{"id":74542,"date":"2011-03-17T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T08:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=74542"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:42:51","slug":"xt500-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-and-other-tales-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20110317\/everyday-events\/xt500-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-and-other-tales-3","title":{"rendered":"XT500 Flat-Rate Motorcycle Inspection and Other Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Headed to the inspection in the morning<br \/>\nThe inspection facility was wide open<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a rule that the exhaust outlet angle must be within 30 degrees\u2026<br \/>\nYeah, it&#8217;s nearly 90 degrees\u2026 basically pointing sideways. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_62270864_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>After finishing all the other inspections, when we got stuck, off to Yamamoto Manufacturing\u2026 &#8544;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_62270864_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>As expected, the boss&#8217;s got quick thinking!!<br \/>\nHe whipped up a rear exhaust adapter and we passed inspection no problem \u2605<br \/>\nInspection rules are strange, aren&#8217;t they? <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_62270864_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The inspection facility got absolutely packed in the afternoon too\u2026 so we got out of there quick <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_62270864_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The fuel tank was super low!!! But smooth and mild, we made it back to the shop\u2026<br \/>\nThe chain hasn&#8217;t arrived so work&#8217;s at a standstill\u2026<br \/>\nWant to go buy materials but it&#8217;s cash on delivery\u2026<br \/>\nUgh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headed to the inspection in the morning The inspection facility was wide open There&#8217;s a rule that the exhaust outlet angle must be within 30 degrees\u2026 Yeah, it&#8217;s nearly 90 degrees\u2026 basically pointing sideways. &nbsp; &nbsp;After finishing all the other inspections, when we got stuck, off to Yamamoto Manufacturing\u2026 &#8544;&nbsp; &nbsp;As expected, the boss&#8217;s got quick thinking!! He whipped up a rear exhaust adapter and we passed inspection no problem \u2605 Inspection rules are strange, aren&#8217;t they? &nbsp; &nbsp;The inspection facility got absolutely packed in the afternoon too\u2026 so we got out of there quick &nbsp; &nbsp;The fuel tank was super low!!! But smooth and mild, we made it back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-74542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74542","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=74542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}