Got the shock off tonight, and it's in very, very good condition given the age and condition of some of the rest of the bike! That will be sent away, along with the forks, to my new mate Clive Horton at
Racing Lines who also happened to be my ACU academy instructor today!
The swingarm is the next thing to come off, and I'll take the opportunity to check the bushes and stuff, along with fitting the lower chain guard. Then I'll drop the engine out.
I also attempted to clean out the fuel tank - my god there was some crap in the tank! plenty of rust in the bottom and the first litre of petrol out of the drain was rusty as hell. I've taken the pump out too and the inner tank filter definitely needs replacing as it's got plenty of crap in it too. The outer cap ring is also a right state, but that will be polished up without too much problem, and I have a non-locking cap for it too which looks awesome.
[Edited on 8-2-2005 by antonye]