A step backwards before I can go forwards. The frayed sleeving around the alternator cable had been bothering me, what if the sleeve continues to fray and glass fibre strands get in my oil? Not worth the risk, really, and Ash had sent me some brush on setting sealing compound for sealing in the colour if I'd done the sleeves yellow. When I mentioned the fraying he told me this would have stopped it if I'd put it on before I cut the sleeves. I popped the cover back off and painted the sealant onto the sleeve, 24 hours later it had gone off nice and stiff, so no more fraying.
Now that's sorted I put the cover back on and concentrated on its neighbour, the transmission cover. Here i am ready to fit it, neutral and oil light connected, loom in its guide with the starter cable, and new clutch pushrod in place.
All fitted, with the clutch end play adjusted and the footrest fitted. The footrest was a ball ache, the pin didn't quite line up with the holes, I ground a tad off the inside end of the peg to make it line up, without thinking of the consequences, which was a droopy footrest! A penny washer got araldited where you can't see it, but with no more unsightly droopage. Also I replaced the side stand spring, which was a chunky replica, with the real Mcoy, much neater looking. Gear lever is a replica, before I tighten it up I want to dig out a suitable hex head screw rather than the allen screw supplied. What is an upset screw? Has someone been nasty to it? I think it means a flanged head but I'm not certain.
If you recall I started at the front and am working my way back, mainly beacuse its more logical than a scattergun approach, plus garage space is limited and there'll be a lot less of it once the back wheel goes in. Finally, with the clutch cable on, lubed and adjusted I declare the front end finished. Once I've done little bits like fuel pipes I'll be done all the way back to the swinging arm spindle, bar the exhausts, which are still on their way.
Here's a pilots eye view of the finished front end, well it would be the view if you were about to crash into my garage wall.....