The bike's battery is totally flat but I don't understand why. It happens that my battery charger has expired. Are they connected? I found a new bike shop in Woodville. It has been there for years and serves old bikes, British mainly. I bought a new charger. On getting it home I plugged it into the bike. I discovered the problem. For some reason I connected the back light on the clock to a permanent live feed. Over the weeks and back light ran the battery down to death. It took about two hours for the new charger to get the battery moving. By Sunday the battery was pretty well charged.
It was raining Sunday afternoon so I has a good excuse to spend time on the bike. I had a rummage in the box and found the covers for the swing arm pivots and the stantion top covers. Both sets are now fitted and look good. In the bolt box I found a screw that fitted the brake side switch block. I cut off the tie off and secured the switch block with the screw. The right side indicators where not working properly. As they flashed the headlight and tail lights dimmed in time to the indicator. I just happened to be considering the wiring for the buzzer relay. I pulled out the relay to test it. I flicked the indicator switch and found the indicators worked perfectly. Whilst working on the left side of the bike decided to shorten the wiring loom that led down the buzzer and neutral sensor. I pared back the sleeve and cut back the four wires for the buzzer and the two for the neutral switch. I slipped on a length of heat shrink sleeving then stripped back the individual wire sleeves to exposed the copper core. I twisted the correct wire end together and soldered them. Next was the put insulating tape round them to isolate each wire joint of wire end. I slipped the heat shrink along the wire and used the missus hair drier to shrink the new sleeve to size. I positioned the reduce loom against the frame and secured it in place with wire ties. The wiring sub-loom he rear light is too long. Whilst on roll I cut the wires of the sub-loom to reduce the length. It was more of the same, cutting, paring, soldering, hear shrink and finishing with wire ties to secure the sub-loom. I also fitted the plastic wire loops that fit on the rear mudguard to to control the loom back to the rear light cluster. Whilst in a wire fettling groove I secured the wire to the handle bar switches with wire ties. I offered the headlight shell into the headlight cowl. A bit of fiddling and reorganising the cables in the shell allowed the headlight to fit.
I did a lose fit on the front mudguard bracket. It is two bolts short, even so I dry fitted the bracket and the mudguard on the bracket. I offered up the tank but it was was fouled by wiring and the master cylinder. I loosened everything and eased things out of the way until the tank fitted. With the tank on I propped up the rear wheel to put the bile on a nature level. I then fitted the BMW roundrels onto the tank. They lift the tank even thought the paintwork is fab. I popped the seat on for the full effect.
I got the silencers down from the roof space the fitted them. Four bolts either side. I also dipped the threads on copper slip before fitting. I tightened up all the other bolts the secure the exhausts. I put on the front cover just for the effect. The bike looks finished but there several things yet to do. One of the things to do is to make a list of the few parts that are missing.
One little job that has given more pleasure than it should was pumping up the front tyre. It has stayed up so one less thing to worry about. I just have find pods to take the clocks and voltmeter otherwise they with have to be taken off the bike. I cannot have them flopping about. I have found that the clutch cut out switch has been butchered so another thing for the list. The neutral sensor seems to be u/s. I took a tour of the Internet showed how the get access to replace it. another item for the list. I was chuffed to find the rear brake light switched worked. I figured the front would be OK once the fluid was in the front brake system, fingers crossed.
