Dirt bikes don't run under water. OK, just thought you'd want to know. But if you ever decide to ride that thin patch of dry land surrounded by a natural forming swimming pool or think the small pond ahead is merely an obstacle that needs its...
Continue readingIt's so loud! Slappin da chain mon, sometimes sounds like a chain saw, emitting noise over and above the braap or thumper exhaust on a dirt bike. Usually though, chain slap comes across as an annoying racket. Some chain slap is normal but...
Continue readingPetcock. It's an odd name isn't? Whoever came up with it must have lived prior to the invention of motion pictures. Or had a chicken farm. At any rate, the petcock, or "fuel petcock" is a valve on non-fuel-injected 2-stroke and 4-stroke dirt...
Continue readingThe oil eating engine sometimes takes dirt bike owners by surprise because in our haste or long term laziness the #1 "to-do" on the pre-ride checklist often gets overlooked. Therefore, check the oil level using the dipstick or sight glass (if...
Continue readingIt's perfectly normal to smell exhaust fumes and other petroleum-based odors around a dirt bike even when the engine is off. But if you smell straight-from-the-pump gas while riding stop subjecting yourself to toxic fumes, get off the bike and...
Continue readingThe first sign is often the white smoke, sometimes you'll hear the fizzle or you'll even get a whiff of that all too familiar sweet smell. You've got a leak in your radiator. You certainly can't race and if you ride too long eventually the...
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