10 Best Tips To Maintain Your Motorcycle In Monsoon - RM Motors

 


These are some very basic care you need to do for your bike in the monsoon.

1. Cover your Bike properly :- One of the biggest menaces in the monsoon season is wetting of the vehicle, so it is an added advantage, or rather a blessing if you have a covered parking.


2. Get Anti-Rust protection layer applied :- This is a problem that Enfield owners must know first-hand. Luckily most of the bikes today are made of fiber bodies making them resistant to rusting, but every bike has a main metal frame and that needs protection.
3. Get a Teflon Coating if possible :- Many of us would actually not recommend this in the first place, but then Teflon helps make sure the water never touches your bike paint. So it is good to know that your paint won’t get washed away in the rains. 
 


4. Get the tyres checked/replaced :- Monsoon biking is one of the toughest out there, after all the wet roads are pretty hard to get a grip on. No one could either get specialized monsoon tyres for their bikes, else the regular ones could also do.


5. Clean up the bike chain more frequently :- Rains mean mud, and that means dirt and muck everywhere. Now, regular chain maintenance means cleaning up your bike chain after every 500 kms or so. It is always better to not follow this system in the monsoons since the chain gets dirtier quicker and also the rain water washes off the grease or lubricant away.


6. Look for covered parking spots :- When going out, parking in the open by the side of the road is something we hate the most. So always check out for nearby covered parking.

7. Clean up the Air Filter :- Monsoon air is a lot heavy with loads of moisture in it. So there are chances that the air filter might hold a lot of moisture and eventually might end up tearing as well or get clogged not allowing proper air to pass through.



8. Get Tyre pressure optimized :- Summer tyre pressures are always on the lower side since the heat expands the air. So in the monsoon when the air contracts as it is a bit cold, the tyre pressure falls.

9. Invest in Proper Rain Gear :- Protection from rains is as important for the rider as for the bike. So get some proper rain gear to make sure you don’t get wet in the rains.

10. Make sure the brakes are in Proper shape :- The rain water when enters the braking mechanism reduces the braking efficiency and bite by quite a lot.

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass it's about learning to ride in the rain.

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