{"id":71527,"date":"2012-04-02T23:16:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T14:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=71527"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:43:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:43:30","slug":"bandit-1200-k6-decoboco-maintenance-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20120402\/everyday-events\/bandit-1200-k6-decoboco-maintenance-part-2","title":{"rendered":"Bandit 1200 K6 Decoboco Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been nice and warm lately.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve been getting a ton of calls and emails, but let&#8217;s take it slow\u2014nice and easy.<br \/>\nSo <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63196082_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> The K6 has been multiplying like crazy lately, but it&#8217;s already a six-year-old bike. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63196082_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> The carburetor hasn&#8217;t been removed once since it left the factory, and it&#8217;s pretty crusty. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63196082_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> The control cables come back to life with just a little cleaning and lubrication. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63196082_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> Every time I think about it\u2014I always end up using too much Loctite\u2605 instead of just lubrication. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63196082_4.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> Pretty much no oil residue. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63196082_5.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> Oh wow, found something here\u2014a 20mm diameter bushing\u2605. Lucky! <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63196082_6.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> Time-wise, I&#8217;ll start from the rear. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_63196082_7.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> Lots of rattling going on.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s all for today\u2605<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been nice and warm lately. We&#8217;ve been getting a ton of calls and emails, but let&#8217;s take it slow\u2014nice and easy. So &nbsp; &nbsp; The K6 has been multiplying like crazy lately, but it&#8217;s already a six-year-old bike. &nbsp; &nbsp; The carburetor hasn&#8217;t been removed once since it left the factory, and it&#8217;s pretty crusty. &nbsp; &nbsp; The control cables come back to life with just a little cleaning and lubrication. &nbsp; &nbsp; Every time I think about it\u2014I always end up using too much Loctite\u2605 instead of just lubrication. &nbsp; &nbsp; Pretty much no oil residue. &nbsp; &nbsp; Oh wow, found something here\u2014a 20mm diameter bushing\u2605. Lucky! &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71526,"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-71527","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\/71527","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=71527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}