Kid Kearsley Posted August 12, 2017 Author Posted August 12, 2017 Last nights tasks. Dump Oil, Change oil pickup strainer, re do valve clearances. Strip and clean fuel system, Change Carb Slides Just loads of faffing really, and doing jobs as and when you see them. I'm good at delegation. Just to add to pressure the CHRA has not arrived today. Which looses me this weekend and Monday night after work going to FBM to collect. Did I say that the bike needs to be ready for Wednesday morning? 4 Quote
MeanBean49 Posted August 14, 2017 Posted August 14, 2017 You can manage it. Would be no fun if it wasnt last minute.com 1 Quote
Kid Kearsley Posted August 14, 2017 Author Posted August 14, 2017 22:30 and Iv just left FBM, Mr Dunlop is a legend doing out of hours for me, travel home now. Might get my head on the pillow about 1am due to road closures on the way home. 8 Quote
zedhead Posted August 15, 2017 Posted August 15, 2017 It'll be reet Kev. See you on the runway! ;-) Quote
markfoggy Posted August 15, 2017 Posted August 15, 2017 Every bit of stress that you get at this level will help your brain function at the next one. Go get It. 1 Quote
Kid Kearsley Posted August 15, 2017 Author Posted August 15, 2017 23:56 Just fired, knocked it off, its late, bed, fix bits that need more zippy ties in the morning. Pack the van and go. 1 Quote
Kid Kearsley Posted August 16, 2017 Author Posted August 16, 2017 Race fuel in diesel in bike in 2 Quote
zedhead Posted August 16, 2017 Posted August 16, 2017 What's the 11 litres of unleaded for? Genny? 1 Quote
Kid Kearsley Posted August 16, 2017 Author Posted August 16, 2017 1 minute ago, zedhead said: What's the 11 litres of unleaded for? Genny? Yep, gotta have power for the kettle & radio 2 1 Quote
Kid Kearsley Posted August 16, 2017 Author Posted August 16, 2017 Bike successfully in Yorkshire, got a Wedding tomorrow for Dodge to which I am the best man... speech.... That gives me Friday morning/afternoon to go over things, seen a few drops of oil from the sump, Jess put that on so at least I have someone to blame. 3 Quote
Mike750 Posted August 16, 2017 Posted August 16, 2017 Best of luck you've put plenty of effort in . Lookin forward to seeing results Quote
Kid Kearsley Posted August 19, 2017 Author Posted August 19, 2017 Friday Wedding done it was time to finish off those loose ends.. so I thought. Team Holland like a well oiled military machine we're ready as ever whilst I was faffing in the corner... quick test ride revealed that the bike would not pull over 5krpm. We started looking for the source of the fault. with the help of current wheelie record holder Egbert Van Popta, we couldn't find all that much wrong with it. Put it back together in the vein hope it would just disappear.. it didn't. Bottom lip out, kicking the dirt... then I remembered. Remember those carb slides l fitted.... that are currently sat in a box in my shed back in Cheshire... yeah.. During all this it became apparent that with me being so rushed from wedding duties n all I'd forgot some important things.. Box of Top speed sprockets, chain guard, back protector, sweets. It was decided that I would go to Elvington and setup whilst Hannah (Newly renamed) Rodgers and my lovely lady Jess would embark on a mercy mission back to Cheshire from Yorkshire to collect the said missing items and the pesky carb slides. So I setup and started to strip the bike in prep for the delivery of parts. i waited, which slowly became.. we waited. By this time the Wheelie Family were starting to bark at the moon and boogie to any DAB station they could find. My little family returned bearing gifts! I love these guys xx Then like some sort of Moto Gp trained race team people just jumped on my bike to help change the sprockets, whilst I fitted the carb bits and with @Zepp making a chain guard to fit the bike. About midnight to 1am time the bike was done and dusted with me extending my gratitude to those that pitched in. (Pics to follow here later) Race Day 1 (Saturday) Its 7:35, the van us being blown about, I need a wee but am refusing to get up and Iv still gotta go get signed on. I hope it's a tail wind and not a side wind. 6 Quote
fatblokeonbandit Posted August 19, 2017 Posted August 19, 2017 Ah yes.. I remember that years ago, lying in the van at various airfields and race tracks, hoping the rain will to stop so i could sign on and get scrutineerd Rather you than me shipmate Good luck, Kev, you deserve it after all your trials and tribulations 2 Quote
Paulm Posted August 19, 2017 Posted August 19, 2017 Good luck mate,hopefully be up there tomorrow. Quote
KATANAMANGLER Posted August 19, 2017 Posted August 19, 2017 Best of luck Kid. Go whinged hammers! Quote
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