FIRST START

So it has been a little longer than expected to make this update, I do apologise however I have been on holidays.

Once I started the wiring I quickly learned I was a little out of my depth. I dropped the bike off at DNA Motorcycles for a few weeks and was please with the results when I came to pick it up. Dennis at DNA really went the extra mile with his work taking care of:

Wiring - the whole harness, I just need to mount and connect switches
Removed the Heli-Coiled/stripped exhaust mounts and re-tapped new threads
Soft mounted exhaust
Kill switch installed into headlight
Horn installed inside of headlight
Replaced timing chain
New rear brake pads and bead blasted caliper
Entirely new front calipers - the old ones could not be pulled apart even with 165 psi!!!
Readjusted rear shock giving more clearance
Installed pressure switches on brake cylinders for light signal
New rear sprocket
New chain

and all ready to pick up when I returned from holidays.

I have since cleaned out the rust from inside the '72 CB200 tank, installed barb, tap and filter. Unfortunately the old petcock clashed with the subframe.

I am now in the process of mounting the first of two switches which was ordered from POSH (photos to come soon). I have also booked in the bike to have the seat (and a little something else) upholstered later in the week.

My friend Neil from work stopped by this afternoon with his camera to take a few shots, which I must admit, do look a better than the mobile phone.