If they're locked solid I'd be hitting with an impact first before drilling. 

I did....  no joy so gonna drill them out.

Trial fit, where do I make the first cut?

I’d cut it where the fender struts end 

Yep, just below the strut ends and then in and downwards into a point!

That was the first idea, but will pull the existing light and numberplate bracket off and think a bit more. There's a support plate under the guard under the plate bracket and it might help avoid mudguard cracking if the light sits on top of that. Also will try to make sure the end of the number plate mount sits flush with the back edge of the tyre and the limp part of the dick doesnt droop.

New Front and Rear DNA Smoothie Rotors ordered from the land of the setting sun (USA).  Should be here in no time and once polished up to a mega shine should be perfect on the bike!

Well g'day again to everyone. It's been one of those years ...... health things going on for the past 12 months, but hopefully I am on top of it now ?

Hey mate hope your health continues to go forward and improve. Good luck with the bike hopefully it’s sorted. I agree they don’t use oil unless something is up with it.

If that doesn't sort it Mick there is/was a really good thread about it on here, solution was in it.

good to see you back Mick I see you can get a ventilated transmission cover from Trask I imagine that should solve your problem if the new cable doesn't work 

I have read every thread on the subject and some of them are about "oil surge" which is different to oil transfer. This "fix" seems to stop the transfer because the rod is slightly thicker than the OEM one, taking up more space, but still allowing the air to equalize between the trans and the clutch. Who knows ............... I'll you know .

My bike already had the ventilated transmission cover as standard and has the hydraulic clutch. I wonder why they went back to the good old cable ............... probably because they realized the hydraulic clutch was causing problems and the cable worked just fine . I have been riding bikes around for a while now and I don't remember breaking any clutch cables before. The clutch on these has a friction zone of about 10mm at the lever and every now and again it still catches me out.

Hey Mick welcome back...fingers crossed you've fixed the bugger.

Rode out to? Having a beer or two, then ride home.

Fark me that looks bloody too crowded for my likeing....lol

Hey! All my friends are there haha

Mingela Hotel i guess.....only 14? people live there....happy hour must be hectic! We detoured thru there coming back from Cape York.

Not sure if I shared this... I think I got to the bottom of my front end problems.  Left side oil seal and weather seal are buggered (the pile of rust is the weather seal).  Just installed a maintenance kit in both front forks and took the opportunity to polish the legs to a mirror finish.  Had to drill out the damn bolts from the bottom like John did - a bloody easy job in the end and the leftover bolt threads just unscrewed from the internals no issue (I think the heat from the drilling did the trick).  Tightened the last bolt and then the rain started minutes later so test run will be on the weekly commute.