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Well good news all sorted now, $1450 of work. Feel like it's getting to the stage I need a new bike :D

when i went to a lecture on the science of being seen. rear enders are very rare as I asked that very question. Pink was the safest colour to wear and making your bike "bigger" using lights on handle bars are a good thing too. I have LED hand guards on mine. moving your bike to the crown presents a larger area of bike at junctions (the most dangerous for motorbikes)and watch for the car wheel turning when they are stationary indicates they are about to move off. So feather those brakes ready to stop. Always be able to stop in the distance you see the road ahead to be clear.

yep, bit on the marginal side but having put them on just flipping thewm back was easy and anything that may help..... bit obscured but Ok I think

I'm starting to sound like doom & gloom guy here... lol There's no way those red lights are going to be visible from behind past your legs! There's a possibility that they'll become visible as you turn, but that could cause other problems. There was a 'thing' years ago about the question of whether two bike headlamps close together looked like car headlamps further away. If you see what I mean. Gotta admit though, I quite like the spots!

re: Hey welcome back. Thanks Alex. I was off line for a bit, had problems with my thumb, now all good again, can ride and operate m/bike controls OK. Sorry to learn that you have had issues with the MT-09.

I got this little heap and since I have the US custom as a stock bike, this one is getting altered a touch. Stripped it all down and just playing with ideas at the moment.

Well, my whining output shaft noise had been getting worse, so I took the bike to the garage to get an idea of the cost. They did what I’d been too lazy to do, stripped the back wheel and sprocket cover. After removing the front sprocket, it was clear the sprocket had worn one side quite a bit, hadn’t been aligned properly. It was also quite worn, I didnt even think to check this as the chain and sprockets had only done about 5k km on it. Obv crappy material. Thankfully, the output shaft spun freely with no clicking, phew! That was great to see. Turns out the rear wheel bearing was the main culprit, followed by the front sprocket, which explains why I thought the noise was coming from the front. I’m honestly so relieved to be wrong, a wheel bearing, chain, and sprocket are a lot better than having to pull the engine and split the gearbox casing. Hate to think what that would’ve cost! It’s booked in for Monday for some much needed love and care, something I embarrassingly haven’t given it for a while.