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Had a week off but got back to it at the weekend. New Lithium battery now fitted, saving 3kg over standard and much smaller. Tidied up the wiring.
Took the heat gun to the base of the tanhk and pushed in the bits that were fouling the head and carb, so that fits now. Put some fuel in and that is ok now. Gear lever linkage back on. Started fitting rear brake but couldn't get it to bleed through. Fluid leaking past master cylinder seal so thought I would get a seal kit, but for around the same price you can get a complete after market unit, so that's on order.


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