{"id":78932,"date":"2009-10-07T13:26:20","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T04:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=78932"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:32","slug":"bandit-1200-oil-cooled-maintenance-campaign-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20091007\/everyday-events\/bandit-1200-oil-cooled-maintenance-campaign-part-2","title":{"rendered":"Bandit 1200 Oil-cooled Maintenance Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/1475279_60384896_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/1475279_60384896_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/1475279_60384896_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/1475279_60384896_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/1475279_60384896_4.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/1475279_60384896_5.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> The parts arrived and we&#8217;re all done.<br \/>\nThe mileage is 23,000 kilometers\u2014this is where the oil-cooled engine really starts to show its character.<br \/>\nNo cam scuffing,<br \/>\nand the cam and rocker clearances are consistent across all cylinders\u2014everything looks good.<br \/>\n*If valve adjustment doesn&#8217;t quiet down that ticking noise, it&#8217;s often caused by wear between the cam and rocker.<br \/>\nEven if you check the valve clearance carefully, the noise sometimes won&#8217;t go away, so after adjusting the valve clearance (on oil-cooled bikes, that&#8217;s the valve-to-rocker clearance),<br \/>\nyou should also check the cam-to-rocker clearance to see the condition of each cylinder.<br \/>\nThe cam chain slack was also in good shape.<br \/>\nThe engine damper is already getting loose. It doesn&#8217;t look like it&#8217;ll last another 20,000 kilometers.<br \/>\nIt wears easily not just from vibration but also from the intense heat.<br \/>\nWe also checked the generator damper and nut.<br \/>\nThe damper doesn&#8217;t really need replacing, but since it&#8217;s part of the service package, we replaced it.<br \/>\nThe generator nut sometimes comes loose, and the damper area wears, making the bike noisy.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s rare, but it happens, so it&#8217;s definitely worth checking.<br \/>\nThe carburetor synchronization was slightly off.<br \/>\nSynchronization drifting is normal, so don&#8217;t worry too much about it.<br \/>\n*If it drifts, you just adjust it.<br \/>\nAfter that, we checked the cables and chain that were requested, took it for a test ride, and we&#8217;re done.<br \/>\nI hope the rain stops soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The parts arrived and we&#8217;re all done. The mileage is 23,000 kilometers\u2014this is where the oil-cooled engine really starts to show its character. No cam scuffing, and the cam and rocker clearances are consistent across all cylinders\u2014everything looks good. *If valve adjustment doesn&#8217;t quiet down that ticking noise, it&#8217;s often caused by wear between the cam and rocker. Even if you check the valve clearance carefully, the noise sometimes won&#8217;t go away, so after adjusting the valve clearance (on oil-cooled bikes, that&#8217;s the valve-to-rocker clearance), you should also check the cam-to-rocker clearance to see the condition of each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[1922,1919,55],"class_list":["post-78932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-bandit","tag-oil-cooled-maintenance","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78932","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=78932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}