Well I've gone and done it now - it's kinda too late to go back! My Mrs went up for her afternoon snooze (she has MS so gets tired easily) and I couldn't resist nipping out to the garage for a swift bit of spannering!The swing arm took a fair amount of persuading to come out (you need to loosten the bar between the footpegs) and one or two other nuts/bolts were so corroded I had to come up with a plan'B'. The worst one was one of the bolts holding the bottom of the battery box. the screw top was so corroded I ended up chieseling out the plastic surround and taking a chunk out of a chisel :-(

Just the engine to remove now - I'm going to ask if there's any 'gotcha's' as there's only me and I'm 10 stone wet!



TEA time and well deserved it is, in my own humble opinion! I do like the Hogsback Brewery - the do good tours!




 I know others know this, but I've a surprisingly small amount of bits. I'm going to do and inventory of what stainless bits I need. I'll also replace all the brake bolts, but I'm reluctant to go stainless, so will do with decent high tensile steel bolts.




My biggest worry is remaking the wiring loom - I've never done an auto loom before. The existing loom has bits of connector taped up and some sections are worn. Given most of the connectors are showing large amounts of corrosion I think it's time I plunged head first into new loom construction. There's a good wiring diagram available, so with the old one as a template regards to lengths, I think I'll be ok.