{"id":74140,"date":"2011-05-07T16:30:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T07:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=74140"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:42:45","slug":"gsf1200s-oil-cooled-maintenance-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20110507\/everyday-events\/gsf1200s-oil-cooled-maintenance-3","title":{"rendered":"GSF1200S Oil-Cooled Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So
 
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I do check the oil level with a gauge, just to be sure,
\nbut this BST carburetor has the float fixed with an O-ring, so it’s pretty loose\u2605
\nOn a bike with no issues, I only check the oil level up to here.
 
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But when there’s a problem, I check and adjust by the actual oil level\u2605
\nDon’t ask me if this kind of fixing is really okay.
\nI don’t have time to make a proper fixture!!
\nSure enough, the oil level is disappointingly all wrong\u2605, so I spend over an hour fiddling with adjustments from here.
 
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Setting the manufacturer’s spec is tough\u2605
\n0.5 to 0.25 mm? But this gauge only has 1 mm divisions\u2605
\nI think getting it close to the fourth mark is good enough.
\nI don’t chase it too hard,
\nbut look \u2192 drain \u2192 adjust \u2192 reassemble \u2192 look \u2192 drain \u2192 adjust \u2192 reassemble
\nI get terribly dizzy from the gasoline fumes.
 
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Well, all that effort paid off\u2014it’s running great now\u2605
 
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I put the stand up, spun the wheel by hand, and wiped the chain, and then I heard “clunk clunk”
\nWhen the drive sprocket gets loose, it goes “clunk clunk,” so you gotta check\u2605
\nI won’t mention it every time, but it’s surprisingly common~
\nTomorrow I’ll take it for a test ride and we’re done!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So     I do check the oil level with a gauge, just to be sure, but this BST carburetor has the float fixed with an O-ring, so it’s pretty loose\u2605 On a bike with no issues, I only check the oil level up to here.     But when there’s a problem, I check and adjust by the actual oil level\u2605 Don’t ask me if this kind of fixing is really okay. I don’t have time to make a proper fixture!! Sure enough, the oil level is disappointingly all wrong\u2605, so I spend over an hour fiddling with adjustments from here.     Setting the manufacturer’s spec is tough\u2605 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[156,55],"class_list":["post-74140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-gsf","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74140","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=74140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}