Dirt bike maintenance - Most Neglected Items!

Good advice. Here's a tip that works on some bikes. When you have your bearings out of the linkage and swingarm, drill a hole and tap it to put a zert fitting in. Grease everything up, put it all back together like normal. If you ride a lot, give them a squirt every few months, casual riding do it once or twice a year. Your bearings will last a lot longer. You have to make sure that the placement of the zert will not interfere with anything. Ride safe my 2 wheel friends.

One thing about the chains, remember that a chain derailment is what broke Malcolm Stewart’s femur a few years ago in Supercross. He was in the whoops, and the chain came off, and he went over the bars. Keeping your chain and sprockets in good shape is super important. And especially if it’s just tightening or loosening the chain, it’s one of the easiest parts of the bike to maintain.

Excellent summary for us new riders. Thank you.

Another point to add on, ignoring his advice and only replacing the chain or sprocket one at a time will wear them down quickly. Old chains wear out new sprockets, old sprockets wear out new chains.

I'm rebuilding a 2011 rmz 250 right now these videos help a lot

All great advice. Chain maintenance is super important and it’s the first thing I do after every race. I never wash the bike with the chain on. Never. For non-prong chains, Pull the chain off and drop it into a pan of kerosene. Leave it in as long as you want. Next wire brush the entire chain. Next, wipe of with a lint free rag. Then use compressed air to blow off all residual kerosene from between the links until no more kerosene can be blown off. Now spray between links with WD40 to ensure no residual moisture remains. Put the chain back on and apply your favorite chain lube and adjust per manufacturers recommendation. Your chain and sprockets will last and last. More importantly, there will be much less performance robbing chain rotating resistance. Especially important on 150’s or smaller.

Little tip my fellow riders When packing needle bearings in your swing arm and linkage use a collar and put it in just enough so that you can pack the bearings without ever having to worry about the needles dropping out as really tacky grease will pull them out of an open bearing cage.

WOW, thank you so much for this amazing information. This is one of the best and most informative video I’ve seen so far. I just bought a new 2023 CRF300L and I’m looking forward to performing the maintenance you describe.

Good Advice.Thank you very much 🙏

Great Video!!! #1 Torque wrench!

bearing maintenance: If you race check them often, esp rear suspension. When my son raced I took the bike apart every 3 weeks or so and was Surpised at how water can get into everything. And I use a lotta grease

Darren lawrence taught aj cat how to torque his triple clamps this year and he said it made a huge difference.

Thank u for the great advice just got a 91 125 2 stroke I'm happy to be able to restore and do maintenance to make it last forever thanks for the heads up on everything I need to make sure it runs great!

i want to say either take off air filter or engine maint. and replace it with wheel spoke tightness

Silencer packing is overlooked by a lot of people

I never once considered a broken chain cold cause me a broken collarbone. I always been worried about my crankcase 😂

I'm not that rider....I do all five + more. I have too much invested in my dirt bike to let it go to crap or cause it damage.

Bewel Bar for the swing arm. Easy maintenance.

Hey Rado, thanks for the great advices! One question, I've got a PAPER air filter on my 4-stroke, is it really maintenance-free and when does it need to be replaced?

brilliant...❤❤❤