I also really like what you have done. It's clean, neat & tidy and improved. Bravo. By now you should have a few miles up on it, and I'd be interested to hear how it's been holding up.
Although I like the stock Sport, in your build you have solved some of the niggles I have with it -
- the round headlight is a needed solution to an inherent problem - are the headlight ears also from a Kawasaki?
- the stock rear fairing is unnecessarily flimsy, not really pretty & interferes with luggage, so my solution would be different - different folks, different strokes.
- having had some experience with the wiring - re-wiring the beast sounds a very good idea.
- the side stand is still a problem looking for an elegant solution.
- I like the way you have cleaned up the instrument cluster. My tacho decided to stop working, so playing with the cluster has revealed a desire for simplification.
- What did you end up doing with the steering damper?
- Changing the way the rider's seat mounts would be an improvement.
- 35lbs less sounds like it would be a very good thing.
Thanks for the inspiration.
