{"id":38534,"date":"2020-07-09T20:25:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T11:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=38534"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:45:22","slug":"gsx-r1100k-inspection-tire-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20200709\/unclassified\/gsx-r1100k-inspection-tire-replacement","title":{"rendered":"GSX-R1100K Inspection and Tire Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC06242.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38525\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few days before the inspection expires\u2014and occasionally we see bikes where it&#8217;s already expired\u2014<br><br>I came up with a good idea to address this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC06238.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38526\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surprisingly, the inside gets pretty dirty, so thorough cleaning is necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC06240.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38527\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC06241.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38528\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With stock wheels, the air valve position usually doesn&#8217;t seem to be the heaviest point&#8230; <br><br>If balance weights of 50 grams or more are needed, I start to wonder if something&#8217;s off. <br><br>You can&#8217;t measure tire balance on its own. <br>It&#8217;s best to at least check the wheel balance by itself and match the tire to it. <br><br>*By the way, Michelin tires don&#8217;t have a light point, but&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC06243.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38529\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We replaced them, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC06244.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38530\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We gave it a black gun coat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC06164.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38531\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I realized this isn&#8217;t just someone else&#8217;s problem&#8230; <br><br>The bodywork was actually cleaner than when it was purchased. <br>One day, when I removed the bike cover, the bodywork had become all spongy and soft. <br><br>I could tell gasoline was leaking from somewhere, but I couldn&#8217;t figure out where. <br>As I peeled away the spongy material, I discovered rust underneath. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC06165.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38532\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is after we drilled it, but when we found it, it was just a pinhole. <br><br>When I scratched it with a scribe, it went &#8220;crumble&#8221;\u2014the whole area around it was crumbly and deteriorated&#8230; <br><br>Actually, the original condition might have been pretty rough too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC06166.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38533\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would become a big hole, so we temporarily patched it with Devcon for now. <br><br>The GSXR is really a classic bike now. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days before the inspection expires\u2014and occasionally we see bikes where it&#8217;s already expired\u2014 I came up with a good idea to address this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unclassified"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38534","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=38534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}