{"id":81730,"date":"2008-08-03T15:19:21","date_gmt":"2008-08-03T06:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=81730"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:18","slug":"bandit-1200-link-swingarm-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20080803\/everyday-events\/bandit-1200-link-swingarm-maintenance","title":{"rendered":"Bandit 1200 Link &#038; Swingarm Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-3297671367\" 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>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_56122602_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_56122602_4.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_56122602_5.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>This is a Bandit 1200 with 11,000 kilometers on the odometer.<br \/>\nThis time we&#8217;re doing maintenance on the link and swingarm \u2605<br \/>\nWhen new bikes leave the factory, the lubricant quantity is often minimal and everything is tightened up, which can result in stiff movement.<br \/>\nIf there&#8217;s not enough lubricant, the resistance gets worse, and in severe cases you end up needing to replace the bearings.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s why I think it&#8217;s best to do cleaning and lubrication early on.<br \/>\nSo we disassembled it, and the bike&#8217;s condition is excellent and really clean\u2014we&#8217;re satisfied with the work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;This is a Bandit 1200 with 11,000 kilometers on the odometer. This time we&#8217;re doing maintenance on the link and swingarm \u2605 When new bikes leave the factory, the lubricant quantity is often minimal and everything is tightened up, which can result in stiff movement. If there&#8217;s not enough lubricant, the resistance gets worse, and in severe cases you end up needing to replace the bearings. That&#8217;s why I think it&#8217;s best to do cleaning and lubrication early on. So we disassembled it, and the bike&#8217;s condition is excellent and really clean\u2014we&#8217;re satisfied with the work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81729,"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-81730","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\/81730","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=81730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}