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No worries. We have both the Union and the NZ Flag hanging at our house. The Admin Staff is a Kiwi from the Bay of Plenty.

 

Aha, a Friday fried egg sandwich, great idea. Always ask the dog, they are cleverer than cats. Especially our one

 

I was going to order an electronic speedo but pulled the rubber covers off of the originals, made up a mount and fitted. Looks not bad, a bit 59er, but maybe could do with a 5 and three quarters bates rather than the 4 and a half one that's on it.



Note the nice new Z900 master cylinder copy and the cat waiting at the door to tell me what he thinks.



Saves poncing about with the wiring just use the cable drives (especially with no bulbs in the clocks - no point as I'm not allowed out after dark). They need a dab of paint but sorted. Thankyou, welcome....over........

 

Mincing about waiting for deliveries (a bit inconsiderate having a 4 day bank holiday - who does she think she is?) and delaying the electrics start.



So, I've been polishing stuff. Got rid of the cast in "BRAKE FLUID" on the lid of the master cylinder and the black paint



Gave it a polish



Along with the clocks too. Although these are steel so may need a paint in the future. Where's that post man, hermes, dpd etc

 

Oh tired (number 4933 in the Roud Folk Song Index) ......I've connected two wires and all I'm doing is putting vintage lounge cafe music on and kollopsing in a coma on the plastic garden chair in the garage



Took me ages just to figure out the wires on the ignition switch. I'm like a tortoise in marmalade. The wiring diagram does help though as I don't need to keep everything in my miniscule brain capacity.



Yawn.........thankyou, welcome......over

 

New larger bates came. Which looks better I think. But I needed to make a new bracket as it was pressing the cable drives too much - I knew this as the new Venhill one broke at the join - bugger.



So, cleaned up an old speedo drive and put that one on. The new bracket with the new spirit bell - just a plain one this time.



Then back to the - yawn - wiring. A new one of these saves trying to get under a bolted down seat to charge the battery.



And an oil pressure warning light wired into the headlamp shell. I used to put them in place of the main beam indicator but these ones are actually wired up with a bulb to work. So a new hole required.



.....thank you, welcome and over......

 

Thanks, I didn't paint the tank but liked the colour when I bought it but have touched up a few places where I unfortunately and clumsily bashed it a few times - metallic Rover British Racing Green is a perfect match.
The tank caps are all hand painted by me when I feel like doing some art - which isn't often these days

 

Sorry, nothing is for sale so no PM I'm afraid. Everything is painted - even the rust. These helmets were all brand new.