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Categories: all aviation bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater Wed, 01 Sep 2010I was able to replace the rear engine mounting bolts on my new track-only Ninja 250 last night. I fired it up for its hopefully-last road ride, and was very pleased to find that the vibration that had so worried me was completely gone. Isn't it amazing what properly tightened engine mounting bolts will do? With that problem positively fixed, I brought the bike back to the garage, and started stripping it of road parts in earnest. It was surprisingly easy to take off all the street parts and reduce it to a much more visually spare motorcycle. All those missing pieces only really take off a few pounds, but hey, that's a few pounds, and less stuff to break. Hopefully the number plates will arrive soon, and I can get it all tarted up in racing drag. I've got my belly pan ready to install ($1.99 at Goodwill, but I had to visit four thrift stores before I found a 9x13 brownie pan). Fork springs and brake line are in but not yet installed. I hope to see the rear shock soon (and probably won't do any suspension work at all until I have everything here -- the bike would be horribly unbalanced with only forks updated). Frankly, it's starting to look like a race bike!
Posted at 14:46 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. |
