cheers mike
Didn't take too long to get it all back together, toughest bit was getting the stubs back into the inlets. Fired her up and no leaks etc so took a steady ride down to Chepstow. muddy/wet twisty small mountain road, small throttle openings etc. got to "coffe one", had a big ol latte, phoned my sister then called dave (dynspud) whos thinking of ivanising his too.
"Whats it like?"
"Its ok dave..dunno if its worth the 8 hours its took me to do it all, but yeah, its ok...only had a short ride so far, engine was cold for a third of it..it pulls ok but then it pulled ok before.."
Another coffee, then I thought "well, probably ought to head down the wye valley, open it up, try it out properly.."
Thumbed the starter and woah, on the button! it always turns over at least once or twice when its cold before firing, but not no more.
Headed down the wye, roads are dry, 016s are gripping well, here we go then..
Five minutes later I was sold. Ten minutes later I was having more fun on a motorbike in December than you would think was humanly possible. And two hours later I had to make myself head home...
It was fast before, and it was good before. But now, its definitely faster, and its definitely better. God I love this bike...