Shed building, learning how to MIG weld, and life are keeping me plenty busy. Not much is being posted here although I read and enjoy what everyone else is posting and I like watching their builds. Also, seeing the jumping tire test in Hokkaido answered questions that kept me awake at night.
The latest progress on the build is a reevaluation of fuel selection. Lots of different gasolines have been tried over the years and I settled on Sunoco Standard, a 110 octane leaded gas. The dyno shed ventilation is not the best in the world and there are folks around the race bike that breathe in the exhaust fumes, including me. So, a change to unleaded is considered. Also, I want to use a fuel that ERC sells on the salt. Standard operating procedure is to carry two 5-gallon cans of gas to the salt in the back of the truck. Not the safest thing to do, for sure.
Two gasolines are recommended by ERC for the Triumph. One is the leaded 110K and the other is unleaded MUL-C. The fuel of choice will be the unleaded. The fuel price itself is reasonable. The shipping to Oregon costs much more than the gas and it makes it too expensive. We can get Sunoco here for a reasonable price. The bike will be tuned on Sunoco SS100 and ERC MUL-C will be used on the salt, based on advice from ERC. Both fuels are similar enough to allow this. This works out nicely. There will be no need to pack fuel on the trip to Utah.