Christmas holidays - Back on this project. Got called by tech inspection for a chain guard being too short ... apparently it's supposed to extend 1" past the axle centerline and I was just using the stock one. (Would be nice if the requirements were actually written someplace that is easily findable, but whatever.) Looking around for a longer chain guard online turned up some shiny polished bent sheet metal bits in the shape of a chain guard, which they wanted 90 bucks for, and which I didn't really like anyways. Meanwhile, there was a piece of scrap thin gauge sheet metal that was about the right size sitting in the odds and ends shelf in the shop, begging to be made into something.
The stock chain guard isn't a very complicated shape, so I first cut out and bent a cardboard template and got it shaped about right, then transferred it to metal, cut it out, bent it to shape (including bending a lip over the edges to stiffen it and also so that there is not a sharp edge along the length of it), hit it with some primer then some black paint, and I'm waiting for that to dry before installing it on the bike. Free beats paying 90 bucks any day.
Also, realizing that this will no longer be a touring bike, I took the Helibars off and went back to the stock handlebars. The grips are worn out (67,000 km on the bike), will probably grab a set at the bike show.
The other issue is that the quick-shifter proved to be irritating on the street. I'm thinking of rigging up a switch to detect whether the clutch is pulled in or not, and disable the quick-shift if I'm using the clutch.