It's been a while with no update. We moved in December and that out most moto projects on the back burner. Over the winter I did drop it off to a local shop, the owner and mechanic has a great background and is a trusted wrench. He replaced two valves in each head, they were very tight and the valves had deformed a bit. Had manual tensioners put in and some jetting work.

I took it to Pitt-Race in pa last weekend and definitely had some fun on the old girl. It had been a few years since I was on the track and it took me some time to get comfortable. I felt a bit stretched out with the low bars and I have a big flat spot in the jetting above 4500 and that was pretty annoying while rolling on the gas exiting some turns. So overall it was great to get back on the VTR, a bike I've done a couple dozen track days on from 2002 onward (different vtr).

My mistake last weekend was taking out my 2012 triumph street triple-R after the lunch break. It was comfortable, it was light and changed direction so effortlessly, the motor has a bit of grunt and will rev out nicely. By comparison It brought out the age of the vtr. I'm a little older (and rounder) than I was in 2002, and it was nice riding a bike on track with such minimal effort.

So here I am now contemplating picking up a track only Triumph, but to do that I'll be either selling off this vtr or parting out the good stuff. I did put on a nearly new looking Ohlins shock, Ohlins side mount damper and high mount Jardines before the trackday. The PM Chicane rear rim (with 190 tire) sure looks neat :-)

So keep an eye out for a classifieds post at some point, I'll likely start here before eBay.