{"id":77902,"date":"2010-02-27T17:40:12","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T08:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=77902"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:42:18","slug":"bandit-1200-k6-front-maintenance-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20100227\/everyday-events\/bandit-1200-k6-front-maintenance-part-2","title":{"rendered":"Bandit 1200 K6 \u2460 Front Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_60975629_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_60975629_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_60975629_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_60975629_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_60975629_4.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Now for the front maintenance.<br \/>\nMileage is 16,340 km.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a relatively low-mileage bike.<br \/>\nThe steering bearings we removed are in good condition.<br \/>\nI notice there&#8217;s a bit more grease in there than before \u2605<br \/>\nWe swap in our usual retainer ball.<br \/>\nWe also apply grease to the upper and lower seal lip areas to keep things smooth.<br \/>\nWhile we&#8217;re working on the stem area, draining the fork oil ahead of time boosts work efficiency.<br \/>\nWe fill the fork oil with ASH \u2605<br \/>\nThe front fork inner tube has a tight fit on the front side, so we check the fit and<br \/>\nrotate it as we assemble it, which helps the inner tube last longer and<br \/>\nmay also reduce wear on the bottom case a bit.<br \/>\nAs the mileage adds up, accumulated play becomes rattle-rattle-rattle, you know.<br \/>\nThere we go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Now for the front maintenance. Mileage is 16,340 km. It&#8217;s a relatively low-mileage bike. The steering bearings we removed are in good condition. I notice there&#8217;s a bit more grease in there than before \u2605 We swap in our usual retainer ball. We also apply grease to the upper and lower seal lip areas to keep things smooth. While we&#8217;re working on the stem area, draining the fork oil ahead of time boosts work efficiency. We fill the fork oil with ASH \u2605 The front fork inner tube has a tight fit on the front side, so we check the fit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[1922,55],"class_list":["post-77902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-bandit","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77902","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=77902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}