Hello scot yes ill keep you all updated with the bike as it comes along. the bash plate is from spain a place called todotrials look it up. i think there around 67 euros iv'e had a few on my bikes but the bike am building as a standard bash plate. cheers bondy, Larry good idea on the ignition gizmo i just sealed my 199B 1 with silicon. but on the next bike it will have electric ignition single thin wire so i will use some tubing to protect it. nice job scot on the steering stops i did my own on last bike had to make them abit longer as the fork tubes was catching the nice new ally tank about 2m