This guy I know understands that I hate it when people kill a TZ by installing some heavy under powered dirt bike 4 stroke engine that would be better as a boat anchor than a power source.

In the photo, you can see two real TZ’s hiding under covers, they are peeking.

But he brings all his bikes to me because he likes the work I do. I keep working on his bikes because he loves them and he always pays on time. Maybe someday he’ll get a bike I like. So for he has had three weirdo’s.

This one’s almost done and it’s loud.

Joel’s bike is due on Saturday and it’s ready now. How cool is that!

Penske 3-Way Piggyback with LE Race Valving at the back.

LE Race Valving in the Big Piston forks.

Joel did a nice job building his ‘09 ZX6R race bike. It’s here for LE suspension. Check out the 3-Way Piggyback Penske with LE Race Valving. Tomorrow the forks!

After my WERA race weekend I decided a little more power would be useful and since my stock carbs are worn out so that the idle hangs and the bike is hard to start when cold, maybe I could fix three things at once.

So the flat slide carbs came out of the box and went on the bike. It started right up, idled nice and sounded wicked. Today, when the bike was cold it started right up with a push start.

I’ve been running a full loss system for some time now but because of the easy bump starting I saved another 7.5 lbs by removing the starting system including the wiring. Some of that weight came off the end of the crank giving me more power and better flick-ability.

See you at Willow with MotoYard on the 8^th.

That LE sticker is on Bernan’s ‘04 GSXR600 stock shock after being rebuilt, re-valved and installed back on his bike. The stock spring is the correct rate for Bernan, lucky guy.

When clients bring me their bikes I charge the same price as when they ship me the parts because I’m crazy that way and because it gives me a chance to test my changes on the bike.  This is a good way tovconfirm the system I use to set the clickers after re-valving.

In this case after I set the damping on my bench no changes were required after installing the shock on the bike. The Lindemann Engineering Girth Suspension Dyno works great.

Tomorrow his forks.

I had 2 used and 1 damaged head for my ‘90 TZ 250 that you may recall I’m restoring while Tony races it. If you don’t recall just scroll back and check out the posts about this project.

I sent the heads off to Roland Cushway to be re-cut and could not resists posting this photo of them. I wish I had before photo’s. Roland and I think alike, we like to sleep in and work late, we like our stuff to be clean and we are not afraid to share knowledge.

If you have talked to me you were probably surprised by how much information I give out in my answers to your questions. Most people want to keep info to themselves thinking that knowledge will give them power of some sort. This is true but only in the sense of slicing the pie into smaller pieces, Roland and I want to bake a larger cake. I find that when I give you knowledge you become a better client better able to maximize the changes I make to your suspension. With a better understanding of what your suspension is doing you ride better and make my work look even better. Call it a “multiplier effect.” I find that you are less likely to take my knowledge, start a suspension business to put me out of business and more likely to be happy with my work, send me more work from your other bikes and tell your friends about me.

Anyway, these heads will soon leave for England along with the rest of the parts and the TZ to live with Russell, it’s new owner.

I promised a Hawk guy who called a picture of my F-1 with Hawk swing arm.