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I'm having a break. Hope to return soon.

Keep the postman busy

The postman's been sweating the hell out these days delivering part boxes to either my personal mailbox, work address or even my parent's home ...

Some Honda steering stem caps and washer for 929 CBR forks (plus a pen goodie, yoohoo !)

ZX7R fork seals (plus a keychain goodie, yoohoo !)

A spare ZX7R subframe that will serve as a racing seat unit support, hence it's going to be cut

A ZX10R lower fork clamp to start the mocking up front ends job with a fork swap as a target

Projects are still a bit stuck for now, but parts keep on coming, so there's no reason they linger for too long any more apart from a significant one : me having no sort of time to work on the bikes.

Racing battery

One of the easiest and quickest way to pull some weight off a motorcycle, as well as put a whole in your wallet, is to install a lightweight battery. There has been one in order for a month and it made it to the garage's door last week.

A standard ZX7R battery, say a Yuasa YT12B, weighs a heavy 4.09kg. The Racing Batteries RB240400 is as light as 1.05kg, which makes a full 3.04kg gain once installed.

Of course the tiny battery does not have the same dimensions as the standard one, causing a short head scratching moment during the installation process in order to attach it properly. Of course, there are some maintenance instructions that you should follow thoroughly so you don't damage the LiFePO4 battery permanently. But it's still an easy mod for a huge saving.

Now, to the pics. I put a well-known toy next to the RB240400 so everyone can figure out how small is this battery.

Racing Batteries recommend the use of a specific charger and suggest you get an Optimate Lithium battery tender. You can buy one direct from them.

The whole set came in what is certainly the worst packaged box that made its way to the garage last year.

Winter's hot track days

Forget the cold and windy winter and head south for a warm sunny trackday weekend. Some famous UK trackday promoters do offer a wide range of "European tracks" events, some taking place in Spain on their wide and fast MotoGP-approved tracks like Valencia, Jerez or Aragon.

So if you're track mule's ready to be waken early from its winter storage and if you've already recovered from last year's late high fat rate celebrations, then maybe one the following link might be of interest somehow :

- Focus Events

- Track Sense

- No Limits Trackdays

Of course there are some others around the place and most offer complete packages with flights and accommodations for the rider and hauling for his bike.

No Limits Trackdays' offering

Happy New Year

Happy new year everyone ! 

Memorable rides, hardly moving two-wheeled projects and a bit of track action is the least to expect from 2014. Keep an eye on this place as this is where these events will be reported. Well, if they only happen, that is ...

Wishing you all the best.