{"id":75757,"date":"2010-10-28T13:46:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T04:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=75757"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:55","slug":"getting-cold-out-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20101028\/everyday-events\/getting-cold-out-there","title":{"rendered":"Getting Cold Out There"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-2741204420\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>Since we&#8217;re basically out of materials, I can&#8217;t get my day going without heading to Togashi&#8217;s place first thing in the morning\u2605<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61846731_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>We were out of stock, so I placed an order&#8230; The Sportster will have to wait until tomorrow.<br \/>\nMy biceps are sore from the incident where I couldn&#8217;t lower the BMW, plus swapping out the vise and circular saw<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61846731_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>To fit the Pokidam rod that was brought in, we have to remove the studs. We use a handy stud puller to get them out.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61846731_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The seat surface is sticking out&#8230; and it&#8217;s dirty&#8230; Can&#8217;t be helped.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61846731_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Let&#8217;s chamfer it and then clean up the threads with an oil stone.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61846731_4.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>While we&#8217;re at it, I drilled a hole for the wire ring&#8230;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61846731_5.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>We&#8217;ll widen the steel fender and make it fit snug.<br \/>\nThe fork is thin, so it gets in the way of operation quite a bit.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s pretty tight overall, so the fork is pulled inward when installed. Tighten it by stroking the fork and fastening at the very end. But honestly, there aren&#8217;t many steel fenders out there anyway.<br \/>\nThe rust is terrible, but I&#8217;m just going to pretend I didn&#8217;t see it.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61846731_6.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>I thoughtfully made a wheel spacer for the 750 for Shoppechan.<br \/>\n&#8220;Wow\u2014100g down to 40g!&#8221; &#8220;That&#8217;s 60g of weight loss!&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2193<br \/>\nLooks like this axle doesn&#8217;t need a spacer&#8230;<br \/>\nWhat am I doing? I&#8217;ve wasted more time for nothing&#8230;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61846731_7.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Since it won&#8217;t fit in the back, the customer&#8217;s bike is parked near the entrance&#8230;<br \/>\nIt won&#8217;t be done unless I keep at it, so let&#8217;s get to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since we&#8217;re basically out of materials, I can&#8217;t get my day going without heading to Togashi&#8217;s place first thing in the morning\u2605&nbsp; &nbsp;We were out of stock, so I placed an order&#8230; The Sportster will have to wait until tomorrow. My biceps are sore from the incident where I couldn&#8217;t lower the BMW, plus swapping out the vise and circular saw&nbsp; &nbsp;To fit the Pokidam rod that was brought in, we have to remove the studs. We use a handy stud puller to get them out.&nbsp; &nbsp;The seat surface is sticking out&#8230; and it&#8217;s dirty&#8230; Can&#8217;t be helped.&nbsp; &nbsp;Let&#8217;s chamfer it and then clean up the threads with an oil [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75756,"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-75757","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\/75757","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=75757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}