Having been through enough car breakdowns, I realized that on 2 wheels the same thing might be the kiss of death. So after going to my awesome Motorcycle Safety Foundation course this weekend (FREE for military!!!!!) I’m hoping to make it to the DMV today and get my license. I got a lot of great tips on motorcycle maintenance, but still feel like I have a lot to learn!
I have over 1,000 miles on my bike now, but I bought it with 300 on already. I recently checked the tire pressure and had to inflate the back wheel, and also realized my tire pressure gauge sucks for my bike. Yesterday I was researching what checks to do at different mileages, and as a result I’m going out to buy some chain lube today and probably some rags. I printed out some info on checking chain slack, but I figure for the rest of the service stuff I’ll take it in to a shop for now.
Hopefully I can get to a point where I’ll be changing my own oil, knowing what lines/electric stuff to check, and making it a routine. I’m pretty astonished there isn’t a course available out there for this kind of thing, but one teacher from the MSF course is trying to set one up. Hey, at least I already changed my own busted turn signal! Oh yeah, also on the “to do” list is to buy mechanic soap. Girls with mechanic greasy hands, not so cool 
