{"id":76098,"date":"2010-09-27T12:20:24","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T03:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=76098"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:58","slug":"gsxr1100-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-and-front-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20100927\/everyday-events\/gsxr1100-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-and-front-maintenance","title":{"rendered":"GSX-R1100 Flat-Rate Motorcycle Inspection and Front Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61742226_0.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Checking the upper seal. Seals (rubber parts) take time to seat properly. I&#8217;m inspecting it in an unlubricated state.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61742226_1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That &#8220;bellowing&#8221; sticking out on the inside and outside really does make a difference. I smooth it out quite a bit with a whetstone.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61742226_2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The inside is fine as is. Lubricating the lip feels nice.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61742226_3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the end, I cut off the outer &#8220;bellowing&#8221; and smoothed the inner lip. It moves really well now.<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t think you should do this on off-road bikes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_61742226_4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The bottom side looks good. Surprisingly, modern seals are pretty solid\u2014you don&#8217;t really need to do this kind of work.<br \/>\nOlder ones definitely need checking though.<br \/>\nYep, yep!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Checking the upper seal. Seals (rubber parts) take time to seat properly. I&#8217;m inspecting it in an unlubricated state. That &#8220;bellowing&#8221; sticking out on the inside and outside really does make a difference. I smooth it out quite a bit with a whetstone. The inside is fine as is. Lubricating the lip feels nice. In the end, I cut off the outer &#8220;bellowing&#8221; and smoothed the inner lip. It moves really well now. I don&#8217;t think you should do this on off-road bikes. The bottom side looks good. Surprisingly, modern seals are pretty solid\u2014you don&#8217;t really need to do this kind of work. Older ones definitely need checking though. Yep, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[88,55],"class_list":["post-76098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-gu74","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76098","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=76098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}