The engine is now out and on a bench, a juggling act involving a car jack and short length of wood to manoeuvre the engine out through the right side of the frame, once it had released itself from the rear mounts it was a relatively straightforward task, it's not heavy just awkward.

Surprisingly light though it will need a clean, the flywheel nut has been cracked, I'll do the belt change and that side of things later, I'll also need to sort the clutch side where a little oil leak had started to show, that'll need the clutch out first, all in due course though.

The rolling frame was then rolled out.

I then power washed the frame to get the worst of the greasy grime from it and will tackle the swing arm and forks next. It'll all get recoated in time but cleaning it now makes handling it a lot easier in the meantime.

Wheels are now at the side awaiting further attention.