{"id":65941,"date":"2014-01-26T23:31:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T14:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=65941"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:37","slug":"gsxr1100k-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-front-maintenance-fork-rear-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20140126\/everyday-events\/gsxr1100k-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-front-maintenance-fork-rear-3","title":{"rendered":"GSX-R1100K Flat-Rate Motorcycle Inspection, Front Maintenance (Fork+), and Rear Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-1728554599\" 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\/01\/DSC_8723.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65936\" alt=\"DSC_8723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_8723.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC_8723.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC_8723-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC_8723-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Next, let&#8217;s move on to the front fork overhaul.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_8730.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65937\" alt=\"DSC_8730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_8730.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC_8730.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC_8730-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC_8730-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>The fork oil was completely gray in color with a foul odor, and my hands got sticky from cleaning rust off the inner parts, so I ended up skipping photos\u2026<br \/>\nThe oil seals are SKF, so they should provide smooth operation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08466.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65938\" alt=\"DSC08466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08466.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08466.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08466-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08466-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>From K to N, the handlebar has surprisingly loose play. These spacers are wear items, so please replace them occasionally \u2605<br \/>\nBy the way, they cost a bit over 2,000 yen, so they&#8217;re somewhat pricey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08463.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65939\" alt=\"DSC08463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08463.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08463.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08463-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08463-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Plenty of grease is applied to the wheel collar to prevent it from falling off during assembly and to lubricate the speedometer gear, and the gear is often reassembled with the tabs bent. However, it just gets dirty, so it&#8217;s not really helpful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08464.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65940\" alt=\"DSC08464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08464.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08464.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08464-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08464-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>When the tabs are bent during assembly, the seal ends up damaged as you can see. Since it still works, we&#8217;ll reuse it for now.<br \/>\nI straightened the tabs back out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next, let&#8217;s move on to the front fork overhaul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[76,91,87,122],"class_list":["post-65941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-front-maintenance","tag-gv73a","tag-rear-maintenance","tag-vehicle-inspection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65941","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=65941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}