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[[Image:2009-02-01 Jeana cleaning Ninja 250 chain.jpg|thumb|Maintenance on a [[Kawasaki Ninja 250]] motorcycle]] | [[Image:2009-02-01 Jeana cleaning Ninja 250 chain.jpg|thumb|Maintenance on a [[Kawasaki Ninja 250]] motorcycle]] | ||
Motorcyclists will refer to maintenance or repair of a motorcycle as ''wrenching'', as in "turning a wrench." UK motorcyclists refer to a wrench as a "spanner", and the activity of working on the bike is similarly known as "spannering". | Motorcyclists will refer to maintenance or repair of a motorcycle as ''wrenching'', as in "turning a wrench." UK motorcyclists refer to a wrench as a "spanner", and the activity of working on the bike is similarly known as "spannering". Melissa Holbrook Pierson points out that the do-it-yourself self sufficiency is "part of [motor]bikes' allure in an increasingly monolithic, unfixable world." She also claims that motorcyclists "become a member of a community, linked first and foremost to anyone who rides; when another [motor]bike passes, you...[w]ave, and perhaps [give] a thumbs-up."<ref>Melissa Holbrook Pierson, ''The Perfect Vehicle: What It is about Motorcycles'', 1997, W.W. Norton & Company, New York</ref> | ||
Historically, wrenching was a necessary skill for riders, since the materials and technology used in motorcycles often meant that repairs had to be done on the road-side miles from home. | Historically, wrenching was a necessary skill for riders, since the materials and technology used in motorcycles often meant that repairs had to be done on the road-side miles from home. | ||