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I did NOT put sealer on bolts! Maybe this is my problem. Didn’t think about doing that at all. Also, I took your advice on getting frame powder coated. I love the colors Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If I remember right it was either 250 or 200 to sandblast, powdercoat, then clear coat it. I wouldn’t mind paying again for another frame since it’s quite durable. Accidentally dropped the motor and a case stud scraped the side of the frame. Sounded terrible, but it didn’t leave a scratch. Here’s the bike in its current state, little dirty: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Besides finishing up the intakes I just have to do some shining on the aarms and on my t6s. It won’t be a show piece by any means but I’ll be happy with it for now haha. Here’s how the silver vein came out: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I bet if half the people with healthy running bikes pressure tested their motors they would have little leaks here and there. With that said, use 3 bond on every surface if it bothers you that much. cylinder face, both sides of 1st gasket, on reed block perimeter, and both faces of the last gasket.

long story short: i did the same thing on one of my first rides. wrapped the joint with mcdanalds nugget box and kept going for a while. the expansion chamber works like a turbo. among the differences, is that it uses the restriction shape and timing to send the exhast pulse back to the exhaust port at a certain time. if the port is still open, it stuffs the cylinder with more pressure. the time is related to rpm, and thats why they work better at certain rpm ranges. the restriction of the "stinger" and its own time value has an effect on how strong the pulse reflects back to the port to stuff the cylinder with more pressure. having a leak right at the back of the chamber lowers the pressure of the spike back. the distance also lowers the pressure, or raises it, depending.