Vintage 1000 Dual Sport Ride

[Rick Bennett]

With Mid Ohio now over, I have removed the motor and disassembled for inspection. The piston started life at 54.93 mm and now measures 54.90 mm after roughly 3500 miles, including 700 in the dust on the trip. Piston clearance went from .0025" to just short of .004". Top ring gap is now .012". Crank end play gained .001" and is now .002". The rod has no play I can detect on either end. Tomorrow I will measure the clutch. 19 days before round two. I leave for the Vintage 1000 mountain route on August 2nd, a 2400 mile trip.
 
Rick