Fix it right, your motorcycle in 3 seconds

Real payload, preload, tyre pressures, braking distances and a headlight pointing at the treetops — the settings to go through before a loaded two-up departure, in the right order.

What a restriction really does to an engine depending on the method used, why a generic kit is a bad plan, and what falls over — type approval, insurance, resale value — when derestriction isn't done and declared properly.

Static and rider sag, preload, rebound, compression: the ordered method that gets a healthy bike back without buying anything, and the signs that say the forks are finished.

Excess, market value, exclusions, riding kit limits — the mechanisms that decide what you actually get paid after a claim, and where to read them in your own policy.

Size, load and speed ratings, the four-digit DOT code — it is all moulded into the sidewall. How to read those markings, date a tyre and pick the right compound.

The hard part of a restoration isn't the stripping down, it's the order of the jobs, spending the budget in the right place and the parts you will never find. A method for not stalling at 60 per cent.