Nearly...

Ok a bit of a frustrating few weeks trying to sort out the last bits before start up. First up I manufactured a aluminium side panel to cover the battery.

This is mk2 as I did'nt like the look of the first one. Bit ugly initially but in the next pic it has paint on and I think it blends in better. Very difficult area to do anything with, that looks ok anyway.

Not too bad I think? If you are alert you will notice the lovely Honda emblem decals I put on the panel, the wrong way around! Off they came, new ones on the way.
Also in the picture above and below you can see the freshly painted exhaust down pipes.

On this side I made up a flat plate from the same aluminium and just stuck it to the side of the airbox to hide the ugly shape.
Next up I made a bracket stroke fork brace to mount the freshly painted front mudguard. Really pleased with this effort.

On the subject of mudguards I found that the rear mudguard would probably foul the underside of the rear section of the frame when in use so although gutted I had to cut it down a bit. Looks ok though.

Also this week I stripped all the brake calipers and replaced all the seals and gave everything a good clean up. When I put the rear brake together I found that I could'nt get it to hold the pressure. I am using an old bit of tube in the bottle trick which is'nt working so well so I ordered a one way valve bleeding thing so I will see what happens then.
Pumped up the forks pressure and the rear shock which is not as easy as it sounds due to it being very difficult to get a fitting onto the valve due to it's close proximity to the frame. Eventually I purchased a 200mm long valve rubber extension which I can leave on the bike and just tuck it away. The shock is now quite hard so that the rear subframe does not contact the tyre under load. I will take a bit out at a time to find the right balance later.
Fitted the headlamp mounts and lamp itself and a new horn.

Here is a couple more pics from the rear of the exhausts.

New number plate later I think. Hope to get the bike outside this week to start it up and then all being well off to the testing station.