Friday, July 23, 2004

VROOOMMM!!!!!!

The assembly took about 4 hours. I had to clean the carbon out of the exhaust ports and clean and lube the power valves. The carbs are sync'd, rad fluid is filled up...

Note to self: The bike starts a lot easier when the ignition is turned on.

The bike fired up and ran better than ever. The exhaust pipes heated up together (one used to get hot very fast). The pipes smoked equally (again, one used to smoke more). It idled well and got up to temperature without trying to over heat without air over the rad.

It's cooling down right now, and I'm going to re-torque the head and cylinders. I'll take it for a spin in the morning, get it up to temperature and let it cool again. One more quick spin to really beat on it and make sure everything is holding up... let it cool, then it's good to go.

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