Got a used Leo Vince slip on... even without rejetting, the bike feels a lot faster. I think the previous owner may have rejetted for a slip-on, it was running quite rich with the stock pipe, and bogged a lot when you wacked the throttle open.
Bought a US General Cylinder leakage tester to check my 390. Looking at the instructions I am not sure it is going to work on a two stroke.
Hydraulic operated by foot. I believe it was made by Pit Posse. Here it is supporting my TE510 at full height. I purchased it off ebay for ~$150
Today i went for a short ride to fill it with petrol, and then sat in the garage, and painted each rear spoke with black enamel paint, on to the front wheel tomorrow.
Inspected the cam chain, looks like it hasn't touched the metal retainer yet. Previous owner told me it had been replaced once. The retainer already had this damage last time I checked it, over a year ago and about 7k kms. Now I need to grind the rivets out of the clutch basket and replace those top hat washers.
Does it? I would have thought the the balance shaft would be one of the last things to fail in a motor.
Adjusted my valves today. Exhaust side was so loose you could rock the tappet back and forth while the feeler gauge was under it... Also replaced the clutch cup washers with the Indy Unlimited ones, the rivets were not nearly as hard to peen as everyone makes it out to be. Now I just need time to put oil and coolant in it and ride it.
The mounting washer for the boot tab for kickstand broke on a recent ride. Also, as the kickstand had too much free play for my liking (too far forward when down, and too high when up) I took the entire kickstand off and added some metal shims (secured with zip ties) to the upper part of the stand when it contacts the raised and lowered stopping points. Now the stand doesn't hit the passenger pegs and keeps the bike a little more upright when the stand is down. Used some JB Weld to try to reattach the mounting washer to the boot tab, will check on that later today to see if it will be strong enough to remount.
I installed a lectron carb, Baja Designs headlight housing with a Cyclops H4 led, led turn signals with inline resistors, a 5 gallon I.M.S. tank, and a motion pro twist throttle and cable. Unfortunately I have to pull the tank back off soon to change out the intake boot and I think I will check the valves while I am there. Hopefully this weekend I will have time to get to the new chain, sprockets, tires, and drill a couple holes in the skid plate for my trail stand.
Lubed rear swing arm 2 weeks ago, last week Installed my Safari tank and waiting for Moskomoto bags to arrive this friday so I can finish welding my side racks
