Well it's almost time, anyone here going? I will be leaving San Diego thursday around 10am heading east on the 8 to calexico and meeting up with the rest
of the runners there at the pizza hut lunch stop.
It's just about time and I have not even rode the new bike once. Still have to finish weld the rear fender mount, build a headlight mount, reroute my oil tank vent, bleed the brakes, wire......oh yeah and swap engines! I started the engine that I plan to use in the new chop yesterday morning and it started easy enough but smoked a bit and seemed to be making a noise, kinda like a knock, but more noticable to the rear of the bike....could be internal chain slap even, not sure but at any rate i do not feel comfortable taking it into mexico untested so I am stealing the engine out of my long bike since it is a proven engine that I rebuilt last year.
Wish me luck, it's a much shorter list then the one I had on friday, busted ass and got a lot done this week end, even spent 24 hours straight at the shop on monday, went in at 1pm monday and didn't leave again till after 1pm on tuesday and I only left then to go to work. Man I hate work, can't wait to kick back and just ride through mexico. Ok folks enough rambling, I got my leave chit in hand and its time to get my bike buttoned up, i'll post pics of the completed bike later today, and lots more after the trip.
It's just about time and I have not even rode the new bike once. Still have to finish weld the rear fender mount, build a headlight mount, reroute my oil tank vent, bleed the brakes, wire......oh yeah and swap engines! I started the engine that I plan to use in the new chop yesterday morning and it started easy enough but smoked a bit and seemed to be making a noise, kinda like a knock, but more noticable to the rear of the bike....could be internal chain slap even, not sure but at any rate i do not feel comfortable taking it into mexico untested so I am stealing the engine out of my long bike since it is a proven engine that I rebuilt last year.
Wish me luck, it's a much shorter list then the one I had on friday, busted ass and got a lot done this week end, even spent 24 hours straight at the shop on monday, went in at 1pm monday and didn't leave again till after 1pm on tuesday and I only left then to go to work. Man I hate work, can't wait to kick back and just ride through mexico. Ok folks enough rambling, I got my leave chit in hand and its time to get my bike buttoned up, i'll post pics of the completed bike later today, and lots more after the trip.
