Hey everyone hope you're all getting some good weather and riding time. So my bike is still running, I went through it top to bottom and took care of a few things that were way not right. carb adjustment was off, no accelerator pump set, exhaust leak on rear head at flange, ignition set too advanced, swapped to 1 cooler range of plug, got my oil pressure straightened out, stopped the oil puking, fixed the loose front engine mount, fixed the fragged stator plug and put in a new battery.
I've been doing at least one 10 mile "bombing run" per day just to keep putting miles on her and see how she goes. I'm almost at 300 miles on it. I know. it's just been tough having to work a lot lately. With the adjustments and everything this bitch is FAST AS SHIT. Not taking her over 4000rpm, mostly shifting at 3500, but getting some good throttle roll-ons and an occasional blip to 4500-5000. So taking it easy but aggressive enough.
I am going to check the KP oil filter again this weekend and see what's in it- I talked to SS and they said that some metal pieces could be normal as long as they are not over say 1mm and no long slivers, and I might see this throughout the initial break in miles. some of it could be from machining etc and not necessarily pieces breaking off things. Mine were all 1mm or smaller, and I did have one long curly sliver, so all I can do is keep riding and she'll either live or die hard.
If she lives, I can't wait to see what the dyno shows because really, this bike is a damn rocket ship- and this is coming from someone who used to race Honda 600's and Suzuki 750's at the track. I almost think it needs a wider tire just to get more hook-up off the line, and hell I'm not even hitting it hard off the line yet (big grin).
Anyway- shes running very good right now, does not get hot, idles perfectly, good oil pressure, no smoke out the exhaust, not using oil except for a few drops out top breather. I could benefit from a proper tune and possibly larger main jet. hitting about 12-13 AFR across the board and about 11AFR at idle. My ignition advance timing is 28 degrees max @4500 RPM WOT, and hits max sooner at 3000RPM with the VOES engaged. plugs look good the rear plug is a few shades whiter on insulator than the front. It's gotta be making some crazy compression because even with my new Antigravity 720CCA battery and Spyke starter, it will NOT spin at startup - cold or hot - unless I pop BOTH the releases. Can't even get away with only popping one
Everyone please send lots and lots of positive energy my way - lord knows my bike needs it!