If it can go wrong ...

... it will!
I'm just back from the Ducati shop who had given me a half decent quote for my tyre and tube. They've got the tyre OK but the tube they were sent (not ordered, I hasten to add!) was the wrong type. They've got in a rubber valve one which won't fit through the hole in the rim.

To be fair to them, I wouldn't have known which one to ask for.

So now it will be next weekend before I get the wheel on. With a little bit of luck the discs and spacers will be here by then and I can get the wheel onto the bike. Though, with the way things have been with this wheel, I won't be holding my breath.

One thing I did see when I was in the ducati shop was a really nice matt black fuel cap which I think may just fit on my tank.

For now I'm going to have a go at fitting the deutsch connectors.

Amazingly the 8-way deutsch connector went together fairly easily and without a hitch. So now the speedo is wired up and mounted on the bars. I couldn't wire in the ignition switch as the only three way connector I had wont take the thicker wire that comes from the ignition. Got one on order so that will need to wait 'till next weekend. 
Tomorrow, after I wrap and fasten down all the wiring, I'll start to check all the fasteners are torqued up and maybe re-fit the exhausts.