Changing the oil, the hub oil, and changing a tire are three of the easiest maintenance tasks you can do at home (or on the street) with a basic set of tools and will take you from a scooter newbie to a fully fledged scooterist. So easy in fact, it takes a girl from Florida to show us Noo Yawkers how it is done.

Maureen (who’s adorable by the way) has two great videos on YouTube covering the basics:

Part One. Removing the back tire, replacing the oil, oil filter, hub oil:

Part Two. Choosing and replacing the back tire:

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