Fixings can easily kill the estimated weight budget if you don't account for them, especially on a feather.
Indeed so but even with this being a Middle/Heavy, I need to weigh Kaizen now before carrying on. I took the chance to weigh the brackets and threaded bar before they were installed and it came to something like 6.6kg, so I can only infer that Kaizen is now in the mid 30's, which means it is within the MW category.

Great to see Kaizen coming together now, still on track for a debut at Grantham?
I want to say yes and so long as I can get these wheel hubs drilled and fitted (I've never drilled stainless steel before, any hints?), you should see the lumbering mass that is Kaizen make an appearance