Thanks, I also looked into the exhaust wrap thing too, it also helps to stop boots from melting and is good from a performance point of view. What I need to know now, is can the wrap be painted over with VHT header paint.

The bike in it's present guise, that of the stealth look, I quite like and it will continue to be that way, as I am not one for the bling. It was also fortunate it was black, as that is the colour I prefer for my vehicles and my personal attire, even my mountain bike, a '94 Saracen is black with shiny silver bits and red detailing. I always liked the understated look and my Pulse thing suits my artistic eye.

The bike, is currently heavily soaked in water displacement fluid, as it is out there in the elements waiting for a dry day when I can go and attack the frame with sandpaper and Finnigan's Hammerite. What bits I can detach I have already done so, cleaned, rust treated and given two coats of the hammered black finish, my flat now looks like a junk yard, bits of bike everywhere.

A rack is going to be put on, and a top box eventually, the rack idea, I am going to go the way of another member here and drill the pillion grab handles to accept threaded bar to mount a top box, as I won't be taking passengers on the bike, so have removed the pillion foot pegs and hangers.

Oh, for an '07 bike, it has 4000 miles recorded on the odometer