The Essential Guide to Motorcycle Maintenance

Arrived on time and well wrapped. It was a gift for my son-in-law and he tells me he is really enjoying. It written like it says in the description and he's already learning a lot from it. He says it is one of those books that you will keep going back to as it is so good. Thank you.

Brilliant easy read, you can visualise the engine parts well before you see the illustrations, gladly recommend it to anyone hoping for insider knowledge on how motorcycles work

good generic book to help with understanding your motorbike

Was on learner plates for 2 years before getting my full motorbike licence and i always let me local garage check my bike over. After buying an MT 07 and wanting to keep it going by myself I bought this hoping to gain more knowledge to maintain it myself. This book certainly allowed me to do so. From going to burning my arm on my exhaust pipe to stripping the bike down to a bare frame this books helped me the entire way. Well detailed and leaves little out, bit of common sense and a few bruises or burns later you're good to go.

Fun book to read, gives you much information about motorcycles. A lot of instructionss but not for valve adjustment. A lot of pictures and easy explanations.

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This book is very simple and in the text you are constantly advised to refer to the workshop manual for your bike. If you want an overview it's adequate but don't expect to be doing any real work based on this books content, just skip it and buy the relevant workshop manual for your bike.

wasnt what i exspected, thats exspectations for you, has come handy at times as a referance, sits in the garage.

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Great book And suuuper fast delivery

This was a gift for my son, who rides motorcycles. The book arrived about one week before the promised delivery date, so this was excellent service. My son tells me that the book is quite thorough and he is very pleased with it.

Well-organized, easy on the layperson's eyes but without talking down to us either. "The Essential Guide to Motorcycle Maintenance" is divided up into sections and subsections that make it both an interesting cover-to-cover read but also very easy to use as a fast reference when repairing on the fly, taking the "Teach a man to fish" over the "Give a man a fish" approach. If all you want to know is how to change a spark plug you can probably find a faster how-to online. If you want to know how to change the spark plug AND just what the spark plug is doing, why and how and what happens when it's not doing it right, this is the book you're looking for. My '03 Kawasaki Vulcan isn't a toy, it's a tool; my only mode of transportation in this poor economy averaging 2,000 miles per month. And if I can't afford a car I certainly can't afford a conventional motorcycle mechanic looking to squeeze my wallet for what isn't there. So when my work-out-of-the-backyard mechanic isn't available or my work takes me away from him for a few months, I want to be able to do a fair amount of maintenance and repairs myself. Or at least know what I'm talking about when I do go to the conventional mechanic. Especially being female, it's still a challenge for some mechanics to see women as anything but walking, gullible, bags of money. This book has been my first giant leap into that realm. For all the varied motorcycles and configurations out there, Zimmerman gives a solid, most-common overview. More importantly, he does a fantastic job explaining to the layperson just how the various components work. This way, when I have a weird power loss happening under specific weather conditions, I'm not just looking at a laundry list of possible suspects in my owner's manual (or the appendix of this book). I can also go back through paragraphs and sidebars about just what the engine needs, analyzing for myself what the symptom tells me the engine isn't getting, and from there, I'm better equipped to diagnose the likely problem(s) myself than just blindly "Try replacing A, B, or C." For any biker out there, male or female, looking to be a little less dependent on your local Super Acme Made Of Money MegaMotorsports service shop, for those looking to better maintain your bike (and trust me, the key to hitting 130,000 miles is maintenance, maintenance, maintenance), and for those who want to learn in plain English just what makes your dream machine tick, "The Essential Guide to Motorcycle Maintenance" will be your new best friend!

Very well-written, approacheable, applicable, illustrations are clear and "on the spot".