DE ODDS+5 for good intentions
-3 for being inside 20 days trying to put the bike together for the first time
(it is
always Rex's first time together in any particular configuration -- you did catch Lancer's comment about "aligning the rotors to the calipers so they actually work" didn't you?
-1 for getting distracted by GF's and grandkids
(fer losing all his awshit response time -- see -1 listed above and -1s listed below)
-1 for residual damage left from last year's squeal out (never heard a root cause for that nor the corrective actions taken to keep it from doing it again)
-2 for the historical creation of new issues coming up due to yet MORE NEW STUFF (example, did that head gasket actually fit that huge new bore, or did you have a metal lip hanging out into the jug "out in the air" with the crinkle pressure hump right at the edge of the new 97mm bore?)
..... remember, it is a HIGH COMPRESSION 12:1 piston you are using now, do you have a high compression head gasket to go with it, or are you jest using a slightly mis-fitted 7.5:1 Suzuki stock head gasket?
<stage 2 cam vs 12:1 piston vs valve float at high rpms?>
BTW, good point about the starter motor and battery power -- you may need to bump start her in 4th gear.
-1 for untested fer the mountains running gear (I'm with Verslagen, those duallys with multiple pucks per disk hooked up to ???which??? master cylinder may result in unpredictably strong front wheel braking response = ??? instant lowside potential ??? up in the twisties)
(betcha he can do him a hellacious wicked stoppie though)
+2 because he's pissed now -- that cranky b*tch is gonna get slapped into shape no matter what she comes up with.
+1 the crow factor -- reward for success includes watching us chew stringy sour crow meat and spit out them black feathers.
DE ODDS is offically "neutral" at this point in time, but she ain't fired up yet so any of the negatives could pick up a few points as soon as he hits the starter button.
In any case, his ultimate fall back bike is up running good up in Fayetteville, NC so he's got no excuse not to come -- drive on up, dump the car, tranfer his stuff to the big bags on the XV535 and RIDE !!!