Ended up going with 14/49 gearing (stock is 13/49). If I need to make changes from there, I'll probably drop teeth in the rear.
Just a few photographic updates...open heart surgery, and put the heavy pig on a bit of a diet while I was in there, removing the counterbalancer.
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My hometown is about 2 hours from me, and the motor was tore down at a buddy's place. We thought there was interference between the piston and valves, but luckily the problem was simpler, although made me feel like an idiot. Even though we were sure to check that the cam chain stayed on the crank, it must have slipped off when assembling the head. As we turned the motor over by hand, the chain was skipping (not on any teeth obviously), so the cam was several degrees off.
Because my buddy was bored and looking for an excuse to get up in the air, he flew it over to me Sunday night. Makes me feel like a factory rider or something...
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I'm still waiting on my suspension, probably sometime next week, so in the meantime have been slowly doing what I can. I got the motor back in the frame where it belongs, put the new Galfer wave rotors on the wheels along with rims strips and rim locks, and started putting on some graphics (You're just getting a sneak peak; I can't show them off until it's together).
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Hopefully I'll have time tonight to do a few more things. Throw in the BBR filter kit, throttle assembly and carb, footpegs, and shifter. I'll have to get my swingarm and linkage bearings in before the suspension gets back, too. More updates to come in the next week.