Visit to the dyno.

I took Gordon to see Eric at Ekquire Motorcycles in Bury St Edmunds today, I needed to run in the Slipstream motor in as it had a new liner and piston when it was rebuilt. On advise from Steve Ruth I ran Gordon through the gears up to 6000 rpm without load, Then let the motor cool down before doing the same again but up to 8000rpm. When I asked Martin Sweet of Slipstream how high I can rev the motor he said 8500rpm, but to be easy on the motor I have decided to top out at 8000rpm, with this in mind I put Gordon through a power run on the dyno. I was very happy with the figures especailly when I realised I had only reved the motor to 7879rpm, it was showing 70.2 bhp @ rear wheel, as you can see on the read out the motor was still pulling and based on this I think the motor could be around 74bhp @ 8000rpm!! ROLL ON PEMBREY

Alive and kicking!

I eventually got Gordon started today, the first time I had since he arrived.

Gordon gets his new decals

Dave Goddard of Cabtec Enterprise had done a fantastic job of the decals for Gordon, couldn't wait to stick them on.

Dave Goddard dropped round some of the decals for Gordon tonight so decided to brave the cold and apply them!

The weigh in!

Took Gordon to Steve ruth where he had his suspension adjusted to a base setting for me to work from, also Steve weighed Gordon, 126 kg, not bad for a road based Mono! In contrast my Harris Yamaha XTZ686 weighed in at 132 kg?
All being well I should be able to start Gordon this weekend then take him to Ekquire m/c's to have a run on the dyno the end of next week.

Put Gordon in the van as he is taking a trip to see Steve Ruth, Steve will set the suspension and weight distribution for me. I have every confidence in Steve as he has been preparing my race engines for almost 5 years now and he certainly knows his onions!

Getting there now!

After another few hours in the man cave I was able to test the water pump and system for leaks, although I will do a full test when I have the motor running. I also managed to mount the dash and control box, I had to move the transponder holder to the right hand fork leg and moved the original dash bracket forward a few centimetres, this allowed the control box to be situated just behind giving me good access to the connections.