{"id":933,"date":"2010-05-20T15:13:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T15:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/?p=933"},"modified":"2018-08-15T16:11:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T21:11:11","slug":"things-are-afoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/mega-squirt-efi\/vw-trike\/things-are-afoot\/","title":{"rendered":"Things are Afoot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tuesday evening, I got to play rescue ranger for a friend who’s dying battery had stranded him. When I got back, I didn’t do much on the trike, not really wanting to do the 15-20 minutes of preparation I generally need to get started when I was only had an hour or so total. I did replace the throttle spring on the yellow trike with a lighter pull spring. I have not yet ridden it with the new spring, but it seems like it will work well and significantly reduce throttle hand fatigue, which is a big issue on that one. I use a cramp buster, but I rest the heel of my hand on it and still have press down to maintain highway speeds.<\/p>\n

I digress.<\/p>\n

[updated 5\/21\/2010]
\nLast night I took a little video<\/a> of the engine running with a Canon compact digital. The sound and picture are way better than the Blackberry video<\/a>, taken in the dark with sound apparently set to “extra crappy”, and the new one has no irritating narration.<\/p>\n

I also did some work on the handlebars, needed to begin wiring the chassis and body, and I mounted a fuel pressure gauge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Tonight I have a prior commitment, but tomorrow morning, I pick up the body with new upholstery!<\/p>\n

With all these pieces coming together this week, I hope to be able to take it around the block sometime this weekend, at which time I can really begin to tune on the engine.<\/p>\n

Speaking of tuning, I heard back from SpeedTek about the dyno thing. The 6-pulls-in-2-hours deal has to be scheduled well in advance. At any given time, they need 2-3 weeks lead time since the pretty much dedicate a technician for 2 hours. There is a chance I may be able to get on the schedule for the week of my vacation in June, but I will probably wait till after that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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