Geez we were rusty.  It seems like yonks & yonks ago that we last were out on the track, & it really showed last night.  I reckon with my Le Minz experience in my head I might be trying a bit harder on the corners......just got to re-learn some consistency.

The bikes behaved alright.Mine had gotten a bit noisier (from the gearbox) through the night.  Saw a drip of oil this morn & decided to pull the gearbox apart......all that hammering on the bearings (when fitting) must have pitted them, though it's possible it might be ending up like Darcy says;  "It's reached its design limitations".  I'll be putting a few new bearings in there (again) but taking care this time....& no hammering, & sticking with 80W90.  The oil dripped out because I used some old Loctite Gasket Seal....might not have set as it's yonks old.....be sure to use a proper paper gasket next time!

Shel's bike had a top end rebuild earlier in the week because "the ever reliable bike" had a seize on Monday!  Suspect sticky float as there's been a few occassions in the past whereby it's dumped fuel from the carby overflow.  Getting a new float & valve.  It was such a shock when she returned shortly after her departure for Maleny with the news of the engine cutting out....luckily it didn't really lock up, but neither did it splutter....so I don't really know......it's only anecdotal evidence at best.  Might have been a pre-mix miscalculation: it's still early days for our premixing, & for a while we had different ratios, & so I could have overlooked her mix or something.  We had different ratios because I was still running-in mine.   I think the shock of her coming home with "broken bike" news sent my INR through the roof : it was 4.7 instead of just over 3.  "INR" is International Normalized Ratio for blood clotting: I have to keep mine thin coz of a few health issues.

Now both our bikes are on 2.5% dedicated pre-mix, & I've simply removed the oil reservoir, not bothered to pull 'em apart to yank out the autolube: just left it there.  I joined the 2 autolube hoses together to make a continuous loop till I have the engines apart again.

I've got Shel's UpGear set & bearings ready....just have to checkout the local machinist when he's ready.  She had a blast on my bike on the streets, & she really liked what it could do.  On the track night it seemed pretty zippy.....might lower my roller weight a little more yet....think I was on 5.5g's.