You know how you have all winter to do something, but somehow forget to get it done until spring? That happened to me. (Well, also buying a bunch of presents for Tecnicomoto’s niece and nephew.)
What that really boils down to is that the cylinder work that needed to be done on Gunther was put off until spring when I had an entire winter to do it.
Let me back up a bit: at the end of 2017, Tecnicomoto had to do a bunch of motor work on Gunther. While that got the bike running for my next race, there were small puffs of smoke escaping every time I shifted. Tecnicomoto thought it was likely because the piston rings weren’t seated properly, which would be because the stock piston went back into the bike after it had already been running the race piston.
I waited until March to get this done, assuming I had plenty of time before my races in June. Before sending anything anywhere, we’d called and confirmed the expected turnaround time. Millenium Technologies (a machine shop in Milwaukee) was the final choice, mostly because it was close by and we could drive from Chicago to Milwaukee if we needed to pick it up or drop it off.
Turnaround time is supposed to be 2 to 3 weeks… we’ll see how it goes. If it takes much longer than that, I’ll be on vacation in Spain.