Anyone on OEM brake lines should seriously get them replaced on safety grounds, Yamaha suggest a lifespan of 4 years for them !!!! Wezmoto on eBay is your best bet price-wise, exactly the same kit as Hel and the same lifetime warranty.

Pyramid Plastics, new £95 in gloss black.

Much prefer the looks of the Puig hugger personally.

A jack-up kit will definitely have no affect on the peg position as the pegs are mounted to the main frame, I also doubt it will have any discernible affect on ground clearance given how close the pegs are to the swing-arm pivot. Having said that it will improve handling if you don't have a height adjustable shock, will allow you to stretch your legs out a bit more while sat at a standstill, and the bike will feel a better fit given your height, so is worth fitting anyhow.

Tony Archers are very reasonable for seat work, I paid £85 for a complete re-foam and re-cover - https://tonyarcher.co.uk/services/bike-seats/

Be careful with the damping adjusters, use a good coating of vaseline / grease to stop paint getting into them, they need very little excuse to seize.

I would say it is very worthwhile, raising the rear puts more weight on the front of the bike which makes it turn in quicker to very noticeably improve handling, as does raising the forks through the yokes by ~15mm. The jack up kit also slightly adjusts the suspension geometry making the rear shock a little firmer which is also useful if you haven't replaced the rear shock yet. I have tried both 25mm & 50mm jack up kits on the Gen1 the 25mm works well with raising the forks through the yokes but the with the 50mm this puts too much weight on the front from my experience, so it is best to use the 50mm kit with the forks in the standard position.

WTF is this thread about?

Wouldn't this be better off in the general discussion forum

Question comes up fairly regularly, the general answer is it's not a good idea as you will struggle to get the fueling right. If I recall correctly the intake system is designed around the large volume of the airbox for back pressure or resonance or some such, you wont get the same effect with pods so the fueling will be off and not easily fixed.

No 16 below, Oil Pump Cover Gasket, price is from Fowlers Parts in Bristol.

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but you will still get at least the expected cold voltage readings even if you have a dead cell in the battery as the other cells will still be outputting the volts but not the amps. This was explained to me by a battery specialist when I couldn't understand why my battery optimiser was saying the battery voltage was OK but the battery still wouldn't crank over the engine. Needless to say a new battery resolved the issue.

Are all the common mods stickied somewhere?

Yes in the sticky at the top of the 1000 section.

Can someone post a link to the recommended fuel additive(s) as there are lots of offerings from the different manufacturers - thanks.