Back in 2021 I picked up my Concourse 14 from a large dealership and it sat in a warehouse since 2013 with 779 miles on it, It was once a demo Police Enforcer built for the City of Myrtle Beach.
It was pretty cool pulling off practically brand new police equipment and selling it on EBay in one day for half the price of the purchase price of my bike.
Only thing I kept were the stickers and used a heat gun to remove them and re-stuck them inside the saddlebags.
Early on this bike was a test bed for ZX14 exhaust cam and throttle bodies, and various exhaust system tests, Drag raced it on Thursday nights running the best 1/4 mile time of 10:27 at over 131 mph with the bags on but empty.
Pulled the cam and throttle bodies and returned it to stock, added an Ivan’s tune, and rode it every day as my commuter and daily driver, logging almost thirty-one thousand miles.
Stick with me to get to the reason for this post……
December I pulled the bike down for a mild Makeover of Powder coating, re-installed the ZX cam and throttle bodies, thinner head gasket, blue-printed the cylinder head on the bench, and set the valve clearance to one-thousandth of each other on the close tolerance scale.
Buttoned it all back up and we put it on the Dyno to write a fuel map.
It Fell on its face starting at 7 grand and went lean in the red, shut it down poured myself and Chris some Southern comfort, and said WTF just happened!
Did I forget to tighten the intake spigots or throttle body clamps? No, I build in steps using a whiteboard and crossing off each step!
Well, the Southern Comfort was working on Chris cause he asked would like to take his Twin Turbo Hallelujah for a ride and maybe shock the ole brain, no thanks!!!
Then it hit me, gotta be that fuel filter,
It was pretty cool pulling off practically brand new police equipment and selling it on EBay in one day for half the price of the purchase price of my bike.
Only thing I kept were the stickers and used a heat gun to remove them and re-stuck them inside the saddlebags.
Early on this bike was a test bed for ZX14 exhaust cam and throttle bodies, and various exhaust system tests, Drag raced it on Thursday nights running the best 1/4 mile time of 10:27 at over 131 mph with the bags on but empty.
Pulled the cam and throttle bodies and returned it to stock, added an Ivan’s tune, and rode it every day as my commuter and daily driver, logging almost thirty-one thousand miles.
Stick with me to get to the reason for this post……
December I pulled the bike down for a mild Makeover of Powder coating, re-installed the ZX cam and throttle bodies, thinner head gasket, blue-printed the cylinder head on the bench, and set the valve clearance to one-thousandth of each other on the close tolerance scale.
Buttoned it all back up and we put it on the Dyno to write a fuel map.
It Fell on its face starting at 7 grand and went lean in the red, shut it down poured myself and Chris some Southern comfort, and said WTF just happened!
Did I forget to tighten the intake spigots or throttle body clamps? No, I build in steps using a whiteboard and crossing off each step!
Well, the Southern Comfort was working on Chris cause he asked would like to take his Twin Turbo Hallelujah for a ride and maybe shock the ole brain, no thanks!!!
Then it hit me, gotta be that fuel filter,