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I got on the beans a bit today, the bike is producing a lot of torque right from 1500 rpm through to I don't know where as I haven't gone past 5000 yet. It produces more from tickover it needs less juice to get going. I reset the throttle response to standard which was definitely the right thing to do. At the top end where the lack of Horsepower was evident before it just keeps going now so bhp is well up. Acceleration is very fast, I was the A68 for a while and passed a ton of cars and bikes, probably a couple of Hyabussa as well but it was hard to see them as they disappeared in my rear view mirrors. Climbing up into the Lammermuir hills it never missed a beat and the torque was relentless. It's a lot nicer to ride now, feels like a different bike. The valve train noise is really smooth now and the bike sounds really nice, different from before. I also noticed the sheep ran off more quickly but that might be just because it's a Harley and they didn't want to get raped.

It's all back together and the new air filter system is on.

After finishing yet another mowing job in the front yard last week, I went for a sprint around town...1st down to the train station, then up North to pay a visit to my mate as he just got a rescue dog for a new Pal.

Well my bike will now lift the front wheel, only a little but it definitely leaves the ground, not something I'm going to be trying to do but something I would rather avoid, it ain't the right kind of bike for that. I was pulling to the front of a queue and the lights changed so I pinned it and the front came up and I eased it back down after about 30 yards or so, there is now a ridge along the centre of my seat where I gripped it with my arse.

Well I got 120 miles in after church, I have 250 since Monday so will drop the oil out this week to clear out all the assembly lube and anything from the new parts. Will also an auto tune or two, I think it is running a bit rich at the moment.

Fitted a radiator gaurd today . The rad had taken a bit of a biff after on off last time I was out, it's very slightly crushed at one end but no coolant loss that I can see .

**URGENT MESSAGE** A very good friend of mine has bought tickets to fly to the Isle of Man to watch the Races on Friday the 5th of June. The problem is that he completely forgot that Friday is in fact his wedding day. This is because he bought the tickets ages ago before agreeing to the wedding date. Now he's asked me to post on his behalf to see if anyone wants to take his place? The wedding is at 2pm and all paid for you just need to show up - he assures me she'll make a terrific wife

condolances mate, as you know i lost my soul mate in October, i am with you all the way, every week i end crying as some thing will just spring into my my mind. I am told it gets better.

Milestone on the old CBF today.

RIP Pete. 2 years ago today you left us. Never will be forgotten.

First autotunes session done, Burger King for lunch. Living the dream.

It must be really bad if a midget like you says you're a few inches too high....

When you have a friend with a Harley....be prepared to be constantly running to the dealer for repairs...loose baffles in Roland's machine..lol. Wasn't planning to come up for a ride , cause me and BillyRay did 300 km or so in 33c yesterday..and Im looking like a cooked lobster...nice 22 c today. Few more pics from today, Roland managed to get a demo out , took it for about 40 km or so...

I was going to make my own exhaust but on a trial, welding tube pieces together I found it difficult to make them neat as I don’t have a rotary thing which turns the work piece so I have to stop every few seconds to reposition everything. I also don’t have a way of purging the inside of the tube with argon so the inside of the weld looks shit and I’m not sure how that would affect the strength long term …. So I gave up and bought a used one. Even with the rough mock up exhaust the kick stand hits the muffler so I thought I would drill and tap a socket head screw into the yoke of the kick stand so by winding the screw in or out I could control how far the stand closed in the up position to keep the end clear of the can. Even being very careful with the tap the bloody thing broke off in the hole and I don’t have a broken tap extractor & at 4mm it might be too small anyway. Plan B, after some shouting a swearing, biuld up a weld on the thing the kick stand closes against and I can then file it down to suit once I have the new exhaust…then find I’m on the last gasp of Argon so had to do it with the min possible gas flow rate so it looks shit, but at least it will / should work. I was too annoyed and irritated to take any photos

My bike only carries one passenger, the bus carries 130. The company wouldn't be too pleased.

Duuuuuuuh Newport Gwent or Newport Pembrokeshire your reply has now made it complete.

You’re a ray of sunshine

Four gigs done and knackered. Newport is vastly improved from the last I was there 20 years ago.

Cheeky bottle of white from the Napoli region with tonights pasta .......

Pushrods and lifters are all in, clutch cable is attached to the gearbox. I decided to do some painting on a few bits before I refit the exhaust as it will be a pain to do afterwards so got that done and put the bike away to let the paint dry properly. Will finish up during the week.

this is Fred's entry. He wishes to point out that absolutely no photoshop was involved here and up yours @Buckster

Hornet at Helston with Seaking

On the sauce again.

Theres only 1 retard on here and he got banned for a month recently....

You tell him Cupid...Buckwheat turn this place into a liberal bike forum...lol....FB is even more hardcore now...lol.

Look at Digi ducking , he still got hit on the foot though and Zarco ended up in hospital as well. Amazingly Digi went on to win after the restart

Maybe he will see another vehicle in the distance and drive into a ditch. It happens.

No it's not Alan (Specs). I can't remember his name though. Specs (Alan) is still around.

I wish he was still here so I didn't have to deal with you retards.

I was on a charity DGR motorcycle ride today with 1500 others. I was stuck at a light for 5 mins because the traffic was snarled up and I looked over at the guy beside me and he had two 8 inch slim cylinders on his bars with a paper map wrapped around each - he manually scrolled the map up /down winding it from one cylinder to the other. I asked him about it - "analog GPS" he said, unjamable by the Russians. Wish I got a photo of it. Was a fun day, and finished at a brewery with live music and food. Got wet on the way home