Had a long list of things to yesterday so where to start? Boulevard Boyz' Chito's birthday was tonight and I wondered if I could make the cut by then. I also had the hard start issue as my first big hurdle so I called in Manny and like a 5 minute pizza delivery he came over to the shop and as always wowed me as he had Brutus up and running in less time it took me to buy Coke light.
The bike is scheduled to have its electricals tweaked to respond like a cheetah on speed as he explained what was needed to have this 400cc smoke even a higher displacement sportsbike while minimizing the need for maintenance and stretching the engine's lifespan and performance.
Ok so its running. The familiar grunt was a welcome noise so sweet to my eardrums. But where to sit? I had been playing with a personal design for the special springs I got so off to cutting and fabricating the mounts. I also tigged the brace across the inside of the frame, opting not to do the steel-plate-over-the-frame type thing, which is what a commoner would probably do. Took me about 3 hours to do everything before Cicero started call-text barraging me about what where and when to meet later. I'll finish sealing up the frame this weekend. At least the seat was functional - and I can test the welds tonight.
I fetched Gil at his shop and off we went to QC via Edsa towards Greenhills and out the back to ABS where we hooked up with Cicero and rumbled to Nato's, a great hangout in QC that somehow mutated from a normal carinderia to a full blown cruiser hangout. We were greeted with familiar faces from my old group the Boulevard Boyz and it turned out to be a nice exchange afterward. Too bad Ed is down with the flu and he couldn't come. (Get well soon, Ed) Food was great - amusing thing was if you want extra rice you have to eat with bare hands, use a spoon and fork, no free rice. Cute :)
I didn't bring my borrowed camera. Darn it i really need to get my own.
The bike is scheduled to have its electricals tweaked to respond like a cheetah on speed as he explained what was needed to have this 400cc smoke even a higher displacement sportsbike while minimizing the need for maintenance and stretching the engine's lifespan and performance.
Ok so its running. The familiar grunt was a welcome noise so sweet to my eardrums. But where to sit? I had been playing with a personal design for the special springs I got so off to cutting and fabricating the mounts. I also tigged the brace across the inside of the frame, opting not to do the steel-plate-over-the-frame type thing, which is what a commoner would probably do. Took me about 3 hours to do everything before Cicero started call-text barraging me about what where and when to meet later. I'll finish sealing up the frame this weekend. At least the seat was functional - and I can test the welds tonight.
I fetched Gil at his shop and off we went to QC via Edsa towards Greenhills and out the back to ABS where we hooked up with Cicero and rumbled to Nato's, a great hangout in QC that somehow mutated from a normal carinderia to a full blown cruiser hangout. We were greeted with familiar faces from my old group the Boulevard Boyz and it turned out to be a nice exchange afterward. Too bad Ed is down with the flu and he couldn't come. (Get well soon, Ed) Food was great - amusing thing was if you want extra rice you have to eat with bare hands, use a spoon and fork, no free rice. Cute :)I didn't bring my borrowed camera. Darn it i really need to get my own.
