Shiny ;D
Very first thing I did was swap out the mini-apes for a set of black Euro bars. Makes a world of difference, but it might also mean you want to replace your cables with shorter ones, or keep an eye on your routing. Does mean you have to think about your blinkers though, huh? I bought new 3 wire blinkers and mounted them to the headlight bucket first. Then drilled holes into the headlight ears and mounted them there. Then I picked up a NOS Shoei 1/4 fairing and didn't want to cut it, so I bought some 33 mm clamps and moved the blinkers to the fork legs.
I feel bad, I should've warned you that the bolts, "screws" on these bikes are NOT Philips head. They are Japanese Industrial Standard, "JIS". Get yourself a set of JIS screwdrivers, or you're going to spend the rest of your natural life stripping heads and trying to remove the bastards. Pretty much right off the bat I stripped out the screws on my left blinker and right hand tank badge mounts. Then some nice man clued me in. It's become something of a hobby to replace my fasteners with nice shiny Allen Head Stainess Steel ones as opportunity arises, just make sure to use anti-seize anytime you're mating alloy, (i.e. aluminum) and steel to prevent galling, (seizing like a motherf%&cker).
I also should have told you that to get the carbs out easier, you want to unbolt the airbox and move it back a bit. To move the airbox back a bit, you want to unbolt the battery box and move that back a bit. And if memory serves, to move the battery box back a bit, you'll find it easier to unbolt/unhook the electrics from it, and also remove the rear fender, and unbolt the inner fender and move THAT back a bit. Fun with tools! 8)
That part that you're missing, (3 parts if you count the cage and the foam filter, which is a wet filter) is the snorkel breather I was talking about earlier. Tough to find. Lots of guys switched to pods and chucked the breathers before they realized that CV's are a bitch with pods.
At least you got to take it for a quick boot, that must've felt awesome! Good Job!
Gets called all kinds of things, airbox, airbox breather, airbox element, depending on who's looking at it and listing it. The part number will help you out more than anything. I know that there's a member who recently had one for sale due to his moving. You might want to check the For Sale section on the forum.
