Decided to make a start on stripping off fairing etc this evening & dropped radiator forward - hmmm, there's the plugs easily accessible already! - using the factory plug spanner had the new plugs fitted in no time. Total time taken was just over an hour & a quarter - this including drinking a cuppa & having a run around the block to test it afterwards. (Also double checking everything twice - damn you O.C.D!!
) Thanks to everyone on here that has posted tips & advice etc - makes it heaps easier to do these sorts of jobs for the "non qualified"
mechanics amongst us.