Sporherre’s new jacket

Like i mentioned Sporherre would get a new look.
After some delay and a wrong print last Thursday i got the corrected stickers in.
I had to hold myself not to start already as it was dark outside and i didn’t planned my lighting in the living room for working on the bikes.
I do have a floodlight on a stand but that would cast a shadow and i know myself, when i start i want to finish it risking mistakes and not a lot of sleep that night.

Today i put my alarm an hour early and after breakfast i started with the left side which took about 2 hours.

I wanted to see howe it looks with the crashbar so i put that side on.

After a coffee break i started on the right side, i already turned the bike around exposing the other side to the light from the window.
The fitment on this side was i bit off making it harder and quite a challenge but the practise on the first side helped and i finished a bit faster.
After throwing the backing paper from the stickers away i put the crashbars back on and i looked if i could find a way to put the Reckless 40 bags on, the Stinger 8 i had as tailpack is a bit small.
With the tail tidy i did have a place to put the back straps around, not perfect but this gives me a bit more time to fabricate a proper mounting point on which i also can strap the Reckless 80 on.
Tomorrow i have the last ride of the season with the VFROC and i want to do that with Sporherre to get the feel of a long day on his saddle and i have to fill him up because the gas station is closed when i leave in the morning.
Ready to go…

And of course… i couldn’t just go to the gas station and made him dirty already.
It was slippery in the wet forest but it had the right colours to match Sporherre’s new jacket.

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Tonight the last details for the deadline of the club magazine, tomorrow the ride and then i should have time to start with the travel blogs.