{"id":68045,"date":"2013-05-30T21:02:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T12:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=68045"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:04","slug":"bandit-1200-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-and-oil-cooler-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20130530\/everyday-events\/bandit-1200-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-and-oil-cooler-7","title":{"rendered":"Bandit 1200 Flat-Rate Motorcycle Inspection and Oil Cooler and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-4183091724\" 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>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_9159995_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>We&#8217;ll reduce the steering angle a bit. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_9159995_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Finally oiled it up. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_9159995_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>We&#8217;ve swapped these out for ball bearings. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_9159995_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Tecmag Super Light<br \/>\nThe distance collar is short, so we need to make one.<br \/>\nIt was running really well.<br \/>\nSince it&#8217;s short, we&#8217;ll press the bearing inner race.<br \/>\nWhen I tightened the axle, the rotation got really bad\u2014quite a surprise! <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_9159995_4.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>While we&#8217;re at it, we&#8217;ll remove it and oil it. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_9159995_5.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Once assembled, #1 is too close to the exhaust pipe, so we need to address that.<br \/>\nAnd here we are&#8230;<br \/>\nThe stock hose usually fits without issue,<br \/>\nbut the pipe layout basically doesn&#8217;t match.<br \/>\nSo we have to bend it back into shape within a safe range. \u2605<br \/>\n\u2022 It can&#8217;t touch the frame or anything else<br \/>\n\u2022 It can&#8217;t be too close to the exhaust pipe<br \/>\n\u2022 It can&#8217;t have excessive tension on it<br \/>\nThere are a lot of things to watch out for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;We&#8217;ll reduce the steering angle a bit. &nbsp; &nbsp;Finally oiled it up. &nbsp; &nbsp;We&#8217;ve swapped these out for ball bearings. &nbsp; &nbsp;Tecmag Super Light The distance collar is short, so we need to make one. It was running really well. Since it&#8217;s short, we&#8217;ll press the bearing inner race. When I tightened the axle, the rotation got really bad\u2014quite a surprise! &nbsp; &nbsp;While we&#8217;re at it, we&#8217;ll remove it and oil it. &nbsp; &nbsp;Once assembled, #1 is too close to the exhaust pipe, so we need to address that. And here we are&#8230; The stock hose usually fits without issue, but the pipe layout basically doesn&#8217;t match. So we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[1922,55],"class_list":["post-68045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-bandit","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68045","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=68045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}