Fighting off an attack of the blues following a 1,050 k three-day ride last weekend on the ever-lovin TRX, I really needed some two-wheeled therapy so I put in a good weekend's work to wind up a lot of outstanding issues.
New speedo gearbox fitted. Wonder if the speedo works though.
Exhaust mount brackets tidied up and painted:
Final fitting of the fairing screen. Some of that closed-cell soft adhesive-backed foam used here for a smooth no-shake fit.
Old mirror fitted and a new brake lever was necessary to make the front brake switch work.
Just had to buy a matching clutch lever too.
The wiring inside the fairing and one of the Fiamm horns. Lot of work here.
Not a full polish on the side covers, but enough to give it a bit of a lift. This side is easy:
Here's a couple of hours work moving up through three grades of wet-and-dry and finally scourer and elbow grease. Replaced the big seal too:
Finally found the hole for the side-stand return spring. You've got no idea. Was convinced it was on the other side, but thought I had the wrong spring. Idiot.
I found the old rego plate a couple of weeks ago and put it on just to see how it all looked:
Hmm, just think I'll go up the drive to see if the speedo works. Nah, bugger it, I'll put my gear on and go just up and down the street a couple of metres. You wouldn't believe it, I got lost in my own street and ended up over at a mate's place a kilometre away. How did that happen?
Gearshift needs adjustment though and got to get used to the reversed pattern and wrong foot. One pot's a bit out, there's a slight temp difference in the two exhaust tips and you can hear it going blat, blat, blat - steady on one side, blat, blat... blat, blat... on the other at idle.
Close though. Pretty damn close.
Oh and yes. The speedo does now work. MPH though. It's been a long time since we went metric ...