| Picked my rear Diablo up on the way home yesterday. During my lunch-break I had shaped and trimmed the seat foam so on arriving home the first task was to fit the seat foam, easily done with a pot of Evo-stick. Was just about to top up the fuel when I had a visit from one of the nighbours who then wanted to talk about bikes for the next 45 mins. Finally the tank was topped up, helmet, boots and gloves were put on and off I went for a little jolly in the country. I soon noticed the gear position was still to high and the front end wasn't quite straight. The roads were still a bit crowed with people making their way home from work so there wasn't much chance to open the bike up until on the way back home the road opened up onto a long straight which was void of cars, so I wound the throttle to the stop and had her flat out through the gears then as the 30 limit approached I was hard on the brake and unlike last time the bike didn't cut out. I'm hoping the replacement tank and pump have cured the problem but as this wasn't a true simulation of 3 laps on a race track I can't be certain.
After getting home I removed the rear Metzeler Sportec and replaced it with the Diablo and if weather permits I will will do some more road testing prior to loading the bike up for Cadwell.  |