1 HOUR LATER WE WERE AT MIKES. UNLOAD THE BIKE...BORROW A FRESH BATTERY AND FIRE IT UP. IT STILL DIDN'T WANT TO IDLE RIGHT SO WE DRAINED THE TANK AND PUT IN SOME FRESH FUEL, FRESH FROM THE GAS STATION, AND FIRED HER UP AND SHE BEGAN TO SMOOTH OUT. AND THEN UP ON THE DYNO SHE WENT.
SOMETIMES THE BEST LAID PLANS JUST NEVER SEEM TO FOLLOW WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND. THIS DAY WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE. WE HAD PLANNED TO GO TO TOADS ON THURSDAY BUT THE WEATHER WAS FORECAST TO BE BAD, SO A QUICK PHONE CALL IN THE MORNING TO MIKE WAS MADE TO SEE IF WE COULD SHOVE THINGS FORWARD A DAY. MIKE RESPONDED IN HIS USUAL FASHION..."OK..GET IT DOWN HERE!" SO THE PLAN WAS TALKING SHAPE. ONLY PROBLEM WAS THAT THE BIKE (EC) THAT I HAD PLANNED TO TAKE HAD ALREADY BEEN RUNNING THE FITCH AND WE HAD DECIDED THAT FOR A TRUE TEST IT WE NEED ONE THAT HAD NEVER RUN IT. A QUICK LOOK AROUND THE SHOP AND WE DECIDED TO TAKE SILVER DOWN. EASY RIGHT??? IT'S NEVER EASY....
SILVER HAD SAT THERE SINCE LAST YEAR WITH OUT A FITCH IN THE TANK AND ...YOU GUESSED IT....THE PILOT JETS ON THE CARB WERE PLUGGED UP AND SHE WOULDN'T IDLE AT ALL. WHIP THE BOTTOM OFF. PULL THE JET...A QUICK CLEAN...BOLT IT ALL BACK TOGETHER AND WE WERE READY.........NOPE THE BATTERY IS DEAD NOW. ZEKE AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER, NOW RUNNING WELL BEHIND SCHEDULE, AND SAID LETS GET IT ON THE TRAILER...WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT WHEN WE GET THERE. SMOOOOOTH....HA HA !!