good snap

as we all expected...
coming out of the last turn of fuji speedway with 2nd gear at lap1, keeping it full throttle until it hits 7,000rpm, then up shit to 3rd... "SNAP". it was the time my small hope that my xr1000 aren't like no other was proved to be wrong... it was just another ordinary xr1000 with weak pinion shaft.
does anybody know where i can find a "andrews reinforced pinion shaft" before next race in october?

zero test course

about 5 miles from zero engineering, there is a nice park got a museum on top of the hill. mindscape museum.
i got my xr1000 engine running yesterday and took it for a short test ride. i didn't try anything above 3,500rpm but it was running good. i hope i don't have to assemble the engine again this year.

no progress

there hasn't been much progress since last time i ground the bits off around the crank shaft bearing.
zero engineering friend set my engine on a nice work bench. it's no longer on the floor with cardborad paper.
i actually checked the valves and piston movement with the new set of Andrews camshaft a couple of weeks ago. i forgot to bring my camera that day. anyway, the valves hit. valve-to-piston clearance seemed okay. now the heads and cam-cover are somewhere in okazaki getting machining and new bushings...
zero always gives me a space to leave my engine or bike on their shop floor... and let me use their tools and chemicals... maybe the zero engineering is famous for selling a custom harleys to hollywood celebrity but it is just those bike shop everbody feels welcomed. i don't know what i will be doing if there wasn't zero...

can't go back

now, i got the camshafts... compare to my last cams, the harley made screaming eagls "E" cams, the andrews xr1000 #1 cams have about 2mm more lift. what the hell is that supposed to mean...
2mm nipping off meat around the crankshaft bearing.
After a few hours of "yes" and "no", got a pneumatic hand tool and put a step into the area where you can't go back. i don't know how many xr1000 still exist in the world, however, not many owners put their xr1000s in danger like i am doing... can't wait to go back on race track.

Back in business

after 4 months of absent, the XR1000 is now back in business. engine seems running good. i just took easy today and checked if everything is okay. next race in tsukuba is less than a month away...

it doesn't look good... should i go a little deeper to clean the goo off the edge? no. it was already shaky at a couple of corners when my foot peg was scraching the track. better get rid of the front fork springs i've been using last 45,000miles.

package had arrived

What the hell did I get...?

Yeeeeeeeeee yes!!!

4 pistons for 2 cylinder Harley?? It's just because the manufacturer can take minimum order from 4 pistons. but no worries. 2 of them are actually one-hundredth inch larger than other 2.

They came with precision laser measurement data!!!

It's a Christmas!!!!!!!