I'm working on several fronts here, aiming to find problems and clear space so that I can start on the bottom end of the engine. Once that's in, there's polishing and plating, cables and wiring.
The nacelle went on relatively easily, though the trim on the front doesn't fit too well. That will need sorting out:
I planned to fit the instrument panel, mainly to avoid losing the trip reset cable but I found a few problems:
- the speedo bracket only fits one way, basically because it's too wide. I fitted it by elongating the holes but it would be nicer if I made a new one.
- the ammeter is one of those - - 0 - + ones, with no numbers. I'm not sure that's correct.
- the Lucas U39 headlamp switch is damaged where the clip fits - people prise these out and the Bakelite breaks.
On the up side, both the light switch and the speedometer have PVC cables - maybe the whole bike was wired using that stuff.
Next - working through the little bags of screws, I find the grub screw for the steering lock, so that's fitted:
I treated the bike to a nice set of stainless steel handlebars from Draganfly - made in Bungay. The SQ4 has these too and they are very nice.
There's a lot of work to bring the levers up to scratch though!
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