{"id":62100,"date":"2014-10-29T20:51:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T11:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=62100"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:24","slug":"gs1000-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-front-maintenance-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20141029\/everyday-events\/gs1000-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-front-maintenance-3","title":{"rendered":"GS1000 Flat-Rate Motorcycle Inspection Front maintenance Rear maintenance Wheel bearing maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-3451544281\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC05501.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC05501.jpg\" alt=\"DSC05501\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05501.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05501-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05501-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMoo, moo, moo&#8230; the engine won&#8217;t start at all&#8230; and we&#8217;re just preparing for inspection&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC05504.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC05504.jpg\" alt=\"DSC05504\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05504.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05504-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05504-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe starter gear is worn down and barely meshes with the starter clutch\u2014it looks like it might be dead. Since it&#8217;s not the starter motor itself, I&#8217;ll check the clutch side.<br \/>\nThe shell is cracked through, so it&#8217;s pretty much out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC05505.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC05505.jpg\" alt=\"DSC05505\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05505.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05505-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05505-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRough and pitted\u2014too bad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC05506.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC05506.jpg\" alt=\"DSC05506\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05506.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05506-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05506-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis one&#8217;s also got plenty of dull wear on it\u2014out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC05507.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC05507.jpg\" alt=\"DSC05507\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05507.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05507-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05507-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd to top it off, springs of different lengths&#8230; one bike tomorrow is going to be inefficient, inefficient.<br \/>\nThe clutch mounting bolts are loose too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC05509.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC05509.jpg\" alt=\"DSC05509\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05509.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05509-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/DSC05509-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> I peeled back the gear side and corrected it, fixed the pitted drum, adjusted the springs by feel, and now it spins smoothly. Yeah, yeah, glad that worked out.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled to bring it in tomorrow. Phew, I&#8217;m exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moo, moo, moo&#8230; the engine won&#8217;t start at all&#8230; and we&#8217;re just preparing for inspection&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[76,1929,130,122,146],"class_list":["post-62100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-front-maintenance","tag-gs","tag-rear-maint-oh","tag-vehicle-inspection","tag-wheel-bearing-maintenance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62100","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=62100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}