{"id":68426,"date":"2013-04-06T20:22:52","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T11:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=68426"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:09","slug":"zrx400-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-and-inverted-forks-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20130406\/everyday-events\/zrx400-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-and-inverted-forks-7","title":{"rendered":"ZRX400 Flat-Rate Motorcycle Inspection and Inverted Forks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-2368731072\" 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>It hasn&#8217;t rained much at all, has it?<br \/>\nIs it coming later?<br \/>\nI got the fork temporarily fixed, but&#8230;<br \/>\n\u2022 When the handlebar turns, it contacts the radiator<br \/>\n(The steering angle is too narrow for a stopper) \u2192 Move the radiator a bit<br \/>\n\u2022 When I move it,<br \/>\nNow the hose contacts the back of the radiator \u2192 Change the pipe and hose layout<br \/>\n\u2022 The handlebar lock won&#8217;t engage<br \/>\n\u2022 Fairing bracket fixed (and lowered while I&#8217;m at it)<br \/>\n\u2022 The meter won&#8217;t fit (the key cylinder is in a different position)<br \/>\nThere are still more parts around the handlebar area that will come up later.<br \/>\nNo one&#8217;s coming in today, so let me quickly <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_8790007_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> Let&#8217;s shift this <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_8790007_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> Relocated \u2606 There&#8217;s a vibration damper on the bottom. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_8790007_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> The lock doesn&#8217;t reach at all <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_8790007_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> I&#8217;m short on steel materials, so I&#8217;ll make do with what I have!<br \/>\nThe neck section has a radius, so I&#8217;ll file down the plate and cover it<br \/>\nBy the way, the welding ground is right on the edge, and then I weld \u2606 Somehow managing in this tight space <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_8790007_4.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> There&#8217;s a boss on the top bridge, but the pitch is different. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_8790007_5.jpg\" \/> This is about the limit where it strokes without making contact<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s more to do than I thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It hasn&#8217;t rained much at all, has it? Is it coming later? I got the fork temporarily fixed, but&#8230; \u2022 When the handlebar turns, it contacts the radiator (The steering angle is too narrow for a stopper) \u2192 Move the radiator a bit \u2022 When I move it, Now the hose contacts the back of the radiator \u2192 Change the pipe and hose layout \u2022 The handlebar lock won&#8217;t engage \u2022 Fairing bracket fixed (and lowered while I&#8217;m at it) \u2022 The meter won&#8217;t fit (the key cylinder is in a different position) There are still more parts around the handlebar area that will come up later. No one&#8217;s coming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55,81],"class_list":["post-68426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog","tag-zrx400"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68426","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=68426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}