Prepping the Bike

Sunday was spent doing maintainence to the race bike. Jfd's dad threw in a helping hand, drawing from his experience of racing rallys in an austin healy sprite in the late 60's early 70's.


Threw on a new d607 in record time (110 minutes) while dad changed the oil 2 or three times ("why is this bolt in the drain pan? Oh, crap).

Oiled the chain with the kind of ease that only a racer of jfd's caliber posseses. Then they changed the fork oil...quickly because mom wanted them to watch a movie with her.

With frequent calls to the mechanic, who was tending to his wife at home, the fork oil was changed by the next day, and just might stay in the forks during the race. They neglected to tighten a bolt that holds down the damping device before filling the fork, so it probably isn't going to get tightened til the next time the fork oil is changed. Racing is all about risks, and this is a risk jfd is willing to take.

By the time the coolant was changed, there was enough fluids spilled on the garage floor to service another LC4. So with a dust pan and a squeegee, we were able to get those fluids into the bike of a lesser rider in the stable. Nothing is wasted.

Stripped off the extra "desert racing weight" and suddenly jfd has a lean enduro machine that probably weighs under 400 lbs. Now only to figure out where he'll put his tools and spare parts...