Shock

Managed to scrimp and save and sell a kidney for a wilbers shock.
Paul in vmtek.ie was the agent i used and he took all my details. You have to wonder does all the detail simply amount to a spring roughly equivalent to your weight or perhaps something more??
By all accounts something more, the valving is set up for a lean towards on road and its delivered with preload set to what they reckon should be the correct sag and likewise the damping set to optimum.

Have high hopes for this as it wasnt cheap and they have a great rep it seems. Paid the extra for the ride height adjuster at the bottom of the shock.
If the damping is as tasty as the milling il be a very happy lad.
Have a gawk

Added some extra height to sharpen things up a tad.
Makes no bones about it, this bike will be higher than Charlie Sheen. The wilbers fork springs and and the reprofiled seat will make her a daunting prospect.

Bought one of these cool thrust washers off simplybearings.co.uk

I really like that site, makes for easy ordering of an at times confusing product.
The idea with this is it rides above the spring and below the preload collars. No more skinned knuckles, simply un nip the rings and turn by hand!

So there she is all buttonbed up, mostly