Posted by
motogrady on
Oct 17, 2013; 3:14pm
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man, that is a good looking bike.

the pipe does look like something is getting kinda hot, the blueing that far back.
Maybe pull a sparkplug and see what color the tip is.
White, bad, it's running lean.
Black, too much fuel or oil getting in the cylinder.
You want a light brown color.
If you hear a kinda pinging, or chirping, especially when you get on it, have it checked.
The blueing might just be from the bigbore kit, but I'd watch it.
As far as riding weather, a good set of ski gloves, a fullface helmet, a set
of skiing overalls, 3 pairs of socks and a good windproof jacket,
as long as there isn't snow or ice around, let's go riding!