Tow vehicle pretty much taken care of. Trailer getting close.
However, here is a great demonstration of why to NOT wait before doing your maintenance.
I had finished the R6, and it's sitting ready to load in a couple weeks. Great. The spare bike is done. Now it's time for my primary bike. Besides just cleaning, lube, refresh the rear shock, checking torque on bolts, fluid changes, I needed to replace my clutch cable and replace the front right motor mount bolt. The head of the bolt was slightly damaged, and I felt it was better to replace it while there was more than enough surface to get a tool on it, than damage it just a little more and not be able to remove it. Clutch cable already replaced, things cleaned up, coolant already flushed and filled, went through brakes, safety wire, etc. So, just replace one single bolt. Easy.
Loosened the pinch bolt on the frame (right side GSXR motor mount bolt goes through frame, through steel bushing, into case. Removed bolt. Put a little blue loctite on new bolt, threaded it in, adjusted torque wrench to correct setting as per service manual open to correct page, and set the bolt. Checked service manual on pinch bolt, adjusted torque wrench, started tightening the pinch bolt, and (yeah, you guessed it) SNAP!
So, even though the very good quality, calibrated, torque wrench was set to 16.5 lbs and it never clicked, I was rewarded with.....
Moral of the story? Had I waited much longer, my stress level on trying to get this friggin thing ready for Jennings would be through the roof. Fortunately, thanks to Max, I have a game plan and already have the engine "mostly" ready to come out (rad, airbox, throttle bodies, exhaust, etc all removed) and REALLY thanks to Max, I'll have a replacement frame here tomorrow night!
Did I say thanks, Max?
