It never rains!!

Just had a call from Steve, the guy that prepares my engines, he was heating the crankcases to fit the new bearings when he found one of the cases has a crack and cannot be used. He will have to use the cases from my spare motor but they will have to be machined out to accomodate the bigger barrel, so more expense but essential if the bike is to be ready for the first race at Cadwell, May 16th. Steve assured me it will be ready for next weekend, and as that is a bank holiday I aim to get the engine in and hopefully fire her up, then it will be down to the dyno to find out what the motor is capable of doing.

My namesake in Indiana, USA has also run into problems with the jetting on hi Yamaha 400 so if you can give him any words of advice check out his blob, http://davesfzr400.blogspot.com (click on the link from my site).