{"id":72355,"date":"2011-12-15T23:08:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T14:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=72355"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:42:25","slug":"sportster-1200-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-tires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20111215\/everyday-events\/sportster-1200-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-tires","title":{"rendered":"Sportster 1200 Flat-Rate Motorcycle Inspection, Tires, and Other Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

So we’re replacing the tires.
\nThis time it’s BT45V.
\nA safe choice, and
 
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the wheel balance is really excellent both front and rear \u2605
\nSince they’re not hollow, maybe that’s why the balance is so good.
\nFront 10g, rear 15g\u2014pretty nice.
 
\n
 
There are signs that insects have nested in here
 
\n
 
To save on water, we use hot water and a Ziploc bag
 
\n
 
Hot water dries quickly and cleans dirt really well, so it’s very efficient.
 
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The mysterious Lockheed brake pad pin and
\nthe useless support bracket\u2014it’s a real pain. We lower it to avoid contact as much as possible and chamfer it heavily.
 
\n
 
We’re replacing the fluid. (Front is Nissin & AP)
\nThe rear uses OEM silicone-based fluid, so we don’t have that fluid in stock here\u2014probably.
 
\n
 
Surprisingly messy
 
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Metric and imperial measurements are mixed together
 
\n
 
I wish they’d standardize, man
 
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Even a small one easily costs 20 grand
\nYou need 15,000 candela or more \u2605
\nThough it’s annoying when they list it in Kelvin like HID specs
\nThe headlight condition, the cutoff, the bike’s overall state\u2014
\nit’s all kind of up in the air, you know?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So we’re replacing the tires. This time it’s BT45V. A safe choice, and    the wheel balance is really excellent both front and rear \u2605 Since they’re not hollow, maybe that’s why the balance is so good. Front 10g, rear 15g\u2014pretty nice.    There are signs that insects have nested in here    To save on water, we use hot water and a Ziploc bag    Hot water dries quickly and cleans dirt really well, so it’s very efficient.    The mysterious Lockheed brake pad pin and the useless support bracket\u2014it’s a real pain. We lower it to avoid contact as much as possible and chamfer it heavily.    We’re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[117,55],"class_list":["post-72355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-harley-davidson","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72355","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=72355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}