Hey everyone! Not much going on in my world. Haven't gotten a lot of work done to the bike as I've been really busy with work. I hit a financial wall so I started working part time at the Hot Rod shop I worked at 5 years ago to try and save a little bit more money to put towards the new motor. So currently, I've just been focusing on making it look good, because I can do that for cheap with investing mostly time and little money. So, Since I last posted, I haven't done much mechanically except for tune the carb and and adjust timing, and have come to the conclusion that I can't get anymore timing out of the bike on pump gas. I'm only at about 30* BTDC before it starts detonating under load. I'd like to get the timing back closer to 32-34* BTDC, factory is 32*. Also, since converting the clutch to a dry set up, it has not slipped one time. I've gotten the tire to break loose a couple times in a turn, but no clutch slip, so that's good.
Other than that, I recently finished up the paint work on the bike. I finally paint matched the new seat pan to the gas tank, and then added some hydrographics to the seat cowl and the primary cover. They didn't come out perfect as I was using an improvised system for the dipping, but they did come out really good and you can't see any of the flaws from over 5' away. Anyway, here's what she looks like now.
I plan on adding some perforated sheet metal to the open areas of the primary cover, just haven't decided exactly what I want to do there yet.