So I've gotten to ride the thing around the yard a combined time of about half an hour now. I finally got caught up on some other things and ordered a few things (bars, new grips, new front master since the Hayabusa one I bought on ebay wouldn't pump.., clutch perch) and got it all on. Got the front brakes bled finally and then the calipers were dragging, so pushed the pistons out and cleaned some road grime and debris off of them on the wire wheel and got them put back in, rolls nice and free now. Found an oil leak on a seal-collar around the main output shaft (front sprocket) which is discontinued but found a guy reproducing them, so got one of those on the way. Had a piece of trash in the needle seat and kept causing the carb to over flow, got that addressed.
First time I rode it again after getting the bars put on it felt kinda lean once it got warmed up so went from a 160 main jet to a 168 to err on the side of caution in the 39mm Kehein PWK. Still is *super* crisp once it gets warmed up...gonna be a death wish on the asphalt when you start trying to bang through the gears I can tell already haha. I forgot how good this engine pulls when its dialed in.
Still got a lot of hokey shit on it (routing of cables, wires, hoses, etc. is all duly noted) I need to clean up. Some finish welding on the rear grab bar. I located an old round seal-beam type front head light off of a caterpillar dozer of some forgotten era up in my dads barn I'm gonna clean up put on the front. Have a lot of wiring/electrical work to do moving forward and have to get a CR250 stator (system I'm running) that has a lighting coil as it is from the OEM an ignition only system. Those run about $250 so thats down the road a little.
Mechanically, I think I'm getting it about 90% there. Still have to make some brackets and mounts for little things like the rear brake resivour, figure out an exhaust silencer and add another mount for it until I can build the new and improved under-slung one that will come in the next few months. Also still gotta figure out a kick-stand arrangement, and think I will put one of those cable pull seat latch deals on it, also. Been trying to score a cheap SV650 front fender also but no luck yet.
Admittedly not ridden it very fast, but when I have cracked the throttle and opened it up in 3rd and 4th, it's been a lot of fun. I do think it is going to be a bit front end light once its on the road - I may want to go back to that taller rear shock to pitch the front down faster than I had anticipated. The "super bike" style bars made all the difference in the world in teh feel of it. Still seems a little bit wide, but might be some of my other ergonomics also.
I took some new beauty shots for every one out in the yard with the new stuff on it after riding it around some this afternoon that are uploading now, I'll come back and share in a bit.
