Changed the oil today, just because I dont trust our local dealer after they put 70 lbs of air in my tires, under filled the motor and over filled the transmission. Got redline primary and transmission fluid on the way to see how that does.

Also in case anyone is curious on how Cobra's El Diablos sound, here's a crappy attempt at a video.

 

sounds pretty damn good to me!

 

Plus 1 on that... tomp dd50

 

Installed a SM skid plate. After I modified it to fit with sputhe’s front stabilizer...

 

Put the seat back on, tried some different mirror mountings just to put them back on the original way, and recharged the air filter.

 

Starting on the Engine kit ....................


Valve train coming apart



Checking crank runout (.0025")





It came with high capacity needle bearings , I'm changing them anyways , new cams - always = new bearings



pulling the old bearings



installing the new bearings



on break now..................

 

Bolted up my new Racing Bros 14" piggy backs. And a new rear crash bar.

 

Nice weather = 2 days in the garage putting her back together. Was a bit worried about the forks since I was adding new springs and intimidators but those were not bad at all, just took time to read & integrate 3 sets of directions. Lots of fresh black powder. DK coil / Horn relo. Plugs / wires.

 

Finally got my new bags mounted. I love them! So much more room than my old setup. Plus, I can strip the whole setup off the bike in under 30 seconds, and the only thing left on the bike are the 4 mount points. So I have the best of both worlds now. Lots of storage capacity for my long trips, and stripped down sexy when banging around locally.

 

Winter mods in full swing. Good Good😆