I got something in the mail today:



I went from this:



To This:



I also painted the airbox plugs:



I couldn't wait until Thursday.

 

Today's projects in pictures:

 

Very thoughtful, Mike.....I like the "Breast Cancer Awareness" motif.

Lookin' good, dude. How soon till you're screamin' down the highway??

 

You're funny. I ordered black and they sent me that.
Oh well. It'll hold boost.


Thanks. I hope to hear it run this weekend. Possibly next weekend at the latest.

 

Let me know, I'll go outside and listen....

 

hahaha, I was razzin jeff on one of his posts earlier. Could not resist. This just tops it off with the pink thing.

 

I didn't get much done today before my nephew called and asked me to fix his XR70. The carb was gummed up, so I spent most of the afternoon taking care of him. I did get the ducting from the turbo to the airbox (plenum) heat wrapped. I did this for the area where it's in close proximity to the header because I don't want to have to make repairs down the road. I also figured out where I want my fuel pressure guage. I have it hooked up to the FPR but not mounted yet. If I have time tomorrow I'll make a mounting bracket for it. It's the same for the Boost Guage, in that I know where I want to mount it but I haven't got it done yet.

 

(Oh man!!! You HAD to go and cover it up, didn't you!!?)

Are you going to Cape Canaveral to launch this thing? Head's up, double-check the solid fuel rocket boosters. I hear those things develop bad seals.

(Lookin' good, Mike!)

 

Yes I did!

Nope, and I'll keep an eye on the SRB's, thanks for the heads up.

Thanks!

 

I finally got the chance to get back to work on the Cruising Missile. I did minor stuff, so far, like fixing broken electrical connectors and re-wrapping parts of the wire harness. The main thing I did today was put heat shielding on the horn wires. It seems irrelevant but I don't want the wires melting and causing other issues for me later on down the road. I'll be back at it later today but here's a few pictures of why I was concerned with the horn wires:





The wires run under the radiator over to the other side of the bike so they'll be just in front of the main heat source on the bike.



After the shield was installed: