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Categories: all aviation bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater Tue, 30 Mar 2010Somewhat frustratingly, after putting in all the work over the weekend, I was unable to actually start the bike up and see if it ran on Sunday. Some crazy garbage about disturbing neighbors or whatever. Anyway, tonight I was able to fire up the bike, and I am extremely pleased to report that it started as easily as it ever has. Once I got it warmed up a bit, I took a few experimental first-gear rides down the shoulder of my street (the bike not being street-legal), and I was impressed with how much power it seemed to have. I'm really looking forward to getting it onto the track, and see how it does in the real world. I was hoping to get it onto the dyno before this weekend's race, but it looks like I waited too long to call Ducati Seattle -- there's no time available when I'm free. Well, that's not entirely true, I'm to call on Thursday to see if they can slip me in just before closing, but that will require that I drive the bike to work, and I'm not sure I'm that committed to the project. I can always put it on the dyno after the race. Also, as a side note, I took a glance into the left cylinder of the street engine, and was pleased to see no obvious gouges on the cylinder walls, so it's unlikely I broke any rings there. That lends more credence to my theory that I may have left some crud in one of the ring cutouts, leading to the ring binding in the piston rather than pushing against the cylinder wall like it should. Stupid mistake on my part, but a very easily remedied one. Posted at 23:10 permanent link category: /motorcycle Categories: all aviation gadgets misc motorcycle theater Written by Ian Johnston. Software is Blosxom. Questions? Please mail me at reaper at obairlann dot net. |