Motorcycle Handbook

by Chilton Automotive Books

Book Overview

This complete motorcycle handbook includes sections on buying a bike, break-in, riding gear, engine maintenance, chassis maintenance, accesorizing, detailing, troubleshooting, and motorcycle tools. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801990998
• ISBN13: 9780801990991
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.1" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Good Starter Manual to Motorcycling

This is about as basic a book as you will find on motorcycle mechanics without being too trivial to be of use. Plenty of pictures and diagrams for the visually-inclined. The troubleshooting section ("what do I do if the bike does this...?") is excellent. The book also covers the wider aspect of motorcycling like what to wear, what kinds of equipment you should carry on your bike, etc

Every new motorcyclist should have this book

It's chock-full of information, with answers for all those "stupid" questions you're too embarassed to ask anybody else. Plus, great general info on basic repairs and maintenance.

A must buy book.

This is a "must buy" book for anyone who rides a motorcycle. There are two reasons for this statement. First, if you are the kind of person who takes pride in keeping your bike running at its best, then there are chapters on everything from changing your oil to doing your own tune ups. Even if you hate the idea of getting grease under your fingernails there are chapters on the best way to breaking in your new engine. (Something I could not find in my owners manual!) To the best way of keeping your machine looking like new. And much more. There is also a wealth of information on planning trips and buying the proper gear. By all means take this book with you on all trips greater than one day. I would hate the idea of trusting my life to some lawnmower mechanic in some small town. The second reason is the name Chilton. For 30 years, the first purchase I have made after getting a vehicle has been a Chilton manual. My manuals always seem to end up grease stained, dogged eared, and swollen from moisture, but they have always keep me on the road and saved me money. All Chilton manuals, this one included, are well organized, easy to understand with clear photos and drawings. And all of them contain an extensive troubleshooting sections. This alone is worth the price of the book. How many times have you be hit with a large repair bill for a part you could of changed in ten minutes and only cost 5 dollars?