What do I need to check?

[Deleted Member I]

This will sound like a really stupid question to some of you but I am not at all mechanically minded.

Bike has been in the garage for a couple of months doing nothing. When I get back to riding it, apart from tyre pressure and oil level (only thing I really know how to check) ... what else do I need to check/do to the bike before riding it on the road?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Marks adventure]

Insurance
MOT
Tax

Petrol

If it is a 1200 breakdown cover before going out

 

[cookie]

can't think of anything else.

 

[Steptoe]

Don't rev the nuts off it on start up.

 

[st247]

Might be an idea to check you can stop before you start, so i'd try the brakes before canning it up the road on the back wheel.

 

[LOLGEOFF]

Look out for hedgehogs hibernating in your panniers.

 

[DavidHale]

Don't forget to take the padlock off.

 

[Dahoum]

wot they said.

because its a 1200 you'll need to practice your smug grin again.

 

[DavidHale]

wot they said.

because its a 1200 you'll need to practice your smug grin again.

When your all warm and cosy in the back of the breakdown wagon

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

Brakes?...i can't believe no ones said it yet.....................

 

[Deleted account W]

Brakes?...i can't believe no ones said it yet.....................

On the vino Phil?

Might be an idea to check you can stop before you start, so i'd try the brakes before canning it up the road on the back wheel.

 

[finglonga]

wot they said.

because its a 1200 you'll need to practice your smug grin again.

.....If it starts.

 

[bustupbiker]

Charge battery

 

[Dahoum]

Oh and you'll need to renew your thick skin to bounce all the jealousy from the riders of older GS models

 

[Colban]

Make sure your nuts are tight.


(and bolts too)

 

[Ming]

Oh and you'll need to renew your thick skin to bounce all the jealousy from the riders of older GS models

Like from tall people on adventures

 

[STUBBS]

disconnect your battery charger, recovery card

 

[Deleted Member I]

I need to go buy me a charger then ...

As for nuts and bolts .. are there any manuals out there that I can use to reference when checking the bike over with simple pictures of what to look for. To be honest I wouldn't know if there was suppose to be a bolt there or not.

 

[Bronco Billy]

Sounds to me that your safest bet would be to weld your bike into the back of a Pick up and get a mate to drive you round while you sit on it........