a pile of bits

I'm beginning to gather box loads of stuff waiting to get fitted on the the bike.

At least they're waiting to get painted before getting fitted. I've primed the tank but will wait for a couple of dry days before attempting the top coats. The front mudguard will be next. The rear can wait as I've decided to get the bike MOT'd before I fit that and the new headlight.

I finally bit the bullet and made a decision on the rear mudguard. I was tempted to go for the Zassell's fender as I could get that in a longer style and fit a numberplate on the rear. In the end the price won out and I ordered a NCC flat fender without cut outs. As it saved me about £500 there wasn't really a contest in the end. I'll fit the guard on soon to see how it lines up and then make a decision on whether I'll fit a side-mount number-plate. I would rather fit a centre one as that way I'll be able to mount the rear indicators to the plate. Otherwise I'll need to use all in one light/indicators and either drill holes in the strut part of the guard or get a tab welded on to mount them to. As I'm going to drill holes for the pannier supports I don't really want to have two holes on either side.

I'm also considering an alternative to using the stock speed sensor as finding somewhere inconspicuous for the step down transformer is not presenting itself as easy. This is just another of those things that have to be re-visited. I'm about to start making another bracket for the seat as the one I've already fabricated proved to make the whole front mount too wide to fit in the space between the frame rails and would have meant me packing the underneath and raising the front of the seat by about two inches.

Oh the joys of customising!