I got the kill switch made up which was a pain because it has to be double pole so that the two coils aren't shorted together under normal running conditions. I ended up getting a pit bike switch, pulling the guts out of it and fitting up a miniature double pole momentary pushbutton from Jaycar, which works fine.
Also got the sidestand finished. Made up a little aluminium bracket that bolts onto the old left rear footrest bracket, which I left on for that purpose. (The right hand bracket was used for the footrest and brake pedal bracket.)
My photography is very poor, but this shot shows almost the right shade of blue that the bike actually is. It's a match for my Yamaico, on Firko's suggestion, and looks pretty good in the flesh.
I got the little short uni filters yesterday, so I fired it up. No kickstarter any more so I bumped it down the street and it fired as soon as the wheel turned over (maybe that PVL was a worthwhile purchase). A good warm-up and then a few twists of the throttle responded in a wail that sounded like a GP bike. Time for a run down the street. Holeee shit, what a weapon. Went through the first four gears, not even giving it a hard rev and it's pawing the air and trying to throw me off the back. To quote words made famous by King Kenny Roberts after riding the Kel Carruthers prepared TZ750 at the Indy Mile, "they don't pay me enough to ride this thing"
I'll take it up to Gloucester for the grass track, but I'm thinking I'll probably end up riding the CD YTX400
A bit of fine tuning on the mixture and she's good to go. Thanks to everyone for all the positive comments. This bike has been a lot of fun to build, but taken a bit longer than expected. The final cost was just under $1500, with most of the blowout being a result of nearly $500 worth of PVL ignition
