Hi, Speed Demons,
Well, the point of no return has been reached today...
Bike is now crated and ready to go... Will be picked up later in the week and fly to Phoenix, Arizona via Heathrow in London GB. My friend Jim Haubert will collect it there and wait for me and my wife to arrive around the 8th of August...
We nearly used 2 gallons of methanol with various starts up to the middle of last week... Sounds like a demented 2 stroke and I like the whine of the supercharger...
I booked an afternoon on a rolling dyno... Sadly, said dyno did not have enough umph to start the bike from cold, just spinning too slow... In fact so slow that backfires did occur and the burst plate proved itself with some mighty bangs right in my ears, gone deaf for 2 or 3 days!!!
I like to thank here all of you here that freely gave advise to this novice and I just hope I understood right, that it hasn't fallen on deaf ears and that the bike will run OK... And also a big thanks to the members of our H-DRCG.B club that gave plenty despite harsh economics conditions, in all they raise £1510.00 which will go a long way to help me get to Bonneville.
So, this is the end of this diary, I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed building this Nth version of my trusty KHK and writing about it,
SEE YOU THERE OR BE SQUARE!!!
Patrick