{"id":62368,"date":"2014-09-25T20:55:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T11:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=62368"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:25","slug":"rvf400-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-oil-change-and-more-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20140925\/everyday-events\/rvf400-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-oil-change-and-more-6","title":{"rendered":"RVF400 Flat-Rate Motorcycle Inspection Oil Change and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-543684072\" 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\/09\/DSC04994.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC04994.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04994\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/DSC04994.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/DSC04994-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/DSC04994-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe wiring harness was in a truly unfortunate state\u2014it was enough to make your eyes hurt.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC04997.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC04997.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04997\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/DSC04997.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/DSC04997-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/DSC04997-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFor now, we removed it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_3858.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_3858.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_3858\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/DSC_3858.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/DSC_3858-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/DSC_3858-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNot many people are happy with mounting using double-sided tape and cable ties. I think it looks smarter when things are mounted cleanly and simply, even if it&#8217;s understated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_3860.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC_3860.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_3860\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/DSC_3860.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/DSC_3860-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/DSC_3860-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThere was surprisingly more bulk toward the rear, and fortunately the unit had threaded holes for mounting.<br \/>\nMany parts lack this kind of consideration, and I see a lot of instructions that say to mount using the included double-sided tape and cable ties.<\/p>\n<p>I understand to some degree that this is unavoidable if you want to make DIY installation possible, but when someone has asked us to do the work, I don&#8217;t think we can just leave it as is.<br \/>\nWhen the fairings come off, we need to consider the layout and efficiency so that nothing looks disappointing and maintenance or disassembly isn&#8217;t hindered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wiring harness was in a truly unfortunate state\u2014it was enough to make your eyes hurt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[64,122,1928],"class_list":["post-62368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-oil-change","tag-vehicle-inspection","tag-vf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62368","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=62368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}