{"id":63490,"date":"2014-06-09T20:36:58","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T11:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=63490"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:28","slug":"sportster1200-used-bike-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20140609\/everyday-events\/sportster1200-used-bike-maintenance","title":{"rendered":"Sportster1200 Used Bike Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_8239.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_8239.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8239\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/DSC_8239.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/DSC_8239-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/DSC_8239-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis is a personally owned <span style=\"color: #545454;\"> Sportster1200. It&#8217;s already been sold, but I hadn&#8217;t been able to get started on the work until now.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m going to begin soon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_8242.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_8242.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8242\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/DSC_8242.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/DSC_8242-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/DSC_8242-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI changed the seat to quick fasteners on a sudden whim. As I was writing this blog post, I realized it would be scary if it came loose from vibration, so I&#8217;m going to add an extra safety measure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_8246.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_8246.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8246\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/DSC_8246.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/DSC_8246-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/DSC_8246-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThird time&#8217;s the charm. The handlebar lock with a padlock was a bit awkward, so I switched it to a key. I apologize for always sourcing parts from Suzuki.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_8236.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_8236.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8236\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/DSC_8236.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/DSC_8236-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/DSC_8236-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGUZZLER PINGEL old type\u2014this color and texture look really cool.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not a fan of the current shiny, slick-looking fuel cock.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t get as far as installing the ETC\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a personally owned Sportster1200. It&#8217;s already been sold, but I hadn&#8217;t been able to get started on the work until now. I&#8217;m going to begin soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[117],"class_list":["post-63490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-harley-davidson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63490","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=63490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}