Will Perry had bought his Viper in Bangkok China , when he was in the service. Over the years had been in storage until several years ago, when we helped him get it back on the road. Lots was needed to get it sorted, even though it was 'a runner', it had many little jobs done in Bangkok to keep it on the roads, that were not as sound as we like and could do here in the shed -
After initial work, and he has been riding it around Seattle, and he brought it back for more funds to be thrown at it, to see if we could fix an on going issue - a lack of power. This run-ability issue has been evading us for the whole time, and we have yet to discover why the bike can't up and go, running out of steam at a bit over 55, when Viper 350s , are nearly as fast as their big brothers - the Venom 500, but require more revs to get their optimum power output. This time it is getting a fresh bore, new forged Arias piston, fully reconditioned cylinder head with new valves & guides, and valve springs -
Recent snow has slowed work a bit on it, but it should be out on test in a couple weeks -
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