Keep A Maintenance Notebook

Memory is terrible at bike maintenance. It confidently tells you the oil was changed recently, the brake fluid was probably fine, and the chain kit has ages left. Then you check the dates and realise memory was freelancing.

Keep a notebook or phone note. Record mileage, dates, parts, settings, tyre pressures, and anything odd you noticed. It does not need to be beautiful. It just needs to exist.

The bike becomes easier to manage when you stop guessing its history.