Scooter Maintenance is just as important as maintaining your car or home. If you want your stuff to last long and avoid the high cost of replacement, preventive maintenance is a must. Here is some ideas on maintaining your scooter.

Checking your oil levels and change it regularly is one of the most important steps in maintaining your scooter. Changing your oil is very easy, takes about 5 minutes, and cost less than $5. Your owners manual will suggest the proper procedure for your scooter. Also recommended is changing your transmission oil every 6 months or 2000 miles.

Checking your tire pressure is perhaps the easiest step in maintaining your scooter. It is important to check your pressure regularly and maintain the suggest tire pressure from your owners manual. Since scooters only have two wheels, low tire pressure could lead in losing control of your moped scooter more easily thus causing possible injuries.

One maintenance item many scooter riders ignore is checking the integrity of the frame. Check all hinges, joints, and quick releases and correct any problems before riding again. Your owners manual will provide ideas in what to check. Even though the maintenance schedule states to check bolt tightness every 6 months or 1000 miles, it is certainly a good idea to do it more frequently.

Your owner manual will provide a maintenance schedule in regards in changing your oils, filters, spark plugs and other scooter parts. You should always consult your owner manual as certain things such as fuel mixture or tire pressure may vary from scooter to scooter. A little scooter maintenance will go a long way in avoiding repair expenses and keep you enjoying the ride for many years to come!