A happy afternoon's fettling completed.

Retrieved the clutch line for the BB from the GPO, and set to.

OEM clutch hose is one of those solid metal pipe jobbies, down the
inside of the frame rail, so it got cut out with a Dremel.

Threaded the new one into place, fixed it using the existing clips,
filed and bled. Simple.

As it was nice, I set off on the Wing to get some oil, and treated the
Blackbird to an oil and filter change, too.

As it was still nice, I decided to uproot the vegetation in the
airbox, and cleaned and re-oiled the K&N.

Last but not least, replaced the vacuum plug for the Scottoiler with
the original bolt, so it's not drawing fresh air in where it
shouldn't.

Nothing broke. I drew no blood. I didn't kick over the oil tray, and I
didn't lose anything. The Blackbird started first prod on the button,
too.

I guess I'll wake up shortly.

 

And no nuts and bolts left over?

 

I had a vaugely simliar success of sorts, went out "on my new GSXR
1000", mention that because it's proper scary in the upper rev range
for any period of time. Arrive, removing my earplugs & I can hear
really loud squeaking noises from the rear shock, sitting back on and
bounce about to find it's squeaking constantly on the front as well,
hoping for that magic fix from repeating the process, but to no avail.
Upon leaving for home though, the squeaking has stopped completely,
Huzzah! for magic and so decide to risk it.

At home I check the whole bike for anything very obvious, only
noticing the carbon frame covers that wrap below the petrol tank area
(it came with them) are loose to the point of coming away , as they
taper forwards it gets worse. So bending them out further from true
reveals, what looks like blu-tack and those double sided sticky pads
mashed into one. Getting the bike hotter than the previous 2 months
might have melted the goop completely and cooling it must have pulled
the frame cover back into line. There isn't any paint damage as the
covers are fake carbon fiber I think, plus the rearmost point was
bolted properly to an existing hole, just have to remove them now . I
thought I'd been ripped off with a trashed bike so a massively good
result today, that stressed cover somehow maginifed the sound like a
ruler on a table edge.

 

Nope. None. It's an odd feeling, and no mistake.

It got taken to Sainsbury's for a road test today.

Blackbird brakes take some getting used to after a fortnight of CBX
riding.