Front Suspension assembly

     This is a joyous day, today i assembled the front forks, below is the before and after for the condition of the forks stripped down:

Before

After

Very shiny and ready for assembly. I must say, the $6.99 I spent at Harbor Freight on a polishing kit was a great investment. For this project, back home in Scotland I have a full mop kit, but for this job, the one shown was more than up to the task, and will also be sufficient to polish the engine cases.
     The units are assembled, a straight forward task, 20W oil used, 190 ml, as per the book. And then the units put into the head stock and frame, the rear units were also further cleaned and put into frame, it's starting to look like a motorcycle again:

     Other views below, I also cleaned all the nuts, bolts and springs for the sides stand and got busy with parkerizing again. It's looking good:

    The side stand is worthy of a short page of its own, and is my next entry. It was a tease to fit.