Phase 2.5
By sheer, sheer luck, and by just happening to look in the right place at the right time, I found, look-seed and paid for an accident-damaged F800GT yesterday.
Rear-end and right-hand side damage, missing panels and indicators, and a small, repairable hole in the RHS engine casing. (I suspect but can't verify that someone shunted this bike from behind and caused the rider to drop it).
I paid roughly 25% of the retail price for an intact bike of the same vintage.
So my parts donor has finally arrived!
A quick look around reveals that it has every single major part I need.
This seems to be a 2013 bike (the 'seller' I spoke to was an intermediary, specializes in repairing Jap sportsbikes and didn't know the year model). It has ABS and ESA. I couldn't verify it because I couldn't turn the ignition on, but I think it might have RDC as well.
By my reckoning, it's also low-mileage. Low enough that it still has its original front tyre, and the handlebar grips were virtually unmarked.
Collection and strip-down to commence this Saturday.
Meanwhile, progress on the new rear engine mountings has been coming along slowly, but steadily. The more I think about it, the more heavily I'm leaning toward a 'monocoque', box-frame type of construction for the mounting. It makes the most sense for balancing maximum strength against the space limitations around the swingarm pivot (the two major obstacles are the forward portion of the fuel tank and the upper drive belt run).