Any mechanical element is broken. Like humans, motorcycles can spoil. But unlike what happens to us, the good luck is that any serious breakdown that is can be fixed with money. Another thing will be whether economically rent or not fix it, but solution always has.
Now, it must also be said that there are two types of breakdowns: those that can be prevented and those that do not. And although both can cost a lot of money, some of them can be avoided in a simple and economical way. As much as performing adequate maintenance to the motorcycle.
A small investment that can make you save breakdowns from thousands of euros. We start from the cheapest to the most expensive speaking only of the cost of pieces, then we would have to add the workforce …
Chain: 100 – 400 euros
It is the last point of union between the engine and the tire and is one of the great forgotten for many despite the fact that dynamically a chain can influence the behavior of the motorcycle, although that is something that we are not going to deal with now. The fact is that the breakage of the chain on the motorcycles that carry it can have a significant cost and can be tremendously dangerous, since it can literally leave in two everything you find in its path.
But we are not going to put ourselves in the worst case but in the best, or almost, that it would be the change of the drag kit or, what is the same, the chain itself, the attack pinion and the crown. In that case we could talk depending on the motorcycle of more than 400 euros. In case the only thing to replace was the chain, its substitution begins at 100 euros.
The good thing is that, in this case, preventing it is as simple as properly greased in an interval that in Euromaster recommends between 300 and 500 kilometers, but that can vary depending on the conditions and keep it clean, especially after rainy days in which it gets dirty more. So important or more is to keep it in the tension advised by the manufacturer, checking every 1,000 km that the tension is adequate.
In addition, in case of observing considerable or anomalous wear, it is always better to change it and avoid problems.
Clutch: Cost of the breakdown up to 500 euros
Continuing with the transmission, but in this primary case, to talk about the clutch. It is one of those parts of the motorcycle in which our driving style will make wear before or after, and that we can even avoid the breakdown. In any case, when this arrives we can be talking about 500 euros for the change of it, something that will normally be the same if the change is programmed.
Of course, if you wonder how you can know if your clutch is beginning to fail there are some symptoms that give it away: loss of power when accelerating (the engine rises around but has no performance), strange noises when changing march, difficulty changing march (it does not enter or is abrupt), and it can even smell “burned clutch” on some occasions.
Gasoline pump: fault cost up to 1,000 euros
It is one of the elements that when they fail for the first time they usually baffle you. Because although you have gasoline on the motorcycle, the motorcycle does not work well, it gives pulls, it is difficult for him to start, the same goes up as well … until he reaches the point of failing completely and simply stop working.
In any case, it is not one of the most common breakdowns that we are going to have, and although taking care of the gasoline pump is a task that goes through not always hurrying the deposit, it is not that this habit guarantees us that it will not break down. When the cost can reach up to 1,000 euros depending on our motorcycle.
Center: Cost of the breakdown up to 1,500 euros
This breakdown is very difficult, if not impossible, to avoid. The brain of the motorcycle, the switchboard, can begin to fail, to give errors or simply make the motorcycle not work. There are times that it is not easy to determine if it is the switchboard or if it is part of the wiring or the electrical system and determine it can be much more complicated than changing it.
And it is that before a failure in the switchboard this can begin to emit sensor errors, but there may also be a lack of punctual power, difficulty starting the motorcycle, excessive consumption … depending on the motorcycle we have, the price of the switchboard will be greater or lesser, but on high -level motorcycles we can talk about costs of 1,000 euros or more only the switchboard itself.
Motor rupture: Cost of the breakdown up to 6,000 euros
Cataclysco, engine breakage, a breakdown that depends on the breakdown can involve throwing a large part of the engine directly, and that the repair is thousands of euros, reaching even 6,000 in some extreme cases and high -end motorcycles.
As in some of the previous cases, we can put our part so that this catastrophic fault does not arrive. But even with that, the engine is the most complex part of the motorcycle, there are many pieces with microns working and a small failure, premature and imperceptible wear on our part can end in disaster …
Now, in the prevention part there are basic tips to be taken into account. The first is to always keep maintenance up to date with oil, air filter and refrigerant if our motorcycle is refrigerated by liquid. Small scheduled expenses of between 20 and 150 euros, depending on a motorcycle and place where we carry them out, which will help lengthen the engine of the engine.
Also our way of treating the motorcycle is important, especially as regards the warm -up of it before starting and, especially, demanding it. And then make a reasonable driving and not bring the engine to its maximum performance continuously. With good maintenance and good use, it will be more difficult to have problems, although luck is also a factor to consider.
