Click.....bzzzzzz!

Looking at the sight of a pile of bits for a year or so has been exasperating so I've made a decision to start bolting stuff back together in the full knowledge that I'll need to deal with a few issues later. Possibly meaning taking it to bits again but in the meantime the engine is back in the frame and a few bits are reattached.
Unfortunately it hasn't left the confines of my now cluttered garage to enable a few photographs to record this so this is all there is.

Hastily rattle canned side panels.

The tank is being prepped too but is revealing about five previous coats of paint and has proved problematic to get flat again.

Wiring will be the next puzzle, it was a mess to start with but I'll need to just re-attach it before working out which bits are still relevant and which are left over from a previous owners attempts to modify things.

Bizarrely, the brake offset proved all but impossible to fix so I had to resort to buying a reconditioned OE disc and matching non sintered soft pads, so the brake system has been refitted and will need cleaned and adjusted when I get time.

A few simple parts bolted back in place and it looks like I've made huge strides in rebuilding this bike.
It now has its face back, at least for now, I suspect I'll need to take some of it back off to check the wiring when I can.
The bars are new, the old set, while perfectly servicable came off something else and the knurled sections didn't match the clamps so I bought these ones, they are pattern ones for a old BSA -A, B and M models, they are slightly pulled back than the other ones but look fine.

The wiring is getting complicated now as I try and figure out what connects where, I think this will be the hardest part to get right.

Still here

This was that brake disc posted previously, left in a bath of.....tesco cola for two days it cleaned up quite well.
I'll paint the carrier part with HT paint (though the first attempt looks very splotchy) before bolting onto the wheel.
I've decided that I'll shave 2mm off the lower mount of the caliper and use a thinner spacer for the top mount to compensate for the difference in offset of this disc compared to the original one.

Both carbs are now cleaned, a new set of bars will be here shortly. Mudguards have been stripped of paint and I need to decide how to finish them.
Footpegs are sprayed a satin black and ready to fit so though nothing has progressed much I've done afew things at least.

On its wheels again

Sitting back on its wheels again, though only for a bit as it'll all need to come off again at some stage.

Its at this stage where a lot of the frustrating jobs begin. I managed to bend the centrestand mount, mainly due to the stupid design which needs one steel tube to fit inside another instead of,say, a collar at each end, hopefully it wont cause problems later.
The forks seem to sit very high but I'm guessing thats because theres no weight on them yet.

The rebuild finally starts

After a long winter where nothing was touched I've finally started to put bits back together.
Yesterday was spent pounding the swingarm spindle with a mallet in an attempt to get it all the way through the frame, I loosened off the two guide plates that bolt to the centre of the frame and it finally went through, a few turn engaged the threads on the chain side and it seemed to be quite secure.

The headstock is seated as I finally obtained enough quarter inch bearings to fill the race.

I also wanted to bolt on the new shocks. these were attached using the old bolts, if I waited until everything was cleaned or replaced with shiny new bits it would sit in my garage forever.
Getting it together is the prioity, replacing the old bolts and fasteners cane be done afterwards.