Hi Pete, I saw on the MRC forum your confession of dumping it, think positive the bike is OK and you are very well equipped to giving the finger to everybody
I do know Loton quite well though have not been there for a few years, some of the organizing club people are umm shall we say a little strange, one time I had my 500 Morini in the back of the van thinking I would use it to go to my B+B, bump started it where the 1st tank stand is and rode it down to the paddock, turned around and rode back to my parked tranni van, an officious lady marched up saying you can't ride that here you will frighten the dear, I was left thinking tomorrow with 140 racing cars here they are going to be scared witless anyway
So Loton is a nice hill but Wiscombe and the people are "nicerer"
Get well soon
John