I am looking for parts now to allow me to ready the fairing to be painted, striped, and fit to the bike. Guages need to be sorted out, electrics run, switched, fused, and mounted. Driving lights will be replacing the directional signals, and new mirrors with directionals found and mounted.
GPS, Sat Radio and it's antenna, the MP3 player need to be obtained and fixed in place.
The oil cooler and horns attach to the original fairing, so mounting options and brackets need to be fabricated for them. The Stainless high pressure hoses need to be sorted out and built up depending on final locations. Brake lines (flexible) also need to be obtained.
All this is pretty straight forward as I know what I want, but setting up the bike to bike radio, passenger intercom, and tying in the radar detection is challenging as I am not yet sure what I want to use for components. Without settling on those parts I have no idea of how much space is needed for each of them, and that stalls the whole process.
The cylinder heads will be coming off and sent to the west coast for machining necessary to install a second spark plug in each combustion chamber. I am doing this (as I did on my last BMW) to allow the use of gasoline with less octane rating without lowering the compression ratio. This is possible because it allows the ignition timing to be retarded with no power loss as there will be two flame fronts in the cylinder upon firing. Result is a smother running engine and no pinging under load. I may do a NOS system sometime (easy horsepower) in the future, and the second plug setup is sure to shine then..
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You can find the blog archive at the top of the yellow right sidebar (about 1/2 way down the page) if you wish to read posts from the past...
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Cat stories...
Alex in his window...
The Rat Cat Story - by Janel
Rat cat came to us in a strange way. I was looking out at the greening of sping taking place when I heard a strange sound under the shrubs. I walked around to the front of the bushes and there underneath was what looked like an injured rat or squirrel. Upon further investigation it turned out to be a 5 month old kitten with an abscess so large that he looked like Quasimodo. He was so sick that he allowed me to pick him up and wrap him in a towel. I immediately took him to the vet where he stayed for a couple of days. Apparently he was bit by either another cat or rodent - therefore his name is rat cat. He has been a member of our family for 9 years. He is really a character and very loyal to me. He actually sleeps on my pillow every night and is very aware of any little hurts that we may have. He lays his body on the injured place and seems to think he is healing you. he is a joy and tribulation all in one.
Alexander...
Alexander's History.... Gary
Alexander came into this world, as do many kitties - homeless, very small and not so sure to survive. Cowering in a small and cold steel cage in a bleak shelter, he pulled at my heart strings and I happily added him to my life. He started out tiny, so I thought he needed a big name, thus Alexander the Great. He has since grown to meet his name. He is a big lug but very sweet and affectionate. He can meow up a storm when he wants his chow, which is so often he's on a diet now.
He is an American Short hair tabby cat who has many cute tricks....
He rubs noses and taps on my shoulder when he wants my attention and at meal times'
One cute gesture he taught himself was giving a high five. That was his first trick and it still cracks me up after 10 years.
At night he waits for me to pull back the covers and say, "let's settle in", and thats just what he does. He snuggles into his spot by my side and there he sleeps comfy and cozy all night.
He is a great cat, that Alexander... Whoops.. have to go, Alex is calling me for chow. Time to go , dont want to keep the big guy waiting.
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He is an American Short hair tabby cat who has many cute tricks....
He rubs noses and taps on my shoulder when he wants my attention and at meal times'
One cute gesture he taught himself was giving a high five. That was his first trick and it still cracks me up after 10 years.
At night he waits for me to pull back the covers and say, "let's settle in", and thats just what he does. He snuggles into his spot by my side and there he sleeps comfy and cozy all night.
He is a great cat, that Alexander... Whoops.. have to go, Alex is calling me for chow. Time to go , dont want to keep the big guy waiting.
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Resting...
Our Birds...Peter (Finch) & Larry (Bird)
watch this space!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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