Too dark to take piccies by the time we'd finished, but Mr Flap & I have been a-tinkering with the Honda today. A successful day's bodging. We replaced the original radiator header bottle under the side panel. It meant shuffling the electrical components about but s'O.K now. Then we slapped a load of insulation tape around the bunch of wires up by the headstock, fitted the rear footpegs I dug back out of the dustbin, & slipped on the standard Harley Sportster silencers given to me for free by Rob of the Brit Chopper forum. Last job was to knock up a strap to secure the back of the saddle to the rear guard. That's done & spray painted so ready to fit once the paint's dry.
Sorted. That's all the stipulations of the first MOT failure covered, so I'll book it back in next week. The new Harley pipes aren't whisper quiet, but certainly not as ear-bleedingly loud as the aftermarket ones I had before, so should keep Mr MOT happy. Total outlay, still less than 200 quid.
