Operation Manual

GHOST-BIKES

14.1 Your servicing and maintenance plan

Work Interval

Cleaning the bike

See section 14.2, How to clean and

care for your bike.

whenever you have ridden the bike on muddy or dirty

surfaces

• every 200 km at the latest

Adjusting the air pressure of the sus-

pension fork

See section 8.2.1.1, Adjusting the air

pressure

every 500 km or every 3 months

after every change to the total weight of

more than 10 kg

Cleaning and greasing the chain

See section 14.2, How to clean and

care for your bike, point 6

• after every ride in the wet

• whenever you have cleaned your bike with water

• after every prolonged ride on a sandy surface

• every 200 km at the latest

14.2 How to clean and care for your bike

WARNING Danger from falls and accidents

Corrosion - which can also affect non-rusting parts - may damage the safety components of your

bike so severely that they break when you are riding it. This may result in serious falls.

Corrosion can result, amongst other things,

from salt, e.g. salty air near the coast or the spreading of salt on the roads in the winter

or a corrosive atmosphere, e.g. on industrial sites and through sweat.

• Protect your bike with spray wax or a similar preserving agent against all contacts with corrosive

substances.

• Clean your bike after all contacts with corrosive substances and protect it again in accordance

with the following description.

• Do not use any steam jet/high-pressure cleaner for wet cleaning. The strong water jet can damage

your bike.

NOTE:

Good care and maintenance increases the service life of your bike and its components.

Clean and service your bike at regular intervals.

• Use a gentle water jet or a bucket of water and sponge to clean your bike.

• Use only clean fresh or desalinated water. Do not use any saltwater (e.g. seawater)

NOTE:

With many cleansers and moderate soiling it is often sufﬁ cient to spray on the cleanser and to rinse it off

again after the prescribed waiting time.

Stubborn soiling can be loosened after the reaction time, e.g. with a radiator paintbrush or sponge, before

rinsing off.