Well, moved on this weekend.
Fitted the baggage carrier, rear blinker to it, found that the larger Krauser cases doesn’t match, are locked and I don’t have a key. So I will go with the smaller ones.
Front crashbar mounting optimised and fitted a rear left crash bar as well. This is ideal to move the bike onto center stand. Can’t fit the rear right crashbar as that would prevent the seat bench from being opened.
Maria bought a bike navigation system and I mounted that right hand side of the steering bar, as that position allows me to see the lower speed range on the speedometer which is very important for Norway as they have an 80 km/h (50 mph) speed limit.
Ok, after all that preparation I started to disassamble the bike again and to rebuild it in the correct way.
Removed the wheels and ordered new tires. Removed swingarm to fit the endless (closed) drive chain. Will swap the rear shocks as these ones are to hard and a bit to short.
Removed the full front end (fork, headlight, instruments, steering bar, steering stems) as I had to remove the lower steering bearing shell. That was “not a pleasure” but it is out now.
Immediately after that I ground the cutouts into the frame or at least started with it. I’ve overheated that stuff as you can see.
Will move on quickly as I have to go to TÜV / MOT and want to ride the bike some hundred kilometers in my home area, to see if everything is working fine.
Cheers, Michael
