feels like standing still

I am getting a few bits done here and there but until I've finished painting the tank there's going to be no real progress. I've got the final gloss coat done. It's looking a bit rough where the contrasting bits are. The edges of the matt black flames are ropey where the gloss paint has seeped through a bit. Sanding it down for the lacquer coat should fix that though. I'm not even sure if it will work once the lacquer is on. I may well lose the contrast but if that happens - oh well. I'll know for the future, even though I doubt if I'll ever try something like this again. At least not under the conditions I have in my garage. 

the flames are not as grey as the photo suggests

I received a new number-plate in the post today so I'm going to have a go at mounting that, with a LED light on the side plate bracket.

 I had laid out the seat pan cover and the cover which will go over the electric box. It's actually where the engine management unit would be if I was still running EFI, but I'm going to mount the ignition unit and the LED control unit on it. I had a thought that I would need access to these components but the way I was going to set them up, I'd need to remove the mudguard to get to them. So what I did was to drill a hole with a slot to take one of the seat mounting fasteners which I had been using for the luggage rack on the old set-up.  This is a handy little threaded nut that is held on with a cir-clip to the mudguard. That will give me the ability to remove the electric box cover without having to fiddle underneath with a nut. I've also primed the rear mudguard and once that is dry and lightly sanded I'll give it the gloss treatment.
I'm going to use the wiring from the stock mudguard, so can't (as I had hoped) have it all ready to fit once the bike's been MOTd.

Can I finally see the end approaching?