guzzi V7 and how to find it on a CB300R as well as how to change the
shaft drive oil on a Suzuki Boulevard M50 those are great bikes but then I
upgraded to the next bike down here which is the V-Rod and how to change the
headlight on that bike. Anyway did you guys find this helpful or anything on
here that you think you might make want to check out? If you do I'm posting links to
everything in the description box down below or I'll have it pin to the top
comment I don't know I kind of make this stuff up as I go along
is there anything that you think is missing if there is please let me know
also in the comments, be like hey why don't you do a how-to on ___ and I will put
that together for you maybe if I feel like it. Alright thanks guys
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that's it ride safe guys peace