With the rear shockers re-assembled on my Bloop (see part one back in January 2020), I could crack on with the build.
I installed the center-stand with a suitably greased pivot and the foot-peg bar; next on with the swingarm and shocks. I’d carefully washed and dried the brake shoes and after replacing the speedo drive assembly into the front hub I could loosely bolt the front wheel in place, but not the rear yet.
Time for a bit of electrickery. I’d replaced the wires to the rear flashers and given all four of them a rub with some Duraglit. There’s still a bit of grot showing, but by swapping them over the shiny bit is now on top! Am I a cheapskate, or what?
Similarly, I re-hashed the wiring to the handlebar switches; this was well knackered, but the original wiring is way too long so I simply shortened it by a couple of inches and re-soldered the connections. With the switch-gear sorted I could refit the handlebar (which I had also treated to my cheapskate tech with a dose of Dura-G).
At some point in its previous life, the Bloop had a bit of a coming together, which had battered the headlamp shell. I found all the broken bits inside the shell (I love a jigsaw) so it was pretty easy to super-glue the bits back together. After Pete had worked his magic it looks just fine.
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