Re: I'm in love!

[David Ben-Jamin <dbenj@xxxxxxxx>]

Damn that Blue ST looks excellent. Wacky light problem, though. Never heard
of it. I just got my 99 back from the shop too. It was idling too high
since the day I bought it. After I put a TBR pipe on, and got the
performance tune, it idled WAY too high. They guys at Cal BMW/Triumph were
flummoxed. They checked the computer, they checked the airbox, nothing.
They called Georgia and spoke to Shell, they even called Hinkley. Turned
out they just needed to adjust one throttle body one quarter-turn. Now it
idles perfectly. Nice. 

Patti, don't forget to spend a bunch of time at the top RPM allowed to
during break-in. Get all those parts to fit together correctly. Happy riding!

- --David



At 06:06 PM 2/21/00 -0800, you wrote:
>It was a beautiful sunny day here in the bay area, so my new bike now
>has 125 miles on the clock.  What a delightful piece of machinery he
>is... I'm amazed.
>
>There's only one problem... my headlights don't work at all on low
>beams.  Both lights come on at high, but neither one at low.  Weird.
>
>I had lunch with a friend, who oohed and aahed over the bike, and asked
>me if I had a name for him.  I laughed, and told him that he wasn't
>mine to name, but that he'd tell me what his name was when he was
>ready.
>
>I am absolutely in love with this bike.  He floats down the road like
>nothing I've ever ridden, and all I have to do is think about what
>direction I want to go and he goes... it's totally effortless.  But
>damn that break-in period; this bike is not meant to do 3500 RPM.
>
>So today I was cruising up a hill on 280 just south of Woodside, and
>looked down to see 101 miles on the odometer.  I smiled, and rolled on
>the throttle until I hit about 4800 RPM.  The bike took off like, well,
>like a bike out of hell.  I'm sure I was grinning like a maniac.
>
>I spent the next few miles playing with this new power, and squealing
>with delight every time I opened the throttle.  And then suddenly I
>knew... his name is Booh.
>
>http://www.gammon.com/gallery/booh.jpg
>
>-Patti
>
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