Now that I have more than a few seconds to post an update... a few other details:
It's incredibly loud! At 8k, people in the garage couldn't even yell over the volume of the bike. I may need to figure out a baffle system. Yes, I admit I was warned.
Plugs were white and header pipes 2, 3, and 4 were glowing within a few minutes, leading me to think the needles could stand to be raised. But, the bike wasn't under load, so I won't make any changes until we're using the exhaust gas analyzer and the dyno.
Rings seated beautifully. Not a hint of smoke in the exhaust. I only put a small amount of oil on the piston skirts and start-up with dry bores - like wiped down with carb-cleaner dry. It's always worked for me.
The Dyna2000 was a piece of cake to set up, including adjusting the static timing for each pair of cylinders.
Next step, tuning and break in on the dyno. I'm pretty confident that we'll have a few full-power pulls under our belts on Tuesday night. I promise we'll have video for the voyeurs among us.
After that, we'll get the brakes, rudimentary wiring harness, sidestand, seat, and fuel-tank together - and it'll be ready for road-testing to check for handling, braking and control location. Following road-testing, we'll build the full wiring harness, relocate controls as necessary, complete fabrication, tear it down and send it off for powder and paint. (Sounds simple when put that way, doesn't it?) Best guess at completion is November.
