Update on my new old bike...

For those who are interested and might be keeping a mental track of my attempts at working the bugs out of my 97 FE600E, here is some new stuff. Just look at it as a soap opera about Husaberg. I rode a great ride last Friday at Wayne National Forest here in Ohio and the bike ran and started wonderful. I am very pleased with the power output and the handling of this bike. The brakes are crazy good and the throttle response is something out a horror movie! The one thing that was really strange getting used to was the engine braking. I have always owned 2-strokes and this is the first 4-stroke. When ever I let off the throttle, it's like putting on the brakes which really weights the front tire and can be hard to handle when it's greasy. Just gonna take a little getting to know. While coming back for the day it felt like my plug was fouled, like a 2-stroke does. I let it sit for a minute or two and it started and ran good the rest of the way back. Today I decided to do the first valve adjustment, its just now due for it's first. When I pulled the radiator I found that the welds on the header pipes have worn 2 holes almost through the bottom tank. The radiator was sitting on the header pipes. I will be taking it to a radiator shop tomorrow and having it repaired. I could'nt believe this is off a bike with less than 8 hours on it since new. I pulled the plug and sure enough its black and sooty. So I will be doing some more jetting in the future. I was wondering if someone had a hot jetting set-up for this. And the valve specs, are they the same as the new ones? Found mine pretty tight. I know in some peoples minds I'm riding a dinosaur, but it's just so much fun being challenged by a piece of equipment that is insistant on self destructing and not letting it! :lol: Oh yea, I almost forgot. I found both header pipes rubbing through on the starter bolts. But I caught it...again. The pipes are stamped FL 600, any ideas?

Thanks for listening,

Volvonut