catching up

I've just been on-line and re-taxed the bike for another year. The insurance is paid and as the MOT isn't due until the end of April my bike is road legal.

All I need to do now is to get it running and on the road!

I've got a few days off so, given a reasonably dry week, I hope to get out in the garage and finish off a few of the jobs I started but which have been "delayed" over the winter.

The main one I want to get out of the way is the tank. I've bought a POR 15 sealing kit. Having learned a lesson or two from the last tank I did I will take my time and ensure that the inside of the tank is completely dry before doing the final stage. Before sealing the tank, I'll fit it and mark out where the holes will need to go in the frame cover. I've got to drill those then find somewhere to get the threaded spacers welded on. I'm gathering a collection of bits and pieces which are going to get powder-coated. As they are all going to be mat black I'll wait until I'm sure I've got them all before taking them to get done. The tank, which I've got a neat brass filler cap for, will be sprayed gloss black, I'm considering some kind of effect in the dished areas but will discuss that with the spray-shop, whenever I get round to taking it. So, that will end up a last minute decision.
I have the soldering on the electrics box to do, the seat bracket to finish, the black headlight to wire in and finally (and this is the one that's getting put off the most) the front fork seals to fix. As that's going to involve stripping both forks down as well as powder-coating the new right hand one, it is the job I'm least looking forward to.
But if I don't start soon it will never get done.