The afterglow of the ten-day holiday is fading, and with the sad news of traffic accidents, it feels like the Reiwa era is just beginning. Looking at the calendar, I’m thinking it’s already halfway through the year, so I need to cut back on work! That’s what I’m thinking these days. It’s reassuring to cover beautiful wheels before removing them. I think work goes faster when you go at it with confidence rather than nervously worrying the whole time. *This is my excuse for the scratches that appeared despite all this protection. The condition was reassuring with minimal dirt and plenty of oil on the bearings. By the way, the Inazuma 1200 and GS1200SS have a very poor appearance, so anyone who hasn’t removed them even once should be careful. (It might be difficult to pull the shaft out? We also replaced all the bearings, spacers, sliders, and shaft components. These are parts like the axle. Even just polishing the heads gives them a nice appearance. The bolt on the upper side of the rear suspension. I thought, wow, that’s amazing craftsmanship, but it turns out it stretched and ended up like this… impressive. The right step plate boss was slightly bent, or so we were told. I thought we might be able to use a jack from the inside, but it turned out to be surprisingly tight and wasn’t possible. So we had to… Drill a hole in a 20 mm thick aluminum plate and bolt the boss that matches the pipe’s inner diameter to it, then apply the “pull it out” strategy. It worked surprisingly well, and I think we can use this method next time too… it was a good learning experience. We cleaned and inspected the condition of three calipers. We also replaced the fluid in the front and rear brakes and clutch. Finally, we replaced the engine oil with Newtech NC50 10W-50 and we’re done.
