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How to - Wash your bike correctly – using IPone

It’s true. You can keep your pride and joy clean with a bucket of soapy water made up of dishwashing liquid and a garden hose – the results will…
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Stay hydrated

Hypohydration is the medical term for as dry as a dead dingo’s donga. A condition which not only increases temperature and fatigue, but also induces brain fade.
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Staying alive

It might be the old Boy Scouts motto, but when it comes to adventure riding, especially when you’re heading well off the beaten track, it pays to be prepared.
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Setting up your home workshop

Part 2 Climate change Never mind the melting polar ice caps, the most devastating consequence of climate change is shed neglect. Too hot? Too cold?…
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Setting up your home workshop

The basics The four fundamental tool types needed to tackle most basic motorcycle maintenance and repair jobs are spanners, sockets, screwdrivers and pliers. Save up your bickies, avoid…
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How to take a pillion

There is no denying we all love the solitude motorcycling provides in our otherwise hectic lives, or else we wouldn’t have been attracted to riding in the…
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How to: Change an inner tube

Many bikes still have inner tubes inside the tyres; if you get a flat on a spoked-wheel adventure bike or off-roader, chances are the tube will be…
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How to CHECK IF YOUR FRAME IS STRAIGHT

There are two times you really want to know whether a bike’s frame is straight: when you’re buying, or after you have crashed. Sometimes the symptoms can be difficult…
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How stuff works - What’s in a clutch?

1 Wet or dry? Dry clutches, named as such because they do not operate in an oil bath, are fairly rare beasts, but can still be seen…
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How to - Change clutch plates

For guys like Steve Martin, a worn-out clutch would mean no more wheelies. Which would then mean tears. Thankfully, replacement is pretty straightforward. This article uses the…
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How to take a pillion

There is no denying we all love the solitude motorcycling provides in our otherwise hectic lives, or else we wouldn’t have been attracted to riding in the…
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Five dumb questions you’ve always wanted to ask about tyres

  Do all those numbers on the side of my tyres actually mean anything? Yes … and no. Although the size of a tyre is…