{"id":34044,"date":"2021-06-07T20:07:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T11:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=34044"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:45:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:45:39","slug":"intensely-too-powerful-the-twin-cylinder-1000cc-era-vtr1000sp-2-deco-mainte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20210607\/everyday-events\/intensely-too-powerful-the-twin-cylinder-1000cc-era-vtr1000sp-2-deco-mainte","title":{"rendered":"Intensely too powerful? The twin-cylinder 1000cc era. VTR1000SP-2 Deco-mainte front maintenance (fork OH) and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The photo is a bit hazy and the focus is off, sorry about that.

All done with a vroom vroom! \u266a This thing really runs great\u2014the VTR1000SP-2 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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We replaced the air filter. You’d be surprised how much gets in through the gaps in the fairing mesh\u2014moths and all!
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We replaced the reservoir tank cap with a new one.
That should give you peace of mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We replaced the fuse. Every time I look at the color, it kind of freaks me out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We charged the battery and checked the output voltage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We replaced the brake fluid with Shell Advance Ultra 10W-40. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We lubricated the side stand and replaced the cowl well nuts too.
Having these parts in stock really comes in handy at times like this! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also treated the key and fuel cap for rust protection and gave them a good cleaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For this service, we switched the engine oil to Shell Advance Ultra 10W-40. <\/a>
If you review it from here, you might get some goods? (according to management) <\/a>
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The photo is a bit hazy and the focus is off, sorry about that. All done with a vroom vroom! \u266a This thing really runs great\u2014the VTR1000SP-2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[123,76,293,292],"class_list":["post-34044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-deco-mainte","tag-front-maintenance","tag-rvt1000","tag-vtr1000sp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}