Revision question · Safety and your motorcycle

Your motorcycle has cable-operated brakes whose manufacturer specifies routine cable lubrication. How should you maintain them?

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By removing all free play at the lever or pedal

By checking them at normal operating temperature

By always fitting new ones for the MOT

By lubricating and adjusting them regularly

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Inspect and adjust the cables and pivots at the manufacturer’s intervals, using lubricant only where specified. Some lined cables do not need oil. Keep the specified free play: over-tightening can make a brake drag or overheat. Never let oil or grease reach a brake’s friction surfaces.

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Do not oil every cable indiscriminatelyReviewed guidance summary · The separate corrections limit oiling advice to cables whose manufacturer specifies it; PTFE-lined construction is an explicit counterexample.

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