I had a few headaches with the electrics not doing as they were supposed to but eventually found that the problem was down to the rear light fitting connections being rotated 180 degrees. I turned them and the issues were sorted. I still need to check a few things but the engine needs to be running.
There are still a few little things that need finishing. I need to paint the tank again as the paint has cracked. The original silencer is being used and looks a bit rough so I will be tidying it up and painting it black with heat resistant paint to make it look nice and in keeping with the rest of the bike. I need to make a spacer to drop the mudguard 1.5 inches to clear the exhaust.
I received a message from Tim Dickson who is a journalist for Practical Sportsbikes Magazine asking if I'd like to have the MT featured in the magazine. The bike wasn't finished but they wanted to put it in as a work in progress, so I agreed. Tim phoned me and asked me a few questions about the restoration. I'm proud to say that you can see it on page 66 of Practical Sportsbikes October 2017 edition. It's a real shame it couldn't have been 3 weeks later as the pictures you are looking at might have been the ones that were in the magazine.
Next time I post will probably be the last time as the project will be complete. I will be uploading a video of it's first breaths and an overall look at the bike.
