Ever wonder how your motorcycle works? Wish you could keep your machine running and fix it when it doesn't? Does the owner's service manual leave you scratching your head in confusion?

The Essential Guide to Motorcycle Maintenance shows you how to perform basic and essential maintenance tasks with more than 500 easy-to-follow color photos and illustrations. By Maintaining your bike on a regular basis, you'll develop a feel for the health of your bike and learn to deal with the little problems before they become big or potentially life-threatening.

Veteran motorcycle mechanic and popular author Mark Zimmerman makes difficult subjects easy with his comfortable conversational style and humor. He includes detailed background on how each system of your bike works and what maintenance tasks are required, what tools you'll need, and how to get started.

This practical, common sense guide covers all brands and styles of bikes, making it a perfect companion to the owner's service manual.

Whether you need to use the step-by-step instructions to wrench on your bike yourself or just want to learn enough to become an informed customer at your local motorcycle service department, this user-friendly reference will help you extend the life of your motorcycle, avoid expensive mistakes, enhance yiur mechanical skills, spend more time on the road, and more.

Do-It-Yourself Guides include:

• Oil changes
• Brake repair
• Fluid changes
• Suspension fixes and adjustment
• Chain and sprocket maintenance
• Tires and wheels
• Valve adjustment
• Troubleshooting tips