I got all the clutch parts in late last week and spent a short bit Friday night getting everything back together. I was still having clutch slippage, so I swapped both the master and slave from the parts bike to this one. it's working now, but I think I still have more bleeding to do because the engagement point for the clutch is very close to the grip and I'm having a bit of trouble getting it to slide into neutral.
I ran into a charging issue when I took it out for it's initial shakedown run. after pulling a few things off, I found a broken wire from the alternator. once I repaired that, it did fine. then took it out for another run, including stopping for some fuel. started back up with no problems. my horns and turn signals (front) have stopped working. going to have to do a bit more fiddling with the wiring up there.
I've got new tires on the way. I am going to pull a few parts off the parts bike including a rear shock and clutch line (braided). more tinkering and fixing on the way, but it's pretty close to getting the inspection done.
The test rides were a blast. the exhaust note both growls and screams at various RPMs. I will definitely be getting a ticket on this bike at some point. it's got worn out tires on it, so handling was sketchy. with the better rear shock and some fresh shoes, that should be a great improvement. under really hard acceleration, I was sliding back on the seat and had to hold on to the grips hard. then I realized I could just slide my butt back against the cowl, lean in a bit, and ride her the way she wanted to be ridden.
this is going to be a fun spring!!!