Ok thanks for the reply....another thing I forgot to mention, it seems very heavy on fuel. A full tank and down to reserve was only 100 miles. And I,me not thrashing it,just commuting to work.

Hi...just remembered that I  had'nt put any photos on of the new upholstered seat pan.

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New tyre as well 

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JAY...can you see the small bracket thats attached to the heel plate which supports the exhaust ? Bottom right of this photo.

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The other bike in the left corner of the photo is a hardtail bobber I'me building as well.

You ever consider paneling the triangle up with some stainless or some diamond plate below the seat on both sides ? =) cause i have.

Did that last week mate 

Diamond plate would make it look seriously like someone cobbled it up in their garage.
I'd have moded the original side cover to fit ... Or made something out of plastic with a curve to sorta match the seat.
Nothing says "cobbled" more than mesh or diamond plate ... but hey its your bike, please yourself.

Cool.
Buddha.

I think your confusing diamond plate, with what we call chequer plate. The plate I,ve used looks more like a carbon fibre effect in stainless steel. I do need to work on it a bit....as you say to try and create a curve to it.

What I was saying is near impossible in metal by hand and yes I have watched Jessie James do some BS and came away thinking WTF ... yea HD vibrate like hell and will need everything bolted to 300 ft lb .
The tail plastic and seat should sorta make a "unit" of sorts Like the seat and side covers look like 1 unit ...
Cant quite explain ... try the triumph cafe made a few yrs ago ... I dunno how to say it ... perimeter frame and the tapered tail already are wrong for a cafe ...
Your best option is to make the tail look like a old buell or something like that. I'd start modding the GS tail section, atleast it will mate to the tank and look right in the front and follow the lower rail of the frame with some smart cutting.

Cool.
Buddha.

Yeah...I get what your saying, but dont forget.....this bike was a stolen recovered machine,with lots of bits n pieces busted on it. To replace all the parts back to standard seemed pointless...so I thought, just give it a go and see what happens. Not to everyones liking I know, but who cares. 

I think it looks sexy. Great job!!! Id love to see more pics or tutorial on how you did the seat and frame work

I think you've made a good start with this and could go far with it if you wanted to spend the money on it 

In regards to the running issue it sounds like its running rich, as it runs better cold than warm. Pull the carbs and check the jet sizes, you're not running it on super unleaded by any chance are you as that will make it run worse.