April 24th 2010

It’s been awhile since I’ve been on. OK where do I start. I’m all set for the MCRA road racing school May 23rd. I sent my money in for school and I have my CCS membership fees ready. Once I get my RR cert I can join the CCS. I’m already a member of MCRA so I can do their club races in St. Louis. The race bike is all ready. Mike I’m hoping will come up before I go and tune and sink the carbs and do an exhaust reading. The bike is running great and should be lot’s of fun to ride. I have my first race right after I’m done with the school. I plan on doing as many races my money allows. Maybe 4 or 5 this year and hopefully I’ll have more $$$$ next year for a full season. I just want to get back in slowly because it’s been so long since I’ve raced. I don’t want to get hurt or wad my bike up. :) I’m taking the “Angry Fish” to the graphics shop today and get two stickers made for the fairing. This will be my team logo. Dedra made this for me a few years back. I love it! There will be more to come in the next few weeks.

Until such time……………………………………..More time………

Dee the future road racing star!

The ANGRY FISH

March 16th 2010

The little beast is pretty much done. Last thing to do is glass the belly pan and put a fresh battery in. I’m about ready to race now. I have to hit the Mt. Bike hard. I’ve got a few more pounds to loose. I’ll post more pictures of the fiberglass work in a few days.

Until such time…………………………..

March 15th 2010

Brought the wheels to Fox’s Yamaha to have them balanced. They didn’t need any weights! They were perfect! I got the front wheel on tonight and will do the back wheel tomorrow night. I have the chain soaking in penetrating oil to loosen up some stiff links.

It’s coming along nice. I have to buy a fiberglass kit and start on the belly pan this weekend. I hope to fire the motor up this weekend.

Until such time…………………………….More time…………..

March 13th 2010

Busy day out in the Man Cave. I started about 8:30 this morning after I saw Holly and Dedra off at 2:00 am. I’m so relieved they got to Mass OK.

First on the agenda was rebuilding the front forks. I drained the oil and added 20wt oil and put new fork seals in. I had to make a special tool to hold the lower emulator so I could take the forks apart.  

I removed the rear wheel to mount the new tire. As I put the newly pained wheel against it, I noticed the color was off just slightly. It bugged me.  I didn’t want the wheels to be different colors so I painted the rear wheel too.  Sometimes I can be nit picky. The tires are on and I will drop them off Monday to be static balanced. Then I’m done.

All that will be left to too is reassemble and fire the bike up!

Until such time………………………….

 

March 12th

The front wheel is DONE! all except getting it balanced. I hope to get that done tomorrow. Now the rear wheel!

Until such time……………….

March 11th 2010

The front wheel is painted and done. Tomorrow the gumball gets mounted. Then over to the shop for balancing. I need to make a wheel balancer soon. I’ll have to pay someone else this time to do it.

The rear wheel is next………………………………..

 

 

 

March 10, 2010

I removed the tire from the rim. What a chore that was. The tire iron just missed my head by an inch. It flew out of the bead at sub sonic speed……….  I got the tire off after 45 minutes of swearing and sweat. I have NEVER had such a hard time getting a tire of a rim.

I got the rim painted white tonight. The yellow will go on this weekend. I have to find that shocking yellow paint somewhere here local.

Until such time……………………………..More time.