The brake lines have now been secured to the front forks with some anodised P-clips replacing the black one one one side, and nothing on the other.
This second one needed a 20 mile round trip to B&Q for some nylock nuts as the hole it attached to wasn't threaded, something I neglected to check in my haste to get the bike back together.
A hose separator brings the two lines together under the horn. It's not overly neat but the p-clips on each side are at different heights meaning the brakes lines don't come together symetrically. I've got another hose separator spare in case I work out a better way of doing this but it'll do for the moment.
The observant amongst you will notice that the horn bolt has also been replaced with a snazzy blue number. I had to remove the horn to get the lines routed and tied down, and the bolts come in packs of 5 so ... well .... pimp my ride baby!
Doing my bit for mother earth I recycled the old connector hole that the stock brake line came down through but of course used something with a bit more bling. Not obvious with the fairings all in place, but I know it's there and that's what counts :p
And last, but not least, I tidied up something that had been bugging me for ages. The power socket was just connected onto the battery, threaded through the fairing, and cable-tied to the handlebars on that little rectangular brackety thing (to give it it's technical name). For under two of your english pounds I picked up a couple of metres of braided polyester sleeving on eBay and threaded the wires through this, resoldering the ends neatly it now looks much better. Removing the inline fuse meant I could do all the soldering without worrying about shorting the battery out and more importantly removing the battery bolts which are complete bar-stewards to get back in.
Next week my Pazzo levers should arrive from America where somehow they are cheaper than the UK, shipping is free, and I get them engraved with the letters of my choice into the bargain. Sweet!!!
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