Unfortunately, I've been neglecting this project due to so much other routine maintenance on other things. I've simply put them off for too long a time due to this project. One thing I managed to get done shortly after returning from the dot MS West Coast Meet was to finally replace the leaking water pump in my old 2003 Suburban. That wound up taking an entire afternoon.
After that, I had to replace my side yard gate...well, at least one anchor post and the gate side that swung on it. That took most of a morning on a day off.
Then came all the required work on my Aprilia. I'd neglected the old girl for some time due to both this project and the 996. It was seriously time to show it some love. I detailed that in another thread, elsewhere in the forum, but that wound up being almost an entire day.
Then the 996 love, also detailed in another thread, took over my time. It is far from being done too, and it needs other stuff, like new tires and an oil change. Tires will have to wait as the little GSXR is now lined up for a significant amount of work too.
It also needs tires, as well as an oil change, plus coolant change and installation of the new hoses I bought for it a year ago.
The work on the GSXR will get done first as I already have everything to do it save the oil and tires. Tires will get ordered on payday (next Friday) and I'll get those knocked out as soon as they arrive. Barring any surprises anyway.
Like the surprise of my oldest son's wedding. That took up today. Found out about it last night. Yes, it was sudden, but not like that. It wasn't supposed to go down until October.
996 will get an oil change soon, before I continue on with the diagnostics on the EFI system. All of the above happens BEFORE I get back to working on the PSS. This does not mean nothing is being done in the mean time.
I've ordered parts and gotten to a few bits here and there. New head light bulbs arrived (nice new LEDs) and when I went to install them on the OEM head lamp shell, the wire retainer was missing.
I remembered right around then that it wasn't present when I got the bike because some numpty failed miserably at installing an HID set up. It did not work when I got the bike and was one of the first things to go.
I looked up and in fact, ordered some wire retainers for the H4 bulb. None were correct, and there were 6 in the box. I'm on the fence about modifying one so that I can use that. Mean while, it's held in with safety wire while it sits in the protective box I stored the shell in.
Rewired the head light wiring also, as it was hacked to bits in the fiasco described above.
The side fairings have been removed to reinforce the mount holes. I did one side already by laminating some carbon fiber cloth onto the back of the AirTech glass.
Difficult stuff to work when you have to cut it into strips for the job. Probably should have just ordered the Carbon Kevlar cloth and gone with that.
About the same time that I ordered a few parts for the 996, I ordered a billet front sprocket cover from eBay for the PSS. I think it's on the slow boat from China despite being listed as located in SoCal.
According the ad, it's located less than an 8 hour drive away. Still waiting on it after a month. Think that about covers it for now. More, after I finish up all the other stuff on my plate.