Two Wheeler Care and Bike Maintenance Tips For Rainy Season

Like all machines in this world, two wheeler also requires time to time maintenance and care for its best and optimized performance. These maintenance work when done correctly and planned according to the ongoing or upcoming season (monsoon, winter and summer) makes your machine equipped and your life becomes easy as your bike’s performance starts exceling irrespective of seasonal conditions around. You can consider consulting an expert or servicing your bike as well as per your convenience. However, here are 5 very important bike maintenance or two wheeler care tips for rainy/monsoon season –

1. Check All Basic Two Wheeler Vitals –

During the whole article, keep in mind that the primary thing against which you want to protect your bike is water and things will become easy from here on. Firstly make sure that your bike’s vital functionalities which are directly responsible for your security are working accurately, these functionalities are your Bike lights, Bike Brakes, Bike Horn and other electrical, Any Leakage, Bike Seat stability, etc. Make sure that all of these are intact and not facing any issues.

2. Tyres are the Ultimate Kings in Rainy Season –

Next and most important check for your two wheeler to prepare it for the rainy season is its tyres. Most people often tend to ignore their bike’s tyre conditions as they feel it is a very big task to get them changed but tyres are the most important aspect in a bike and overusing them can cause a lot of problems no matter what season. Important aspects that you should look for bike tyres are tyre treads, tyre gripping condition, tyre air pressure, tyres cracks or cuts, tyre rim and its overall cumulative condition. If any of these appears to be a problem then you should consider repairing it based on the condition severity. For tyres, always remember that you cannot take risks with its gripping and that needs to be solved first for rainy season.

3. Take Precautions for Metal Corrosion –

In rainy season, bike metals tend to attract corrosion faster due to the presence of continuous moisture and rainy water. A few simple steps like parking your bike under sheds or under some kind of a roof covering will try and keep it away from water, lubricating its important machine parts well will also help corrosion and rust to stay away from the two wheeler, considering to apply a protective film on the bike or you can say lamination can also give you better results. So yes, don’t let rusting or corrosion come near your two wheeler to ensure its good health.

4. Secure Battery, Suspensions and Bearings –

Battery is also one of the most important part in a two wheeler as it is a source of energy for the bike to function properly. Keeping it safe from direct contact to excessive water, checking its fit and ensuring that there is no kind of loosening with the battery and disconnecting the battery if the bike is not used for long are some aspects that can help(consider only if you know how to do it). For bearings and suspensions, cleaning them regularly, and trying to avoid excessive dirt to come in direct contact, timely lubrication are a few important must dos.

5. Hey Rider, You are the Decision Maker –

No matter how maintained you keep your bike, the on road smartness and decision making of yours will help you in actually riding safe during the monsoons. You should start following all the advice that your mother generally gives you for riding a bike specifically during the monsoon season and you will be fine. Things like avoiding riding in heavy rains, stopping under a SAFE roof if rain starts midway, religiously following absolute strict speed limits to avoid any kind of slippage or skidding, obviously wearing a HELMET is a must no matter what season, swallowing your on road EGO and thinking about other vehicles on the road as well (whose driver can be anybody between a learner to a pro), keeping genuine awareness and trying to anticipate for your best, also staying away from any kind of electrical boxes or sections on the road are a few things that will surely help you during the monsoon season.

At last Wiser Word would like to suggest you –
ALWAYS REMEMBER NO WORK OR SITUATION IS ABOVE YOUR SAFETY AND YOUR FAMILY’S WELL BEING SO DON’T TAKE RAINS LIGHTLY AND AVOID RIDING YOUR TWO WHEELER WHEN NOT REQUIRED.