Oil-Cooled Maintenance– tag –

Even a pretty tired titanium Cyclone comes back beautifully with Fire Spec coating. The titanium Cyclone had turned gray and dull. Tastes vary on the burn co...

Already at 84,000 kilometers—that's surprisingly common mileage. A request for oil-cooled maintenance and a Yoshimura Fire Spec installation. If we don't sen...

Let's check the valve clearance and cam chain. It's in beautiful condition—very reassuring. The intake side shows no scoring whatsoever—we're grateful for th...

Today, we decided to proceed with the work we can do while waiting for parts to arrive. Let's perform the oil-cooled maintenance. The mileage is around 20,00...

The Bandit 1200 is back with us. Today we'll perform oil-cooled maintenance. The generator damper was in somewhat stiff condition and somewhat worn. After di...

The brake hose routing is a concern, so let's change how it's laid out. It's installed in quite a tight layout. As we make changes, I'm starting to understan...

Let's remove the wheel and inspect it. The steering is in pretty rough shape. I'll make a temporary adjustment for you. I've adjusted the wheel bearings as w...

Let's perform Deco-mainte. This is what we checked while we were at the valve clearance. The air filter looks very clean. Let's keep the blowby clean as well...

Let's perform a valve clearance adjustment. The intake and exhaust valves were almost seized. Some wear is unavoidable, though. The engine interior was in ve...

We're almost done, but we've hit a snag with the brake hose issue and have put it on hold for now. We'll continue tomorrow ★