{"id":68815,"date":"2013-02-15T16:37:17","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T07:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=68815"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:16","slug":"bandit-1200-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-rear-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20130215\/everyday-events\/bandit-1200-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-rear-2","title":{"rendered":"Bandit 1200 Flat-Rate Motorcycle Inspection \/ Rear maintenance \/ Wheel bearing maintenance and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whoosh!
 
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The upright fork lets you rotate the inner tube, so we make good use of that
 
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Cleaning the back of the fender and mudguard is something we do for ourselves
 
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Pop!
 
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Grease present \u2605 The storage condition becomes surprisingly clear from the bearings we remove
 
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OK
 
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This is settled! I’m convinced
 
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Even when we replace the wheel bearings and get everything feeling nice,
\nit’s not always the same across every bike.
\nWhen one part is sorted, it feels good on its own,
\nbut there are other factors at play, so we can’t say for certain it’s lighter…
\nUp front, the disc, pads, and caliper always hold things back.
\nAt the rear, the disc, pads, and caliper
\nplus the chain and sprocket condition come into play.
\nIt’s pretty tricky!
 
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Wash the caliper and replace the pads
 
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Change the oil
 
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The O-ring on the cap is looking tired too, so we replace it \u2605
\nThe area we focus on with oil-cooled bikes is exactly where we build up parts inventory!
 
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Bleeder caps with and without tags are always in stock \u2605
\nMan, it’s nice to have blog storage space!
\nThe old blog is here \u2605<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whoosh!    The upright fork lets you rotate the inner tube, so we make good use of that    Cleaning the back of the fender and mudguard is something we do for ourselves    Pop!    Grease present \u2605 The storage condition becomes surprisingly clear from the bearings we remove    OK    This is settled! I’m convinced    Even when we replace the wheel bearings and get everything feeling nice, it’s not always the same across every bike. When one part is sorted, it feels good on its own, but there are other factors at play, so we can’t say for certain it’s lighter… Up front, the disc, pads, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68814,"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-68815","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\/68815","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=68815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}