A few small jobs before hopefully starting riding again in March.
Front and rear brake fluid change and bleed, including ABS, only done last year but I find at least bleeding regularly helps the front brakes especially feel as good as they can be, and it only cost about £2 in fluid so why not.
Did some more work on the dreaded wiring to the clocks and ignition switch, had already opened up the entry holes in the conduits last year but the ignition wiring especially was still showing signs of strain.
This is after removing the self amalgamating tape I added last time, showing the previous damage to the outer sheath near the switch and entry to the conduit.
Following one of
@Kiwidave4 suggestions I've removed the ignition wiring altogether from the conduit but left it in place to keep the remaining wiring tidy. It allows the wiring to follow a more natural route which as you can see is far away from the conduit entry, I would advise anyone with a fairing to do this one thing at least if you do nothing else.
Once the fairings back on its barely noticeable so doesn't look untidy.
The gauge wiring on the other side runs backwards and is spliced into the main loom, I'd already opened the conduit entry hole but while I had the tank off for another job I loosened the cable clamp and moved the main loom forward, this has gained a little more slack, it was tight against the extended conduit entry before.
After
Then a bit of a vanity job, had some light scuff marks on the tank strap probably from my jacket, had to lift the front of the tank to take it off and do it properly.
Re-brushed with grey Scotchbrite and WD40, cleaned and treated the leather strap as well
Lastly, while I was doing the front brakes noticed the RH caliper was a bit closer than ideal to the disk, I always align the forks and calipers any time I have the wheel out but did it again anyway.
Took the caliper off, slackened the pinch bolts and pulled the RH fork back and forth a bit to make sure it was free to move, bounced the forks without using the brakes and it settled back about 1mm different than before and gave me better clearance once the caliper was refitted.
Tax it next week and then hopefully first ride of 2022, remembering I've got a new rear to scrub in.