First ride - no problems

[Alexander Finger]

Brilliant! If the weather is fine I'll go down to Ardeche on the ascension
weekend :)


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 3:46 AM, Drew Blanchard <drewblanchard at gmavt.net>wrote:

> Finally dug Barry, my blue '96, out of the garage.  He's been buried back
> there  since fall, made even more difficult to get at by all the moving
> boxes we've been putting in the garage (house is for sale, lots of lookers,
> planning to move a bit further north this summer).  Every year, I kind of
> dread the process and hassle of getting the bike started - made much worse
> by ethanol and time.  For the last 6 years, my wife's '84 Shadow fires up
> with bulletproof reliability, and every year she waits patiently for me to
> get the Kawi running (and STAY running) so we can go for our first ride.
>  Not this year.  Pulled the tender off the battery, put the battery back in
> the bike, hit "prime" for 4 seconds, pulled the choke and WHAM!  Fired
> right up.   I was so surprised I almost thumbed the starter again out of
> pure reflex.
>
> We headed out for a short shakedown, pulled over, rechecked everything,
> then out for about 125 stunningly beautiful miles through Vermont's Green
> Mountains.  Gorgeous day, and the bike ran so smoothly it was almost eerie.
>  Barry still pulls like a freight train, and never missed a beat.
>
> I can't say enough good things about the guys at Roadside Marine in
> Williston, VT (http://www.roadsidemotorsports.com).  I sent Barry to them
> last summer, sick and tried of things running like crap - especially if the
> bike sat for more than a few days.  They did a complete carb overhaul, went
> up one size on both pilot and main jets (making the bike a little cold
> blooded on those really crisp days) and generally worked miracles.  These
> guys did similar magic for my '96 Triumph Daytona Super 111 a few years ago
> (MAN that bike sounded good!).
>
> I realized I'd actually begun to dread this year's riding season, because I
> simply don't have the time or energy to deal with ANOTHER year of
> runs-like-crap.  Feels like a weight's been lifted - and I'm no longer
> consumed with thoughts of trying to trade the GPZ for a newer, fuel
> injected ride.
>
> Woo hoo!
>
> Here's a pic, taken by my wife.  She, too, was surprised Barry started so
> easily.  And that puff of smoke?  That's just the sweet smell of success
> (and a tiny bit of oil burning off the top of the cylinders).
>
>
> http://s838.photobucket.com/user/drewinvt/media/Barryisalive.jpg.html?filters[user]=96022902&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=0
>
> Drew in VT
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