The bike is finished (for now).. here is a pic straight out of the garage
and a short video of her running
I've got the new thermostat housing and line installed (thanks John aka motorcitybusa) and refilled with Engine Ice the bike runs great I feel that the throttle response is a great deal better. It's definitely got more grunt but I can't say its not the 1397 cylinders..
I bought a ytz14s 230 CCA battery to try and tame the 1397 while hot but that's a no go so I installed a 24v starting system which is working well. (once I charged the second battery..)
On a side note I bought a gen2 oil pan which has two outer mounting points for the plastics to 'snap' into however upon mounting it I realized that the stock gen1 oil sending unit is directly in the way of the right side mount. I took a look at a gen2 and the sending unit has been reoriented to a 45 degree angle instead of straight down so I went and got a 45 brass fitting with the correct threads and used that but still had to trim the mount to go around it. I'm guessing a 90 would work as well.
thats it for now more tunning and track time to come soon!