{"id":64863,"date":"2014-03-23T21:01:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T12:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=64863"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:33","slug":"mt-01-rear-maintenance-ohlins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20140323\/everyday-events\/mt-01-rear-maintenance-ohlins","title":{"rendered":"MT-01 Rear maintenance + OH &#038; Ohlins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_1500.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64853\" alt=\"DSC_1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_1500.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1500.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1500-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1500-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>A Yamaha MT-01 rear maintenance and OH &#038; Ohlins installation request.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_1482.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64854\" alt=\"DSC_1482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_1482.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1482.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1482-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1482-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>The MT-01 is truly a muscular bike with a distinctly Yamaha design.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_1488.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64855\" alt=\"DSC_1488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_1488.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1488.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1488-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1488-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>The maintenance accessibility seems good, and once you get the hang of it, the work goes quickly. It&#8217;s a strange but steady process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC00322.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64856\" alt=\"DSC00322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC00322.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00322.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00322-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00322-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Oil levels throughout were in good condition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC00320.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64857\" alt=\"DSC00320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC00320.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00320.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00320-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00320-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>The sleeves and other parts show no significant wear\u2014everything looks good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC00323.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64858\" alt=\"DSC00323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC00323.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00323.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00323-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00323-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>If we do this work again, it&#8217;s definitely safer to cut the chain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC00315.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64859\" alt=\"DSC00315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC00315.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00315.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00315-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00315-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>The linkage area is quite new territory for us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC00326.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64860\" alt=\"DSC00326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC00326.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00326.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00326-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC00326-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Since the chain occasionally contacts the swingarm, we fabricated a slider from Polypenco.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_1505.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64861\" alt=\"DSC_1505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_1505.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1505.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1505-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1505-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Rivet fastening would have looked pretty rough, so we went with M6 countersunk bolts instead. Beveling the edge in the chain travel direction will help.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_1495.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64862\" alt=\"DSC_1495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_1495.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1495.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1495-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC_1495-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>It felt like it went quickly, but it was a full day\u2014we had customers in, so sorry for the limited photos.<br \/>\nTomorrow we&#8217;ll work on the fork and wrap it up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Yamaha MT-01 rear maintenance and OH &#038; Ohlins installation request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[137],"class_list":["post-64863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-mt-01"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64863","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=64863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}