Paintjob part 2

Paintwork is making progress, it's about half done but I've run out of paint, one more can should do it but I'll have to get it mixed up one day this week. It's worked out cheaper to spray with cans than using the spray gun so that's what I've done. New vinyls are on order too and should be here before the end of the week. Here's a photo to be going on with... hopefully next weekend will see it finished other than cutting and polishing.
The bodyshell has seen better days, i should really use it to make a mould and make a new one as the gel coat has cracked all over and it's been repaired underneath several times and has become a fair bit heavier than it should be. But it'll look presentable enough and do another few seasons should it need to.

One rather obvious thing that's come to light recently is that the gearing on the bike is miles out. Why we haven't noticed this before seems a bit of a mystery but a larger front sprocket was fitted to the bike not long after i built it and since then i guess other things like broken engines have been the focus of our attention, and somehow this has escaped our attention. It's currently geared for over 190mph! so i've done some sums and ordered a larger rear sprocket and added a link to the drive chain.
It may help sort our still slightly off pace 60ft times and definitely gives an increase in torque so it'll be interesting to see what difference it makes.

And lastly, for those who don't do facebook, this was posted on our page after the last event. It's the shakey cup! the first cup/trophy thing we have won since the bopchop team started racing.