Oh man! It is cold today as we get started taking apart the RC390. Since it's going
to become a track bike we are going to weigh all the things that we're going to
take off. We're putting the RC390 on a diet. We're going to see how much weight comes off
as we strip away things like headlights and turn signals and license plate brackets and
all that other nonsense. So we're gonna’ be keeping a running tally of that and it's
gonna’ be chilly. It is minus 10 degrees Celsius outside, which is, what? Is that like 14 degrees
in freedom units? This isn't an Ari Henning LA garage build. This is this is Utah. Tt's cold.
I don't have a manual for the RC390 so I'm doing this blind.
I found a manual for the Duke but not for the RC, so this is all a guessing game.
I guess we're just going to start undoing screws and just see what happens.
First screws coming off, as we start converting this thing into a race bike.
Not really a race bike. Track bike. I’m not really a race guy. And there it is. It begins!
Hey all right. We've already cleared a nice safe spot on the wall for the side fairings.
They can stay nice and untouched up on the wall, safe and sound.
We're not using that anyway.
I think a lot of weight is going to come off with these mirrors. They are gigantic.
That's what I was looking for. No you don't need to take the whole thing off... well
actually I need to take the whole thing off.
It's going pretty quickly let's uh get to the gas tank this is just a cover and that looks like the
gas cap has to come off it's amazing how much of motorcycling is just patience patiently wait for
the corner patiently wait to turn patiently wait to go back to the gas does that do it
Yeah! That's it.
That's a lot of weight, and those are some long turn signal wires.
This is an extremely attractive tail section I'm going to kind of miss it.
There we go. I always like to try to keep things as assembled as possible so
when we do try to put it back together, we have a better idea where all the little things go.
Whoever designed this. If that was my buddy Bjorn who works for KTM, you did a good job with that.
Who... who the hell pins the wiring loom to the gas tank. The gas tank has to come off.
Ugh geez. Come on KTM.
You probably want to see what's going on on this side, don't you? Let's bring you over here.
So, I will say when you work on your own motorcycle it makes you appreciate
your local mechanic that much more.
Gas tank designs like this, you don't worry about scratching the tank. All right!
There is not a lot of room in here. This valve adjustment is going to suck balls.
So we know that glycol does have to come out eventually
and I suspect the radiator will have to move to adjust the valves,
let's just uh let's just get this nasty green poison out of here now. Crack the radiator cap.
It's pretty happy coolant. That's a nice good sign.
You know, it is nice to kind of get familiar with the motorcycle. Figure out where everything is,
but I don't know how I'm going to get in there to adjust the valves everything has to come out of
the way. Regulator rectifier. Radiator. Whatever that thing is. Ugh, it's going to be a job.
All right! Now, before I forget, I want to mention our newest channel members Tumelo,
Carlos, Jerry and Luke. We've set up an exclusive Discord server for channel members,
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The bodywork is all safely stowed in the attic and on the wall, out of harm's way. And almost
15 kilograms, over 30 pounds, of weight have been removed. Now,
some of that weight will come back on when we install the race body work, But next time I'll
dive into the valve adjustment and you probably already know how I'm feeling about taking that
job on. And I'm going to try really hard to get this next video done in just one week's time.
Guys, thanks so much for watching. Ride on and Ride well.
Everything is like 7/8ths size. So little! I think I'm going to call her tiny dancer.