Got my bike back together and running over the last week or so. I had a catastrophic failure of the top end (which took out the bottom end), so decided to send it off to Tom Morgan for a rebuild. It took a while, as it needed cases, which sucked. About six gears needed replacement along with the cases and the rest of the top end, bottom end, and clutch. I also had him do his head, cylinder, power valve and slide mods. I'm going to take it out this weekend to break it in, and see how it does around the track. It's been two years since I've spent much time on a track or ridden much at all, so I'm just going to play around on the Cahuilla Creek vet track to see how she performs.
Here's a list of what I did, and I'll post up some pics and a YouTube vid once I get her out there.
Engine rebuild, including:
- new top end
- new bottom end
- cases
- transmission gears
- clutch
- Tom Morgan carb slide mod
- Tom Morgan recommended jetting for sea level for all of his mods above
I also replaced the following while it was down:
All bearings on the bike other than the steering stem bearings (did grease them, though)
EBC oversized front rotor, and also put in new EBC pads
Ride Engineering CR-style stainless steel brake line
Regina 520 o-ring chain
Supersprox front and rear sprockets
Rear brake line mounting brackets (also re-bled the rear brake line)
New side panels and front number plate
New Dirt Digits number plate backgrounds
Dubach hour meter - gotta keep track of the maintenance intervals
Got the rear shock (which has Pro Circuit valving) rebuilt. It had some bad seals, and the bladder was completely crushed and empty
Replaced the fork oil in my forks (which have the Pro Circuit KYB Works Kit already installed)
Since it was all down, it obviously has fresh fluids and oil also
All in all, I'm stoked. It looks great (although I did not powder coat the frame, I was already over budget.
), runs awesome, and the brakes feel pretty incredible. While riding it around my neighborhood to do a very light brake in, it will almost lock the front wheel with a little index finger pull.
I'm sure the bike will be a lot faster than I am, and the jetting should be right on for the mods. I think the old suspension is going to feel as good as it can for being fresh and having already been done by Pro Circuit.
I want to also add that Tom was awesome to work with. I know he's a busy guy, but was very responsive to questions that I had and always got back to me with answers. Sometimes it was at the end of the day, sometimes it was five minutes later. He also sent over a packet of information with a bunch of recommendations, break in procedure, jetting stuff, etc.
I can't wait to ride it!
Edit: One thing I forgot to mention is how well it starts when it is fresh and the power valves are clean. I was worried that with the additional compression and the head mods that it would be harder to start. I don't think it has taken more than two kicks since the initial start up, where it took three. 
