Wednesday I wasn't planning to go to the shop at all, but I couldn't resist heading up and putting the wheel on my bike. The wheel went on in 5 minutes and my bike was ready to go.
For the rest of my evening I spent some quality time with the roommates at the Mets-Astros game.
Thursday, my new motorcycle stands arrived in the mail, so I brought them to the shop and jacked up the FZR.
There i found A.Y., J.B. and spent some time brainstorming on the what tools to buy for the shop next. After a while we went to the Bruckner Bar and grill for dinner. There were a lot of guys from the motorcycle shop nextdoor having dinner there as well, and a great live blues band was playing.
All in all not a bad way to spend an evening. After dinner we went back to the shop, and I buttoned up some final things on the Miata top install.
Today I decided I was gonna get the FZR running again. I cleaned all the fuel lines, flushed the tank and went to the motorcycle shop (again) and picked up a new fuel filter. I filled the tank with fresh gas, plumbed everything up and gave her a shot.
Once fuel reached the carbs it ran great! In fact, it's pretty mean. It has a bit of an exhaust leak at the header, so it doesn't sound that great at idle, but it revs up nicely now. I was running it without the intake manifold on, so it was running a bit rich. This is harmless, but has one very fun side-effect....flames. The bike spits great flames on deceleration. A great video of this below.
MEAN!
Lastly, this is how a man's hand should look.
-W.W. SBSS
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