Hot damn that's nice. Congrats on getting it done! Now we need the ice to melt for road reports

 

Truth is, by today, the ice that covered the streets was 100% gone, but it's still cold as **** (16 ºF and windy), and there is sand and salt EVERYwhere!!

 

Well, as a guy who has spent some time in the northern states with snow and salt and sand, I recommend waiting a bit for the roads to clean up some lol. Like I have to convince you huh?
Living down a dirt road, actually more sand then dirt, I will be the first one to admit riding on sand sucketh very mucheth. Even more so then dirt! I have waited this long, lol, I can wait for the ride report.

 

JNS is that a stock upper stay bracket you have for your gauges? i wanted to put or make sort of my own like they use for the track just something thats a single gauge if possible. i dont like all that room the gauges take up on the f2's

 

What you see on the street bike, is the modified OEM gauge cluster, that was once on the race bike, and then replaced by the Koso gauge set - full details on that are on page 15 of this thread, starting at post #149.

On the fairing stay, yes, that is stock. It was also the one from the race bike, and when I needed an OEM one for this bike, I stole it from the race bike, and upgraded to the Graves race fairing stay - full details on that, with pics of the Graves fairing stay, start on page 31, post #305.

The Graves stay alone, saved 2 lb. of weight - it is a bare-bones aluminum race fairing stay, and I have to warn you, that the holes in the stay do NOT line up with the fairing upper holes, or the mirrors, so you'll have to come up with some way to compensate for this, if you did go with an aftermarket race fairing stay... that said, I don't think it would be too difficult, it would just require some ingenuity.

 

Hot diggity!! I finally had time to get the bike registered/tagged this morning, so if we don't get any new ice/snow for a bit, and the sand/salt on the roads diminishes somewhat, I can get this baby on the road a little!

 

Yippee ki-yay!! It got to 63° yesterday, so I got out for about a 1/2 hour or so, after getting the clutch adjusted for a little additional lever travel before engagement.

The bike felt great, though slightly weird, since this is the first time I've ridden in 3 or 4 months, and that was on a big, fat, heavy, cruiser with a standard shift pattern and a vastly different riding position, so this was the first time back on a proper bike since April!

After yesterday's ride, I found that the levers needed some angle adjustment, so I took care of that before riding the bike back to work after lunch today, and during that ride, I dialed-in the lever settings with regard to the distance from the clip-on, so now I feel completely at home on it again... 65° today!!

Another thing I have to attend to is fueling, because I think I might be a tad rich on the pilot circuit - yesterday, the bike died at two different stoplights, after it had gotten fully up to temp.
Starting it back up was easy, and since: a) choke made those re-starts impossible, b) it started quicker with the throttle 3/4 to wide open, c) there's no popping on decel, and c) the issue presented itself when the bike got hotter... I'm leaning towards a rich condition.

This next weekend I'll pull the bodywork, and turn the pilot screws in at least an 1/8 - maybe 1/4, and reassess the situation.

 

Congrats on the test ride! Surely feels good to get back on the horns! Just got my bikes home last weekend and been trying to build tables to the workshop but a 1yr baby next door and an 8mth at home restricts the noisy hours a bit...

Btw since you seem to know about fuel mixtures could you throw a guess what makes the Daytona bang like heck on decel when cold? Can't get an answet from the triumphists, most seem to just ride rather than properly tinker with them...

 

JNS, yesterday is the first time since April you rode one of your "sportbikes"! Your kidding right? I guess if I count up the days I actually ride, it isnt all the much. Anyhow, your street F2 looks amazing. How much you looking to get for it when you sell it?

 

Thanks Frank, and yes, it had been that long!

As far as the price goes, I'm not exactly certain... if I put a new rear hugger on the bike right now, so that it is "complete", I would definitely be selling it for maximum book value, as it would be mechanically and cosmetically immaculate, not to mention have a lot of upgrades over stock setup.

Now after adding the new tail, the new tires, Repsol orange powder-coated rims, and having the frame, new subframe, and swingarm all powder-coated, I might even have it at above book price, and I won't feel bad about that, as I regularly see morons on Craigslist with F2s priced as much as $1000 over maximum book value, when the bike is sub-standard at best.