Sometimes you need a need a little help to start building your dream. In my case my bike helped itself.. he decided to jump off the stand. I put him on the driveway for his summer wash. (I know it. I should clean him some more) But he had other plans: running down the driveway on his own and take a dive on the pavement. This was not new to him.. he did it before, then it was the left side, now he took the fall on the right side.

here you can see the damage on the front of the motor: two sets of deep scratches, one on each side, no window anymore, brake lever gone and headlight broken. The big question was..WHAT DO WE DO NOW? I had enough wild plans for several rebuilds. But I drive it every day to work, so finding the right time to start one was difficult. The missing brake was enough to get the back-up bike up and running. the next push was the front fairing. This was a aftermarket piece, and I don't know where it came from. So the broken window is a major problem. The lamp was no loss, you get more light out of a 5 dollar flashlight. Finding a replacement for that useless candle is worth it.

So sweeping all problems to one pile...I decided that this was a sign from above to start a major rebuild.

List of actions:

• New (decent) headlight
• Led flashlights, with electronic flasher, so no fast blinking anymore.
• Led rear light, shaped as exhausts of a F15 eagle fighter plane.
• integrated cockpit instead of original rattling poorly fitted cluster

Example and half-way result: checking the light effect.