Harley-D, you are right. My routine maintenance is the machine gets washed every day. Once a week the shields come off, machine is washed and greased. Every 25 hours engine and transmission oil gets changed and cables get lightly greased. After the last time it was used last fall oils were changed, it was washed, and greased. It was put away in good working order. Over winter the axle rusted. This was because of a design problem not a lack of maintenance. The machine does have 475 hours in two years. Most of those were put on in the first year. New magnums I was told have grease fittings in the axle to prevent this problem, but only if they are greased. I got the fittings to be installed yesterday.