Down the pub the other evening, a couple of friends asked why I've fitted a trombone to the front of my bike."What trombone, where?"

".......... Oh that! You hum it, I'll play it!"

Fitting the large tank and a screen to the TTR required the front brake hose to be re-routed in front of the headlamp shroud/number plate thingy, and it occurred to me that it's now more exposed to damage from passing branches, or a spill. I found that 22mm white plastic pipe fits neatly into the re-located nylon hose guides to protect (I hope) the hose. And when fitted in place, with the hose inside the pipe and free to slide up and down with the suspension, it all looks rather odd. Which I like. And now that the chaps at the pub tell me it looks like a trombone, that's even better. So I found an aerosol tin of brassy-gold metallic paint left over from an old over-mantle mirror restoration job, and squirted that at it for added effect.

Whether or not it'll be any good at protecting the brake hose is another matter.
Whether or not it'll play a tune is also another matter. So I fitted a pair of those super-loud Motrax multi-coloured Hootaz as well, to the engine mountings just under the front of the tank.
So we now have three-piece brass and reed ensemble to accompany the Yamaha drums across the Sahara.
I hope.