Over the weekend I came to the garage to find more parts had shown up and was able to get some work done.
More toys...
Fresh set of tank sliders for the new tank:
Dzus fasteners and windshield nuts/bolts:
PCIII USB:
Full akrapovic SS exhaust system with CF can:
Decals for race plastics... replicas of the MotoGP 2007 Valencia scheme:
Fresh radiator:
There was a HUGE box with all the fairings and everything. I got a killer deal from a real nice guy on this stuff... he didn't want to part it out so there is a bunch of stuff I don't need so I will just sell it off. But the box contained ALL the stock fairings, a fresh gas tank, headlight, taillight, both seats, ppegs, signals, hotbodies undertail, windscreen etc etc... got everything for a grand, and everything is absolutely perfect and mint condition:
Then I got started working... peeled off the yammy emblems from the gas tank and then spent a long ass time getting all the glue residue off from underneath... all prepped for tank slider installation:
Installed the fuel pump and gas gap... decided to wait on installing the tank sliders until the tank is on the bike:
Fixed that pesky tank side cover with the broken tab by plasticwelding with an old soldering iron... came out pretty good:
Pulled the stock air filter:
Threw in the BMC race filter:
Then, I went to install the woodcraft case covers. Pulled off the right side cover:
Then, installed the woodcraft unit and one bolt ripped the threads out of the engine. FUCK!
Long story short, lesson learned is that a torque wrench meant for 10-80 ftlbs is not accurate at all at 10 ftlbs. Ended up using this as an excuse to check out the new harbor freight in Worcester, where I ended up getting two torque wrenches for 40 bucks total... One for a higher torque range than my current, and one for lower. Also picked up a 115-piece drill indexf or 40 bucks, a pneumatic roller stool for 25 bucks, and a bunch of other shit.
Also grabbed a helicoil kit to do the repair.
Drilled that fucker out:
Installed the helicoil with some red loctite and let sit overnight:
