ALT-4 How to Choose the right Motorcycle for you
Skipping important details in choosing a bike may harm our comfortable aspects on road. This may lead us to self-opinion about wrong application of utility, unsatisfactory or major complains, and even more a chance of having the road accident. As a result, we must recognize important details to avoid such disadvantages. Such details include:
- Service After Service (SAS).
Consult with your appointed-dealer about their SAS (service after sales) before buying the bike. SAS usually includes the brand's guarantee and bonuses, a free-charged service package, availability of fast-moving parts, and buys-back agreement. Another dealer may give an additional package of SAS depends on its sales policy.
Loyal customers, who had frequently used the brand, notice the durability of products the brand's provided. A guarantee shows the entity of the brand which will secure customers' hesitancy. This guarantee may valid for a specific period or riding range such as, monthly or yearly machine-guarantee, body kit repainting, theft or accident insurance, and free-charged of tax for the first year.
Dealer mostly provides at least twice for free-charged service package. This service package consists of several routine check-ups such as, cleaning carburetor, changing oil and spark-plug, checking condition of oil filter, air membrane, wheel, and steering system. An additional check-ups also includes, machine check-up, panels and lights, suspensions, gear-chain condition, and the brake system.
We also need to check the availability of assembly-parts, especially fast-moving type such as, brake pads/shoes, tubes and tyres, spark-plug, air membrane, oil filter, chain-gear. Other fast-moving parts are cables; brake, speedometer, tachometer, clutch, throttle, and oil pump cable for 2-cycle type. In some towns, owners of the uncommon bikes should aware the scarce of assembly-parts and must wait for three indenting-months.
Dealer provides for buys-back agreement may prevent us from severe capital loss when we sell the bike. Furthermore, we may gain an ease procedure of changing the bike for a new one.The brand's strategy to maintain the relationship between buyer and seller. Thus, it's also a specific strategy to prevent loyal-customers move on competitor's brand.
- Size and Utility.
Customer may choose from a wide variety of the bike the brand's provided, from small to big-size along with its utility. The brand had designed a big-size bike is for a strong muscles or big-tall person, and a small-size is for a less-weighted person. Bigger size needs a strong grasp, only a strong muscles person who owns it, to maximize the control or handle of the bike. It's not prohibited for small person, but without proper handling might lead into a chance of having accident.
The brand had counted the ratio for the rider's comfortable aspect. Such as, suspensions in a big-size were designed for strong rebounding and heavy loads, while in a small-size for less-weighted loads.
Utility also determine the comfortable aspect in riding. Sport and touring bike suit the best for long-range, smooth path, or touring. While scooter and moped bike fit for short to mid range, the street such as small alley, daily routine to the workplace or office. Matching right usage and utility with the reason of riding will prevent unnecessary expenses on the bike, especially maintenance cost of a big-size bike is expensive than a small one.
- Maintenance Cost.
Maintaining bike may preserve for engine and bike's durability. Gasoline and oil preludes as the priority rank of maintenance cost after the fast-moving parts, while overhauls and chassis repairing because of accident gain the last rank of maintenance cost.
Customers must consider their pockets to afford the expenses of maintenance cost. Sport and touring bikes usually have the greater maintenance cost such as, higher gasoline consumption, more expensive assembly-parts and bike's annually tax. While scooter and moped cost lower than expensive bike.
Summary:Before choosing a bike, we must consult for service after sales, size, and utility, and maintenance cost. Picking the right bike for our needs besides providing us benefits and the comforts in riding, we also save our money for unnecessary expenses. As a result, a bike helps us to earn money and not to dredge our savings.
