Meeting With Fellow Member

Today is perhaps a sad one for me as I am in the process right now of selling my SV Racebike AND enclosed race trailer to our fellow member Phil The German enthusiast. He and his beautiful wife drove up from South Carolina to cash in on a spectacular deal on both of these items and so many other race accessories within the trailer - such as tire warmers, extra tires, etc.

Though it marks a new chapter in my life its a much bigger one for Phil which he is sure to post reviews of how this little Vtwin runs for him? I couldnt think of a better home for it all to go to and know he will love playing with it!
Best wishes Phil !!

Congrats Phil, dive safe on the way back home and see you Saturday. Hope to meet you one day too Gunny, from anither retired Army 1SG!!!!!

Rob,

Glad to see the SV went to a good home and fellow forum member. Now you'll have more room for Pani parts in the garage Gunny! Congrats on the new ride Phil!

Phil is quite the shy guy and doesnt want to advertise much about his new score eh?

nah, just busy...

so yeah, we rode up Thursday, ~500 miles, visited wife's friends in MD, slept over there, then drove over to Gunny's place, drove halfway to SC to pick up the trailer , bought an adapter for the electrical stuff, drove back to the house, checked out the bike (brrrr, that was cold), runs and sounds nice, but is a completely different riding... higher pegs very light, steering damper not adjusted for my preference, i was happy not to fall over in my first turn
loaded the bike, all the gear that came with it was already in the trailer (warmers, spare tires, stands, chairs, table, etc.)

all for 5 grand, is a pretty good deal. one might be able to find a better deal at fist sight, but that would involve quite some research, shipping and driving, so i must say i am happy about it. i will be very happy when all the papers are clear.

only downturn was the traffic that day, with such a long ride ahead of us, i was not in the best mood when we left the D.C. area in the early afternoon. we finally made it home at around 11.30pm, where i unloaded the bike and put it in the garage (no antifreeze)

Saturday i started taking everything out and sorting stuff, i will put a rack in the front and a proper tire storage solution, and maybe a fridge. ... researching now.
Sunday a friend (WERA novice running a FZR400) came over and we checked it all out, some mods will be done (GP shift, closing slots in bellypan, additional safety wiring, seat support,...), afterwards the trailer got a nice long wash with about half a gallon of simple green.

the trailer is in storage now, the bike is ready to get torn apart and modded - that's half the fun for me and a big part of the excitement before going racing. i need to get to know the bike 100%, and i am excited to get the bike registered and equipped with some simple lights for taking it for a spin up in the mountains to get familiar with it.

so thanks Gunny, and if you ever sell your Tricolore, be sure to hit me up first

PICS:

the driver:


the bike:





the trailer:



and also last night i finished exhaust #2 for weltonrk, it's at the welder today: