Spent a couple hours last night working on the Viffer. Got the valve shims and buckets all changed out and in place, cams back on and tight. The best feeling of the night? turning the engine over and getting that wonderful feeling of it working properly!
Now if I can get some time to do the thermostat, shift lever seal, headlight relay, and the oil change, I'll get it back on the road! Having been with out the Viffer for a month, its high time to get it back!
Mimosa is my schools annual formal banquet.
This year it was held in a ballroom of the Gaylord Texan
Decided to go to Mimosa last night, so I paid my $30 and off I went. Dressed as a Ninja.
The brother and a fellow gymnastics teammate were also dressed as Ninjas.
After walking in from the parking garage (I'm not paying Valet when I'm going stag!) and getting many interesting stares, looks, and comments, we finally made it to the ballroom. Of course we ran up the down escalators, cause thats what Ninjas do.
Upon attempting to enter the banquet, we were asked to wait, pending arrival of someone to approve our "disruptive" attire. We pressed the issue a bit and were allowed in.
Tables are set for groups of couples so it makes it a bit interesting when you're alone and I wound up at a nearly empty table in the corner, no worries, its easier to observe prey, I mean, people, from the corner then the center of the room.
Entertainment was a bit on the sparse side, but may have been ok if I'd had a date. But then I heard more then one person commenting that they would have rather spent the $60 to take a date some other place.
Food was ok, but I guess I'm just not uppity enough, too fancy for me.
All in all, a decent evening, but a note of reference for myself: NEVER go solo unless being paid or specifically with a group of friends and y'all are sitting together.
Thursday a bunch of us were up in Dallas and a friend and brought his '01 Triumph 600TT up for use in a drama we were doing. Well he didn't want to ride it home in the dark and "cold" so I got elected to ride it home.
I was presently surprised to find that I wasn't in sever pain when I got home. my bum was quite happy. Shoulders were a bit sore on arrival, but I think that was mostly do to the immense amount of tumbling I'd done the day before on a hard surface.
Oh, that little fairing doesn't do jack. I'll happily take my VFR over that bike. Not to say that I wouldn't love one for track days though!
Friday my brother acquired a '95 Yamaha Virago 1100. He's been wanting a bike for awhile and since the one he was riding ('86 XV250) was a loaner and the owner took it back, he's REALLY been wanting one. He found this one for pretty cheap and in pretty good condition. Needs the carbs adjusted, but thats to be expected for a 12yo bike.
Since he botched his left ankle at the show Thursday night, I got elected to ride it home.
I've never ridden a cruiser so this was a new experience for me.
The seat needs to be a few inches back so I'm not leaned back, and the pegs need to be less forward. Guess I'm not prime for a cruiser huh?
Riding that bike makes me look good though, in the 10mi ride home, I drug both feet and slid the back tire twice. Yeah, I like more clearance and sticky tires.
At the risk of sounding like Squeaky, who's going to let me ride their bike next?
