More disappointment today (Monday) my order with CPC in the UK for various bits and pieces (not just for the Valk) has had the exhaust paint and Copper ease deleted as they are unable to ship them abroad due to fire regulations. I will have to see if I can find some here but I am not holding my breath, or bring some back next time I am going to the UK. I ordered some parts including the pin stripes for the front mudguards from a on-line UK Honda spares supplier David Silver Spares. They ship to Spain but again they use UPS so I have had the stuff (which is special order) marked for delivery to my son who will send them on to me by normal post when he gets them.
Got the saddle bags back from the leather shop. They have done a superb job on them, re-dye, replace rusty studs and re-polish all for only 35€ a real bargain. They look almost brand new now, I still have to track down some dollars to buy the stiffeners from leather-lid inserts (It’s a shame they don’t take cards). I managed to track down some heat paint in silver and black so I can re-do the exhausts when I get them off. I also got 4 of the 5 pieces I had ordered at the local bike shop and the 5th piece will be in on Friday. A friend is off to the UK on Thursday and so he will bring me back the copper slip in his hold baggage so just waiting for the lift and adapter now.
In case the welder doesn’t get the steel this week and to save waiting for it today I knocked up a wooden lift adapter from the drawings on the main VRCC board. I have offered it up and it fits perfectly.
The bike lift should be here tomorrow (Saturday). I have been talking with Cymarc Engineering in the UK and have worked with them to get a stainless radiator grill for the Valkyrie. This is the prototype they have produced
Grill from Cymarc Engineering
They are shipping one over to me so a photo of it on the bike shortly.
The lift still hasn’t arrived the transport company are stuck on the ferry, it can’t dock due to the hight winds. A neighbour has said that I can use her car port to store the Valk in so that I can get the wheels off and not worry about it getting too wet when everything is off it at the chromers. That’s all for this week, not much done really, I hope next week is more successful.