If you have just bought a motorcycle, surely you are already looking forward to launching the motorcycle with a long trip throughout Spain, in the purest style of the angels of hell, however, you do not even know where to start.
Carrying out all these types of motorcycle trips, whether they are long trips or short trips, makes us have all kinds of doubts related to our vehicle, since we can say that we are afraid that something will happen to us and we also have a lack of experience in these topics, since we may never have made a trip of this type.
Car trips are easier to prepare, since the car needs less maintenance than a motorcycle and is much safer than a motorcycle, being also less prone to breakdowns and accidents than motorcycles.
On the other hand, on a motorcycle, preparing a trip correctly can make the difference between a calm and successful journey and a journey full of obstacles and accidents that can cause damage to the motorcycle and to your person.
That is why it is important that you follow a series of guidelines, since motorcycle trips are very exciting trips, but they are different and exclusive trips, which require some extra preparation for it, a greater preparation than that of trips in other motor vehicles.
In addition, this becomes more evident if the trip is made in the company of another person, since there we will also be responsible for the damages that we may cause to that person during the journey.
If you want to prepare the trip in the most successful way possible and roll down the road like an angel from hell, you are in the right place, that is, in the engine section of doncomos.com, where you will learn step by step how to prepare your motorcycle for a trip, be it short or long.
What do you need to prepare the motorcycle for a trip?
- Money.
- A set of spare wrenches and screwdrivers.
- A can of gasoline.
Instructions to prepare the motorcycle for a trip
- Check and tune up the motorcycle: Before going on a trip, especially if this trip is very long, we must make sure that everything is going correctly on our motorcycle. This is very important, because if the motorcycle has a breakdown and we start riding with it, it may circulate at first, but it will surely leave us lying in the ditch. To do this, we are going to carry out a complete check on the motorcycle, that is, we are going to look at all its parts and their functions one by one to make sure that everything is correct. If you have money, take the motorcycle to a mechanical workshop, so that the motorcycle can be checked by professional people and they can tell you first-hand if the condition of the motorcycle is correct for a long trip. If it is not correct, make the appropriate repairs and corrections and if it is correct, you can go to the next step.
- Carry money to spare: Like it or not, money moves the world and is one of the most important things, something that happens of course when it comes to long trips. Never take just enough money, because if you take just enough for gasoline and little else, it could be that the motorcycle had an unexpected breakdown or that you had some unexpected expense and that you did not have money to do it. In addition to taking the bank card with enough money, also take some cash, to be able to pay in places where the card is not accepted. If, for example, you were thinking of taking 80 euros for the trip, take twice as much or more, that is, 160, just in case some unwanted unforeseen event occurs.
- Bring the necessary security elements: Road safety is a very important element that we often forget (since we believe it is only to raise money), however, traffic and circulation regulations are to be complied with and for this reason, there are. Make sure you bring all the safety elements required by law such as a helmet, warning triangles and an approved reflective vest for driving at night. Also, if you can take any additional item such as a flashlight or something like that, it never hurts to take it, quite the contrary.
- Carry a small mechanical first aid kit: It can always happen that there is some type of breakdown in the middle of the road, sometimes these breakdowns are serious and you have to call the tow truck, however, on other occasions they are minor breakdowns that we can repair ourselves. First of all, carry spare gas in case you run out of gas halfway, something that happens more than usual. Secondly, take a puncture repair kit, with its patches, its glue and its keys to adjust and loosen the wheel, to repair a flat tire. If you can, also take spare headlights, spare mirrors and spare hoses. He also carries a small toolbox, so you can carry out repairs correctly.
Tips to prepare the motorcycle for a trip
- Respect the rules of the road: That is, do not go too fast, drive on the right and, in short, respect the traffic code during the trip to avoid accidents.
