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You guys are funny. They are looking for a field engineer though. I work 13+ hour days. It's only scheduled to be 12 hour days, but I run a maintenance crew so I go in an hour early and leave after the night shift is started and all their questions are answered. My shifts are 6am to 6pm Sunday-Tuesday and every other Wednesday. So I work 7 out of every 14 days. I'm burning a vacation day for this coming Sunday.

I have more parts so I can work on the Cruising Missile tomorrow. Yaaaaaaaaay!! And I'm off work until next Monday!

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Congrats on the new cert. I have a question for you; On the A&P licenses they've started putting Charles Taylor's likeness on them instead of Orville & Wilbur. At least that's what I've been told. Mine's got The Wright Brothers on it. I was wondering what's on the Pilot's license now?

Everybody is right with the above responses and all of them will work. The TSC (Tractor Supply) paint can be applied with a brush, roller or spray gun. Your results will vary. I used TSC stuff in the past and it works really well. If you're using a spray gun to apply it there is an additive TSC sells that you will need.

I have pulled the undertail off the bike and painted it. I'll be seam sealing the edges to protect against water intrusion and it'll go back on the bike on Wednesday or Thursday ( whichever one is my next day off). Then I'll start with all the wiring. I also received an email that my turbo ducting parts are on the way and I should have them before Thursday. So I'll be working on that this weekend as well.

Got it and locked you into my phone.

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Welcome to the forum.

I hope I can make this event with a completed project bike.

My door is always open. It would be a good excuse to go for a ride when the temps get warmer.

I'll be using parts of the existing pipe. pipe just need 3 tight 90 degree bends to finish it. That's what I had to order and I ordered them last night. I'll possibly have them by next weekend so there shouldn't be any slow down of progress. I might have to focus on other stuff while I wait but there's still plenty to do.

While doing the shifter I was reminded of something I did a long time ago and it illustrates that I'm a cheap b@$t@^d. I lowered the 12 for drag racing and when you do that you need lowering links; which I have on the bike: and you need a shorter kickstand. Several companies sell them for at least $100 each. http://store.schnitzracing.com/categories/kawasaki/ninja-zx10/frame-protection.html I went to a salvage yard and bought an old ZX7 kickstand, cut it to length and my brother welded it together. We had to add a spring mount to the kickstand as well, so I bought a bolt that we ground down and welded to it as the return spring mount. I painted it before installing it but the paint has faded and chipped in the last 10 years...Total cost to do the mod? about $12. This includes the bolt, kickstand and paint. You can see the weld bead in the photo:

I figured out the shifter issue. It turns out it wasn't anything more than a simple oversight by me. And yes, I feel stupid. The clutch cover is the positive stop for the shifter shaft to keep it from sliding to the right. It has a circlip and washer that prevents it from sliding to the left. When you add the lock up clutch you need the spacer for the clutch cover to enable clearance for everything inside the cover. MTC also makes a spacer for the shifter shaft. It was in my box of parts but I forgot it when digging out the cover spacer. I'm sure I would've found it later but I just wasn't thinking about it last night. That's one of the problems with letting a project sit for long periods of time. I forget stuff. Here's pictures without and with the spacer: Everything's together and life is good. I was able to go ahead and finish the air shifter installation today as well:

You're right on all counts and the airflow (cfm) will be restricted by the smallest inside diameter of the entire pipe length. So if the entire pipe I.D. is 2" except for an elbow that has a 1.5" I.D. then you'll have essentially the cfm allowed by the 1.5" restriction for the whole run and the rest is wasted space... The issue is clearance to the front tire though. With the front end fully compressed I don't think there will be enough clearance to not have interference with the turbo plumbing. The new path will incur 3 90 degree bends but will move the charge pipe outboard a comfortable distance. In my defense I must say that when dealing with family sometimes you agree just to get somebody to shut up.

As for the other issue, I'll start tearing into it tomorrow and see where I get with it.

Thanks for the thoughts guys. It's always appreciated... The expected issue is with the turbo piping. I had a different opinion of how to route it but was talked into the way it was routed. Now that I have the front fender on you can clearly see the issue. It's my fault because I was sure this would happen but I let someone talk me out of my planned layout. I've already selected the parts I need to correct this. Now I wait for the UPS guy. I'm going to rotate the turbo like it is in the photo and reroute the tubing.

Double post...

The expected one is a ducting issue. I'll post pics later. The unexpected is the shifter shaft is moving too much. I might have to drop the engine to fix it.

I two setbacks today. One was expected and one was completely unexpected. Once I figure out what to do about the unexpected one I'll post about the two issues.

Working on it....

You're welcome.

Glad you're enjoying it. I wish I could fast forward to the performance results part of the documentary....

Here's a summary of yesterday's progress. Oil cooler is permanently installed. The scavenge line is permanently installed with the thermal shield installed. FPR is installed. I put rubber between it and the bracket it sets on for anti-vibration purposes. I also did alot of minor maintenance stuff on the bike. I went around it checking torques on everything from engine mount bolts to engine covers, etc....

I stopped at Jeg's last night on the way home from work and today I went to my favorite Kawasaki shop. I've got a bunch of stuff to do! Today's projects: I'll be busy today. Installing the lock up clutch spacer, heat shield for the scavenge pump line, chain guard, FPR & mounting bracket, radiator (it's currently temp installed), oil cooler and quite a few other things! Yaaaaaay!