{"id":47274,"date":"2018-07-30T18:10:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T09:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=47274"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:45:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:45:05","slug":"v-max1200-inspection-and-other-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20180730\/everyday-events\/v-max1200-inspection-and-other-work","title":{"rendered":"V-MAX1200 Inspection and other work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_7801.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\"><br \/>\nInspection and various small jobs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_7769.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_7768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\"><br \/>\nPolishing alone left some unevenness and a plastic-like appearance, so we went with hairline finish followed by re-polishing for a matte hairline finish.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_7800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_7802.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\"><br \/>\nIt looks really nice. I&#8217;m only showing the after shot since before and after comparisons are a hassle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1710211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1710212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><br \/>\nOn a heavy bike, when the sidestand angle is steep, getting it up requires a big effort\u2014oof! (;\uff9f\u2200\uff9f)=3 huff huff<br \/>\nI hate that. We wanted to make it more comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>So we cut out a sole piece and\u2014<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1710213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_7770.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\"><br \/>\n\u2014welded it on. This should make it a bit easier now.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1710250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1710252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><br \/>\nThe radiator cap is done for. We replaced it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1710251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><br \/>\nIt was really rusty. We rinsed it with tap water until it was clean.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1710253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><br \/>\nWe replaced it with an NTK.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1710275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1710277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><br \/>\nAbout the water temperature gauge that wasn&#8217;t working the other day\u2014it started working again with an unexpected fix.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1710279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><br \/>\nRemoving and installing this meter is a bit of a hassle. Washer in, then nut. This small part is designed to make that one operation easier. If we tack-weld the washer in place, future work will be much simpler. I think it&#8217;s great when small details like this make things easier for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>There were various other small tasks, but it&#8217;s all done now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspection and various small jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[173,122],"class_list":["post-47274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-v-max","tag-vehicle-inspection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47274","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=47274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}