No shortage of salt corrosion there Fazerider. You appear to have all the exhaust bolts intact
You’re not wrong! My plan was a quick scrub with a wire brush and slap on some Hammerite, unfortunately the grime had been hiding this:
and the underside’s no better:
Yes, the studs are all pretty good, but that’s the old engine with seized plugs, rattly camchain, slipping clutch, false neutrals for 2nd and 5th gear and 120,000 miles of wear.
The studs aren’t so good on the new motor.