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UK Andy Sidlow Framed Endurance Racer
cliffrod:
Hot damn- That’s really bitchin!
Turin:
Thanks! it moved under it's won power for the first time today.
next steps
retorque the heads
adjust jetting
check the nuts and bolts
Shorten the clip-ons. I'm taking 2 inches off of each bar.
Then break in. I'm optimistically hoping for 80- 90 rear wheel ponies. It feels extremely light. I'm guessing 450 lbs. with a full tank.
Turin:
flipped the tarrozzi clip-ons to bring them closer and shortened the bars on each side. The narrow tank makes the wide bars look wider than they are. The fork angle sits at 23.5 degrees. The leverage is needed. Installed lemans bar ends and one bar end mirror to keep things legal.
further tweaks to be done
Turin:
Had my first test ride tonight. The bike feels very tall, even though it uses lemans 1000 forks and triples. Handling is alien and unguzzi like, part of that is the 23.5 degrees of rake and 3 inches of trail, and the rest may be due to the lack of weight. (I'm looking for a scale, will report back).
On the highway the motor is eerily smooth, almost like an 850. Not much engine braking to speak of. I won't be taking it past 6000 rpm for the first 1000 miles. After that, I'll give her the beans. It should make power to 9k. (I can hope). So far so good.
cliffrod:
Great to hear about some road miles!
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