Things just been a bit slow and infuriating, Paul... I was planning on writing an update tonight anyway.
So I've half got the airbox back in. Need to finish screing it back together. I also then started looking at the hose routing. Having retrieved the remaining hoses from Deefer, I started trying to fit them to the engine. Well, the engine being in the frame certainly isn't helping!! The guy who sold me this bike needs his tool rights revoked. Muppet. It seems he took every loose bit off the engine, and then lost half the hardware. Grr.
My latest headache (to add to the list) is the main oil feed pipe, that runs from the sump to the head across the front of the engine. And guess what? The middle bolt and the top banjo bolt line up: does the sump bolt? Nope!
I've got a few annoying fiddly jobs to do, I just need to get round to actually doing them. I also still need to sort out the towbar wiring, and finish installing those retaining bolts. Another ballache.
Things will get exciting once I get the VFR wheel though: Because then I can get the swingarm fitted, then the tail fairing, then the zorsts. And those are the major mods (so far) of this project.
(For stage 1, I am sticking with the airbox and stock front end. The pod filters and USD forks will come later)