{"id":70669,"date":"2012-07-18T18:46:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T09:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=70669"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:43:18","slug":"bandit-1200-k5-oil-cooled-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20120718\/everyday-events\/bandit-1200-k5-oil-cooled-maintenance","title":{"rendered":"Bandit 1200 K5 Oil-Cooled Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’m finally getting to the point where I can stand up, sit down, and repeat half-squats without too much trouble.
\nSo
 
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Bandit 1200 cat-face final model
 
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Hmm… I crimped it too much\u2605 The nut is deformed\u2014first ridge, deformed
\nI stood the die up and managed to keep it safe!
 
\n
 
It’s a bit stiff\u2605
 
\n
 
The damper shows appropriate wear…
\nFor some reason the damper and bolts are out of stock, so I’m holding off on just that part.
 
\n
 
It was quite a hardy head cover.
 
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The head cover gasket has a washer inside it.
\nI think doing the work yourself is a very good thing, but everything comes with risk,
\nso please don’t rush ahead and think it through carefully\u2605
\nAnd this washer sometimes stays on the head.
\nI protect the area and then tap it with a “clunk!” to remove it,
\nbut I’ve dropped it into the cam chain tunnel twice myself.
\nAlmost always,
\nit ends up wedged nicely between the crankshaft sprocket and the cam chain.
\nI remove both cams and the cam chain tunnel plate to perform a rescue operation.
\nIf we can’t find it and the starter won’t turn over,
\nwe’ve received inquiries in the past saying the engine won’t start, so watch out\u2605
\nReach!
\nRon!
 
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Watch out for the knock pin too
 
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No cam scuffing at all
 
\n
 
Very nice.
 
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The interior is clean and the cam chain tension is good all the way around,
\nand the feel when hand-cranking it is good too, so I think it’s in a sweet spot.
 
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The sync was only slightly off.
\nWaiting on the damper\u2605<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m finally getting to the point where I can stand up, sit down, and repeat half-squats without too much trouble. So    Bandit 1200 cat-face final model   Hmm… I crimped it too much\u2605 The nut is deformed\u2014first ridge, deformed I stood the die up and managed to keep it safe!    It’s a bit stiff\u2605   The damper shows appropriate wear… For some reason the damper and bolts are out of stock, so I’m holding off on just that part.    It was quite a hardy head cover.    The head cover gasket has a washer inside it. I think doing the work yourself is a very good thing, but everything […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70668,"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-70669","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\/70669","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=70669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}