Untested

Easter then ...... umm, new gazebo was ace. Came home with 2 trophys, but it was a bit of a disappointment really.
Friday it rained all day and nothing went down the track. Saturday it was slow going and we didn't get called till mid afternoon. Took the bike down, did a burnout and started pushing the bike towards the stage beams, halted to select 1st gear and i could hear an odd noise from the engine. Took another listen and sure enough an odd tapping noise - then i remembered the last time it sounded funny and i ran it anyway and it destroyed itself. So i turned it off and pushed it away.
Back in the pits i checked the tappets, lashcaps, camchain, clutch but found nothing. Ran it again and i spotted smoke coming from one of the unused 6mm cylinder head bolts. the head gasket was leaking! there was no time to pull the head off as we were due out again, so i loosened all the head bolts and re torqued em hoping it might do the job but no, still the same, and the tappety noise was still there. And so i didn't run and didn't qualify. We headed off home teh next day. I've since investigated further and can't find anything else wrong, the noise must've just been produced by gas leaking past the gasket. The power rings i got last time were rubbish so i wasn't too surprised they leaked when reused. New set on the way.
Lots of work on new bike recently, many things have come together making it feel that bit closer to getting finished. The bodywork is mostly sanded and ready for paint, and more importantly i have a final paint scheme i'm now happy with .... on the computer least. I've also made a start on a set of wheelie bars for it, battery box, nitrous bottle bracket are under construction too, oh and pistons are on the way as well.