{"id":40111,"date":"2020-03-18T20:54:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T11:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=40111"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:45:25","slug":"xvs950cu-slip-on-muffler-replacement-engine-guard-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20200318\/everyday-events\/xvs950cu-slip-on-muffler-replacement-engine-guard-installation","title":{"rendered":"XV950 Bolt C-Spec slip-on muffler replacement, engine guard installation, fork oil replacement, self-point maintenance and more"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yamaha Bolt… that name is hard to search for, isn’t it?

When you look it up, you get Bolt… original bolts and such
Let’s go with XV950. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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We’ll replace the slip-on. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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It goes right in and is already done, but…

the bolt position for installation is… hmm???? <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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You have to loosen everything up to get it to fit… classic aftermarket issue. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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We’ll replace the fork oil. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The fork oil was nice and clean. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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We vacuum-bled it with bubbles. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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We cleaned the inside of the boots and dust seals and we’re done. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The bike is shiny \u2606 so we’re protecting it carefully.
The wheel bearings should be fine too. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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We cleaned up the calipers too. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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I figured the black would probably be more appreciated, so I gave it a gun coat. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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I couldn’t figure out why this engine guard wouldn’t fit, but I got a better understanding from the internet.
We’re putting it on hold for now. <\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yamaha Bolt… that name is hard to search for, isn’t it? When you look it up, you get Bolt… original bolts and such Let’s go with XV950.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[238,133,237],"class_list":["post-40111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-bolt950","tag-self-point-maintenance","tag-xvs950cu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40111","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=40111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}