Over the winter, real life and work took priority. In between the daily grind, the bike was stripped and cleaned. We relocated a few components for easier access and maintenance, and did our best to balance the setup. I'm really happy with how the bike stands now.

We removed the fuel distribution blocks, stainless hard lines. These were replaced with showerhead fittings and equal-length braided lines to help improve fuel distribution - fingers crossed this addresses our persistent fueling issues at idle.

I made the decision to skip the season opener at Santa Pod for a few personal reasons, but we did manage to make time to attend the Yam Yam test day the Monday after the event. It was a well-organized session and gave us a great opportunity to fire up the bike on nitro post-rebuild. We had a productive day: got the timing set and sorted out a couple of minor fuel leaks.

Unfortunately, during testing, oil pressure dropped, halting our progress. We went through the oiling system piece by piece - lines, components, everything - and eventually traced the issue to a faulty fitting. Once replaced, all was well again.

The troubleshooting took longer than we expected, so we didn’t get any track time that day. Still, having those problems sorted meant we were in a stronger position heading into our first race meeting of the season - The Festival of Power at Santa Pod over Easter weekend.