What are some (uncommon) maintenance tips that not many people know about?

[kmoney_imp]

I have one very firm belief on something that takes a huge toll on many, many vehicles/motorcycles.
Getting on it, and revving it out is just fine, but wait until the motor is up to operating temperature before doing it. I see people getting off work, and simply giving whatever vehicle they're in 100% wot as soon as they hit the highway that is less than a 100 yards from the parking lot.

I run stuff hard, and frequent the drag-strip at least a dozen times a year, and will not go wot until whatever I'm driving is "up to operating temp". I realize that is sort of vague on an air cooled motorcycle that has no temp guage, but giver her 5 minutes or maybe 2-3 miles before laying into her. I'm 40 years old, and have been hot-rodding everything I've owned with a motor since I was 5, and have never had an engine failure, and this pet peave, among clean/fresh fluids and a good tune-up are what I believe gives me outrageously great results of dependability.

Yeah. I see this a lot too and it makes me cringe. One cool feature I remember from the older BMW M cars was the redline on the tach would start out low and increase to normal as the car warmed up. I get it was probably needed in those engines due to their design, but this would be a cool reminder feature to put on more everyday cars.