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Well today is Leo's 2nd birthday..... how has time gone so quick.... im sure it was only yesterday that he was born

After a hard night, got up at around 10 and made it out by 11, 600 km later and i’m in Faro. One stop for lunch, one for fuel and one to warn of my eta. 28 to 30° all day.

So the cam plate is pretty good, not perfect but perfectly serviceable. So with that in mind I'm dipping into my savings and getting all the good stuff.

The new lithium battery will go in front of the ECU and the other electrical stuff can go either partly in front of the battery and /or under the ECU.

A nice pre action shot of the busa in staging lanes at the pod. Im hoping its oriented and composed better now @boboneleg

taken this weekend visiting a friend in the Algarve

When we finally made it back down to Hwy 204, we decided to head west towards the old Spout Springs ski area which gets up to 5100 ft. elevation....shame it hasn't been running for at least 5-6 yrs. as its only 30 miles from home. Definitely a bit more chilly at the higher elevations.... On the way back down, we seemed to have our timing dialed in as there was virtually no traffic....so I was able to keep a steady 55+mph pace for a good 6+ miles....coasting in neutral....gotta love a manual gearbox.

So a female employee got an expensive pen as a birthday gift from her boss. She sent him a 'Thank you note' by email: Boss’s wife read the email and filed for divorce. The email said: Your penis wonderful and I enjoyed using it last night. It has extra ordinary smooth flow and a firm stroke. I loved its perfect size and grip. Felt like I was in heaven when using it.Thanks a lot.! Moral: A "space" is an essential part of English grammar!

The stupid ECU doesn't quite fit between the frame bars so I need to mount it high enough so it will fit. I can then use the space under it for the battery connections and some other electrical bits like the indicator resistors etc. The original ECU supports had AV mounts so I guess I should do so again, although the whole thing will be mounted upside down. I made up a plate which will hold the ECU over the new tray with enough space under it to accommodate the other electrical bits. The seat will be mounted higher than the original so I have a plate each side to infiltrate the gap between the frame and the underside of the seat.

Trying to order a new pair of jets for my old C70z2 carb..the crap has set hard in them, not a chance nolonger available i am told. So i took a number 13 numbered drill to them..Clear now. we will wait to see how it runs

Got bored of waiting for Mandi to decide if it was going to rain or not,(and it didn't), so went and watched the touring cars. Ordered oil then realised I'd ordered the wrong type so ordered the right stuff, I can use the wrong in the dominator so no prob. A genuine chain set popped up on Ebay for £100 so that's on the way too.

Got that tree unloaded....headed to Kingsbury Ln. but not much in the way of wildflowery, probably due to the screwy weather we had last winter....they might still show in another month...we'll see. Everything was sooo Green from the recent rains.... I kept thinking how much fun this would have been on my old XT 550....

You may notice some changes, the septic tank is now the dark side. If you have to post something that can’t go anywhere else then it can go there, over time we will probably grow the section. Things will get purged there on a regular basis, still no porn though, so if that’s your bag you can find more suitable places in the dark recesses of the internet. Also @boboneleg has been demoted due to being a lazy useless cunt, this was reported to us by none other than @boboneleg. Perhaps an early play for Twat of the Year but we will see. No plans right now for a replacement moderator, let’s see if we need one and if so I will appoint someone. If you have anything to say about any of this please send an email to; I’mafecklesstwatanddeservetobeignored@ifyouthinkthisisarealemailaddressyouareaknob.com Thanks for reading this, you can go back to looking at cats on YouTube now.

Managed to connect up the new clock, all the wiring will go under the tank. It looks like a birds nest but next winter I will rewire the whole thing and replace lots of the bulky original stuff with a Mo Unit Blue.

Finished work a bit early today so had a while to think about how to accommodate the big ugly ECU that I cannot get rid of, and the battery, the original used to live in a big box on top of the gearbox housing. The plan is to try to tuck them away under the seat position. The ECU box is the aluminium thing resting on the back of the frame in the two photos above. I made up a tray that hooks onto some existing frame fixings at the front and screws to the underside of the bar which supports the back of the seat.

Where's the fucking bin !!

I can't use cheese eating surrender monkey cams in my superior American steel horse.

What have you guys got planned for the weekend? Is it getting nice where you are? I'm near Porto in Portugal. Tomorrow, I hope I wake up not too late, get on the bike and ride to Faro to meet a friend for dinner. It'll be 1 hour something on the motorway then catch the smaller roads to get there, a little less than 600km. Then enjoy Faro on Sunday and come back North to meet Sofia near Lisbon on Monday. They're saying it's going to get warm, I hope it doesn't get too warm.

I just ordered the cams from the USA.

This isn't that kind of forum.

You blink and suddenly they are grown up. You need to make the most of your time with them.

Right so got some time to play. Rear wheel moved forward to get the chain off the front sprocket, 30mm socket on the drill. No noises picked up using the screwdriver to ear method. Think this next pic gives a better clue to the prob. Glad I couldn't hear anything from the transmission as it would have been a right ball ache to sort. Rear sprocket not so bad but think another set is in order. I've been using a tin of muck off all weather chain lube, no probs with Mandis or the dominator but this is the second set on this done at 13000 miles.

….and that folks, is why you shouldn’t post when drinking…

I'm going to Worcester tomorrow to see a band. The guitarist is a mate who I haven't seen for over 30 years

Going to pull the cams off the cam plate today and check the journals, if the journals are worn then I will upgrade everything.

That front sprocket is goosed.

Also looks like the chain has started to grind into the boss of the sprocket

Yeah, it looks like a couple of those teeth are looking kinda pointy....not much crown left on them. Like you said, at least it's not the gearbox....chain & sprockets are a piece of cake.

I do, haven’t ridden it in ages. It’s got a clogged carb as well, which I will have to sort before it moves. Does look nice as a garage decorative piece, though …

I feel your pain. Pulled the dominator from the shed, switched on the fuel tap only to have petrol pissing out out of the carb overflow again. I'd bet if Freds watching he'd have a little titter knowing the carb removal ball ache. It did start though.

I like the idea of some mild cams but I have been offered some low mileage standard cams for free.

Out on the Tidler to run a few errands

You might be right, never ridden this bike or any other K100. I do kind of enjoy doing this sort of thing though, and I’m learning a lot as I do so. This is the first bike I’ve ever done anything significant to. If I hate the end result I’ll just flog it . These things are by no means good looking bikes but I do find them interesting.

I'm guessing the one I worked on was an earlier model as it had the ECU and another electronic ignition module almost as big as the ECU. Would of been more crap to try and hide.

I can’t help but think you’re going to a lot of effort to get a bike you might not enjoy at all, considering your two other bikes.

Just for you Busa ... https://www.facebook.com/reel/902932269230730

A man walks into a bar on the top floor of a skyscraper and orders a cold beer. As he’s sipping it, he suddenly watches the guy next to him stroll over to the window… and jump right out! “Good grief! Did you see that!? That man just jumped out the window!” The bartender doesn’t even blink. Shaken, the man takes another sip. A minute later, the same guy walks back in, sits down, orders another drink, finishes it, and jumps out the window again. The man shouts, “Are you kidding me!? He did it again!” Still, the bartender says nothing. The guy comes back into the bar and orders another drink. Finally, the man asks, “How on earth are you surviving those jumps?” The guy grins and says, “Oh, it’s this special drink. If you finish it fast enough, you can float.” Excited, the man orders the same “floatie” drink, chugs it, runs to the window, jumps out… and SPLAT—straight onto the sidewalk. The bartender sighs and says: “Superman… you’re a real jerk when you’ve been drinking

Quite enjoy puttering about in the garage just minding my own business and doing what I want, but inevitably there is always something else that needs dealing with. Today it was mice which were in massive sack of rice (which for some reason we have to buy in bulk just in case the population of Beijing drop by and want a snack). Where there are two there will be 12 more so set up traps in places the dog can't stick his nose. Emergency over I went back to minding my own business and wired up the rear indicators, completely forgetting I need to stick a resistive load in line somewhere. Realised when I tested them and just heard the relays singing. Wired up the rear brake switch but can't test that until I put some fluid in the system. Temp sensor for the new clocks goes into the drain port under the water pump, which of course has the hex socket rounded off so spent a while swearing at it and eventually got it off. Was going to fit and connect up the battery but couldn't find the crimp on terminal connectors I know I have somewhere so had to order some more. Was going to try and make an exhaust, got all the bits of tube I have out and bodged it into a rough idea of how I can get it all together but don't want to start welding until I have the back wheel on with a tyre so I can see how much clearance I will have. My one tangible achievement after all that is that the clock now works on the new speedo