Monday 25 February 2008

Seat is on...well nearly



Went for a very frisky morning ride (on the Daytona) to get my freshly made seat from Poly26. Patrick Pierre came with me and we froze on the way there (too early), but the guy who owns Poly26 was really friendly, and made us coffee and brioche to warm us up when we got there - a really interesting guy, whose son runs in Promosport 1000 (on an R1 I think). He was going to enter Proclassic this year but was put off by the large amounts of traveling around France - he has an RC30 in his showroom!

Anyway made it home with the seat in the ruck sack, and after a weeks skiing and various other disturbances, I managed to get it on the bike. I had to saw parts of the frame off to get it too fit, so this is REALLY good bye to a road bike and hello exclusive racing bike. The ignition is getting setup, although I am changing one connector at a time to ensure that I can always go back to the original setup, that way I have a spare!

Friday 8 February 2008

The beast runs!!

Hi All,
Well we've reached a milestone - the bike now starts again. Believe it or not, the rotor (flywheel) I had fitted after the rebuild was the wrong one - although physically the same it was a different part number and not compatible with the stator fitted to my bike! (Beware all 31K owners - the VCD88 flywheel will NOT function on your bike).

I have ordered my seat from Poly26 (get it tomorrow), and I have received my programmable ingition kit which will need some work to connect up, as all the wires need connectors crimping and soldering on! Still it may add a few HP!!

Speak soon,

Dave