Fairing bracket & Scitsu in place

I had ordered a new racing fuel cap from Ebay and was eager to see it on the tank, as you can see I went with the black to keep it in the colour scheme. I also fitted the front firing bracket and Scitsu tachometre just hope the pick up wire is long enough to reach the HT lead.

Shock is fitted

Managed to get into the garage today and get on with fitting the rear shock, as I mentioned before the dia of the spring is larger than the original item but not by much. I will have to shave a nikky whisker off the swing arm plate so the spring does not impede when compressed. When I put the shock in place I marked where I had to grind it back to, the shock was then removed and I set about the task with a drill extension and a small grinding wheel. I had given this job about two hours in my head but when I started I realised that it was not such a hard job and within 30 minutes I was ready to try the shock for size.

When I fitted the shock I was pleased to see the spring was well clear of the swing arm plate where I had ground it back, the next job was to space out the top fitment of the shock. After measuring the shock, then the gap I knew how much spacing was needed, this was done by using thick stainless washers and then everything was bolted tight. I let the preload right off so I could emulate the movement of the shock, and after several mimicked movements I was happy that the spring was clear.