Even before I have taken delivery of the bike, I have ordered a couple of things I am pretty sure I will know I want for it. The first of these is some protection for the new paintwork in the form of clear plastic patches to be applied to areas that get scuffed, such as the sides of the tank and corners of the trunk. I am getting these from The Tankslapper - although why they chose such a name I don”t know, I only ever had one and it was a really horrible experience.

I have also ordered a set of DVDs on maintaining the bike from Fred Harmon. I am not much f a home maintainer these days if the truth be told and I don”t want to sepnd a lot of time on it but eading various forum posts it seems likely that I shall want to understand a but of what goes on under the skin, even if only to add a bit of farkle here and there.