The bike came back from the re-dyno.  Don Lemelin at Scuderia West did a great job.

The dip in power at the bottom of the powerband is gone, and the flat spot from 7-8k rpms is improved.  I'm looking forward to trying it out!  I'll post scans of the dyno results soon.   (See tech specs section for more details)

I spent the greater part of the day on Sunday working on the bodywork.  I sanded and sanded and sanded, and then sanded some more.  It was a shame to strip off all the old stripes I had painted on before, but in order to make the bike look clean again, it was necessary.  I'll do some more sanding and some bondo work this weekend, and hopefully get a primer coat on.  The goal would be to paint the orange next weekend, and throw the black and clear coats on the following weekend -- leaving me two weeks before my first track outing.  We'll see how it goes!

I ordered the Marchesinis yesterday from a company on the east coast called Hard Racing.  A few weeks back they told me they had a couple sets in stock and it would take only a couple days from when I placed ...

I called the US distributor for Marvic again.  Still no pricing.  I intend to pull the trigger and order up the Marchesini rims next week.  As much as I'd like to be the only kid on my block with the Marvics, I really value being prepared for the season early and just showing up to race.

In better news, Nichols Manufacturing in Milpitas got my flywheel installed and fixed the leak in my water pump.  Flywheel first: the stock flywheel weighs 4lbs 15 1/8 oz.  The Nichols flywheel weighs 9 7/8 oz.  That's a weight savings of 4 lbs ...