Armoured tail light wiring:
Miss November
quite miffed at being upstaged.
Now, lets's see, next issues to deal with.
Seat securing studs - better solution is needed, might take to an engineer to drill out, tap and fit larger studs. Or maybe I ought to buy a tap and a coulpa bolts and have a go meself?
Mudguard mount - better solution is needed. Not sure if the 'guard is original, but the two metal stays are as useful as a toffee coffee pot. They locate too close to the mounting strap at the front, so there's no triangulation to hold things steady. The 'guard sags down on even a short trip, not good.
I have thought about putting a second mounting strap, located at the suspension top mounts. Even nicer would be a stainless bracket, sort of butterfly shaped, bent to fit the curve of the 'guard, mounting at the four frame points and holding the 'guard at four points too. That would be much more rigid but will need to take a drawing to the engineer and get an estimate - probably not cheap . . .
I took the fuel tap apart to clean it - the fuel runs a bit better, but the bloody tap now leaks from the little plastic filter bowl at the base. Cheap solution will be a new rubber washer/o-ring. But might be better to go to Hitchcocks for a methanol tap, which allegedly flows more fuel . . .
Front brake has a tendency to stay on. Not that it does much actual stopping at the best of times. Get the front wheel out, service the brake, might need to apply judicious grease to free up the action? Might manage to adjust the Twin Leading Shoe geometry to work better. Might need to go to Hitchcocks and buy better brakes shoes. And a better brake cable.
This bike wants to spend my money, but don't they all?