How did you get it so cheep? There has to be a reason someone sold it cheep, right? This one has a lot of problems, one of them is a lot of cam chain noise that someone tried to fix with an extra spring…

The Race Engine is finally here. It’s a long block and they painted it after putting it together. While swapping parts from the engine that dropped an exhaust valve to the new engine, I’m doing a little porting so everything fits together just so. The broken engine will be rebuilt and upgraded by me.

The bike has been delivered to a Villa at The Thermal Club. Still waiting a some parts but this is a good time to make sure everything works together.

Body work is always labor intensive. Dzus fasteners can be fussy to install. There is always some dusty trimming to be done so the fiberglass does not touch in places it should not. In the end the hassle is always worth it.

A real Kit Harness would come from the factory without any street wiring. But they cost as much as gold so I make my own by removing the street stuff and adding connectors for race stuff like the transponder and timer. This is the stock harness after I removed the street stuff. The blue tags tell me what the plug goes to.

The grease Yamaha uses for the steering head bearings is not as good as I’d like so it has been replaced as part of this Race Bike Build. The oil is out of the engine to install a Factory Pro Shift Kit. Starting an engine without oil is bad, hence the note.

Nash is guarding the tires and painted body work of the R3 build. Most of the parts are here and work on the bike has started in earnest.

I put my big shelfs on wheels. By moving the shelf I can transform the garage into a shop and back again so the car can be inside.

I was too busy this past weekend being a Coach & Crew Chief to take any photo’s so here is Reno’s bike in his driveway. You can join the fun, be faster with less risk and have your tires last longer. Check out my Calendar page.