little by little

As the bike is not going anywhere until I get the money together for new brake discs, I've spent the last few times in the garage, tinkering.

I removed the plastic insert which holds the wiring in place beneath the tank and cut a hole in it. That way I could feed the cross-over line for the fuel tank through the gap in the frame which makes the space under the tank and above the engine much neater.

I refilled the tank today and had another go at firing the engine up. Started right away and is running sweet.

So now I'll get all the little things done that I need to do before I go out on the road. 

Can't be sure when I'll be able to afford it but I've decided to wait until I've got enough money to buy brembo discs for the front.

I'm nearly ready to get riding (at long last!) but my latest dilemma is whether or not I should re-tax the bike at the end of this month. If I do tax the bike I should really get a MOT done as I won't be able to go on the road without one. But that will mean the cycle for the MOT will fall at the end of the riding season and may not give me time to do any work needed. On the other hand, if I take the bike off the road and there's a good autumn, it will be over a year between having ridden the thing! I will also be doing more work over this winter, so the bike is going to be laid up for part of the time anyway. Then again, if I do have the bike road legal and there's an early spring I'll be ready to go whenever.

What to do?