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Road: raiding the spares bin

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  As I work on the race CBR400RR-L NC29; I have accumulated a decent pile of parts that I no longer need. Whilst listing these on eBay to shift them I noticed that some are in better nick than those on my own road going CBR400RR-L NC29. This did take a a little while to notice in fact but once I did, I rolled the road going bike over to the maintenance garage to swap some bits over. First to go on was the left and right switch gear which was horribly sun bleached. I checked the better condition replacements worked correctly and gave them a thorough clean up and service before fitting them to the left and right clipons.  The space for wiring on the NC29 is a bit limited to say the least so I took extra care to take note of where each loom went when I removed the original components. All of the plugs got a good soaking in electrical cleaner and protector before fitting. The side stand was another item that looked a bit better on the race bike. The one on the road bike is still subtly ben