After the significant spend, what is the point in putting new OE rothmans bodywork away in storage. It should be enjoyed on the bike.

At least your riding the bike Watfordhorn. Consider the guys who have all bought £6.5K MC28SPs from Fastline in the last 12 months or so. I recall at least 3 or 4 going through the shop. Then (usually) we don't hear anything on the Forum from the owners, certainly not any running issues or comments about how good their shiny new bikes are. There is no way I would have spent £5K on my Rothmans 21SP to not ride it, or to then fit cheaper non OE bodywork.

I did buy a new crank as a spare, with the same idea, that at some point they won't be available. Then had to fit it anyway!!
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Rich
MC21 Track Bike / RS250 NF5 'Spencer', NX5 'Cadalora' & NXA 'Aoyama' / RS500 / Two Brothers Racing RC30