OK, apologies for the lack of updates. One of the downsides of being a carer is I don't always get the time I could like.
Things are still progressing, albeit slowly.
I've rebuilt the fuel cock with a repair kit and resprayed the fuel tank. That is to say the real tank, which is hidden from view once the dummy cover is fitted.
A few other brackets and bits repainted, and the Goodridge brake hose fittings cleaned up and polished.
I'm now cleaning up the shock, which I now believe is a GSXR600 unit rather than the 'busa unit I'd originally thought. The shock body was excellent, but the spring was a little tatty. Dismantled it all, cleaned up the spring and slipped a length of electrical heat shrink label over the spring. A few minutes with the hot air gun and it looks good as new, but won't chip like paint. Just need to reassemble.
Progress pics soon.
I''ve decided to spray the wheels with a fine truck bedliner, more in this soon.
And then I'll be starting on the frame. Watch this space.