Other than a little paint and polish I am not buying anything else for the bike. I may even sell the carbon cans and put the standard ones back on. Meaches original pictures made it look terrible but its not. Paint the swing arm, clean the spokes (elbow grease then paint), scotch pad the headers, polish them, touch up the engine case, T cut and polish the bike and it will look fine.

I was going to buy a nearly new XT but that was only if it was my only transport but as I have kept my car I wanted a cheap XT to get around on and get my enjoyment out of. Having a nearly new bike for me means hassle trying to keep it clean after every ride and that really was detracting from enjoying ownership. Get a tatty one, clean it up a little and just use it is what I am after. My only real requirement looking for this bike was I wanted the MK1 bike and a touring screen. I got a spare set of plastics so I may have a play painting it an urban camo or matt black as stated before but the candy red; I like. Looking through the receipts I see a full set of plastics (not including front fender) are �60 a set so it again may be cheaper to just buy a gloss black set and be done with it.

Dewill I would have had yours but I know Meaches bike and it had alot less miles on it. I wont spend anymore than �100 getting it sorted (not including service costs).

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