{"id":66139,"date":"2014-01-18T20:58:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T11:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=66139"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:38","slug":"gsxr1100l-deco-mainte-clutch-not-disengaging-new-tech-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20140118\/everyday-events\/gsxr1100l-deco-mainte-clutch-not-disengaging-new-tech-oil","title":{"rendered":"GSX-R1100L Deco-mainte, Clutch Not Disengaging, New Tech Oil Change and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_8550.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_8550.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8550\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC_8550.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC_8550-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC_8550-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Deco-mainte: the clutch master is spongy, so the bike came in via tow truck.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_8540.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_8540.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_8540\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC_8540.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC_8540-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>The clutch went spongy while riding. Sure enough, there&#8217;s air in the system and the lever feel is mushy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08090.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08090.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08090\" width=\"532\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08090.jpg 532w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08090-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>The clutch release area is wet, and there&#8217;s a fluid smell. Parts are already on order.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08094.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08094.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08094\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08094.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08094-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08094-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Let&#8217;s see what condition we&#8217;re working with.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08095.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC08095.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08095\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08095.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08095-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/DSC08095-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>The bore has no deep scoring, so it&#8217;s reusable. The color has changed from corrosion, but there&#8217;s no grooving, so a light honing should be fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deco-mainte: the clutch master is spongy, so the bike came in via tow truck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[123,91,64],"class_list":["post-66139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-deco-mainte","tag-gv73a","tag-oil-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66139","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=66139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}