Brill, I thought they were some sort of overflow for fuel but I could not understand why they were not longer to drain to the bottom of the frame!! What is the purpose of them then is it just to vent the carbs to atmosphere. Do they 'vent out' or 'suck in' considering you mention potential for water infiltration?

Next job clutch/throttle cables and fuel tank on. Just waiting for some parts to come. More questions probably on the way to you guys. I want the bike to be ready for 2nd August (when my licence upgrades). Watch this space.

Is there any reason why I can't attache or paste pictures. It would help me explain things a bit better?

 

I upload pics to photobucket and link from there.

Might be easier if you fit the throttle cables to the carbs before fitting them to the bike.

 

Just carb breathers - little air in little air out.

 

Great I will try photobucket in future if I need to explain with pictures.

You were bang on the money about fitting those throttle cables to carbs first. Had to take those bloody carbs off again. Not a bad thing, getting a dab hand at it now!! I did try to follow wizzle's 'how to', but I think you need a lot of patience to do it with the carbs on (which i don't have)