3xv: Project Phoenix

[busa1300]

Glad you made it back in one piece, along with some peace of mind that you did what you meant to do   
What organization did you have running the track day?

[Steveog]

Thanks, Busa.

Hope I didn't overdo my attempt to wrap-up a story. But, a bit of euphoria and an adult beverage tend to open your feelings.

Today: "Midwest Track Days" managed by Jeffery Wheat. He personally balanced my tyres. They have one last event at the NCM in Bowling Green, mid-October.

We also have confidence in "Track Day Winners", run by John Cook. He let me borrow his personal GSXR-750 last September after the 3xv ate its crank and most of the upper end.

Mid-Ohio Calls their service a "school". But it's organized much as the two above, plus they offer lunch under their entry fees. The track is the most interesting of all, but needs a resurface. It's unridable in the rain or if at all wet.

MCRA only has track days at Gateway near St. Louis. Pretty cool running inside a NASCAR facility, but they're done for the year.

All great people. PM me for more specifics. They all have web and social media presence.

Finally, there was an RS 250 Aprilla Rider in the "Advanced Group" today. Great to have another 2T in the mix.

Enjoy your Sunday.

Steve

[Warwick]

Great to hear things went well, Steve. Very well earned after all the hard work, I'd say!

Love the pic too - really atmospheric. 

Here's to more of the same. 

[Martin77]

Yeah, nice one! 

That cloud is a little scary, we don't get things like that over here..

[Steveog]

Thanks, Guys.

It's called a "Shelf Cloud". Potentially the source of Tornadoes. It is very unusual for one to fly solo.

I could draw some symbolic significance to this event and the rest of the Track Day. This time, I'll just leave it alone.

Of course, a few new problems were discovered when riding the bike in anger, but I'll ask them in the 3xv forum.

Have a good Sunday.

Steve

[SeaR1ck]

I brought this back up because I found a new way for removing stuck swingarm pivot bolts. But this will only work on hollow bolts.

Take a tap and thread the open end and then get a long threaded bolt. Use some sockets big enough and deep enough. To pass the bolt through the center. Of course use a socket big enough to fit over the bolt and deep enough to get pulled into it.

Also big enough to press against the side of the frame. Use fender washers between the sockets or make a tube.

As you tighten the bolt against the washers into the threaded part of the axle. It will pull the bolt out into the socket.

[Steveog]

Very creative, Rick. It seems a big socket, deep enough to be used as a puller would be good investment if we encounter a frozen swing-arm pivot shaft. In my situation, such a solution would also seem to require a breaker-bar. That sucker was STUCK.

Thanks for the update to my project.

Steve