Front Maintenance– tag –

GS1000 inspection with front and rear maintenance and wheel bearing maintenance completed.   I find myself taking advantage of the "no rush" attitude ev...

Let's brighten up the headlight with a headlight relay. This is a Daytona brand headlight relay. You can make one yourself, but it's faster to modify a purch...

The pad pin is stuck and won't come out. Let's work around it without a helicoil. A drill will create a taper, so let's use a milling cutter to clean it up. ...

Things are taking longer than expected and I'm getting anxious. With the weekend rush approaching, I haven't been able to deliver the bike yet, and I reflect...

I came in the morning and left in the evening around 5 PM—there are various reasons for that. It's an Inazuma 1200 oil-cooled Katana. First, I cleaned it. Th...

Let's perform oil-cooled maintenance. The various dampers still had good tension and the overall condition wasn't too bad. There were some areas where slight...

Let's install an Active analog meter. The current model has the wiring layout changed to bottom exit. Since the existing bracket couldn't be used, we install...

SKF&A.S.H. Let's do an overhaul. This is a pretty high-precision fork. The plating looks quite nice from top to bottom. Even with OEM parts, there's some...

SKF & A.S.H. overhaul time. It's painted black and the frame is all buffed, so we need to be careful—a beautiful machine. Extra protection is reassuring ...

Let's relocate the helmet holder and seat opener. I cut it up and bent it to look like this. The frame on the side was removable, so I decided to fix it by w...