Sometimes the last steps are the hardest...

 As is the way in life sometimes no matter how hard you try to plan something there will always be a hiccup along the way. The last week seems to have just felt like I've been bouncing off brick walls, just when you fixed one thing something else knocks you back. One issue at the moment is charging, running the race alternator it only seems to give out 13V across the battery at 5krpm, hopefully this will be enough as the first alternator gave just 12V. I have a standard alternator to fit if required on the Isle. Another complete f**k up was by K Tech with the forks, they replaced the original progressive springs with linear springs, so far so good. But the new springs when allied with the original spacers gave about 8mm of sag at minimum preload, nowhere near enough. I'm guessing that the original springs being progressive may have been a replacement item and with the nature of the progressive spring there was sag available at the softer end of the range so all seemed well, pop in a set of linear springs and hey presto no sag. They actually had fitted springs from an SV650 even though I had requested ones from their catalogue for the Showa forks. Do K Tech not actually check anything? Luckily I was in the right place at the right time Rich at Louigi Moto decided that we could adjust the internal spacer without dropping the forks. 

 So a jack, some tools and a hacksaw later we're 20mm shorter in the spacer department and we have 25mm of sag. Rich did say that he never had a spacer so hard to depress to release the internals. An indication of K Techs complete failure to supply an item of use, especially considering the destination.  
  Still now is not the time complain for all bar a couple of tweeks to suit Stuart Emily is as ready as she can be for her date on the Isle of Man. The paintwork is back and I'm lock wired out. Here she is.

Next stop Liverpool.