Sunday 24 June 2012

Water pump and re-wire

After speaking to the makers of my borrowed shift lights I ended up re-wiring my bike so I can take a feed off of the CDI ignition signal.  I'm also going to try the same with the quick shifter to see if that gets it working at high RPM too. While I was at it I also added an extra power line for the water pump controller.

I made up a blank for the pump and have plumbed it all up, though at the moment I don't think the fairings will go on with the current pipe routing.


Wednesday 13 June 2012

Oulton

The bike ran pretty well, the rider not so great.  I just couldn't get comfortable.  I don't think it helped being on a circuit where after 2 laps i'd wheelied more on a motorbike than in my previous 6 years of racing.

I didnt get dyno'd/weighed, but I did put the bike on the scales in the scruit bay which are pretty accurate, it came out at 171kg with 10 litres of fuel.  So i'm about 166kg with the minimum-ish amount of fuel i need for a post race dyno run and the 2 litres needed for fuel testing.  I need to see what it makes on the circuit dyno, but for now i'll just run with extra fuel in the tank till i'm sure.

Few things to resolve, it seemed to be burning a very small amount of oil, but it was hard to really tell. I still have the pulsing through the brakes and they did start to fade a little.  My shift lights and quick shifter don't work at high RPM, so i'm going to alter my harness and re-wire them.  I'm also adding power wires for the water pump controller.

On the plus side Steve Jordan has sorted my suspension and the rear tyre wear is now much better, though Oulton isnt as hard on tyres as Brands.