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@Rik_Van_Looy
Splendid work sir. Exquisite taste and sympathetic restoration.
To add my tuppence to the shellac debate, I bought some white cotton tape from Dave Marsh last year for my Eroica bike
Being a grubby type it soon stopped looking neat and tidy so I shellac'd it very heavily and it came up a lovely honey colour.
L'Eroica it can be relatively heavy on the hands so a bit of flex and a better grip might prove a good idea.
You need to do plenty of it as Vello said, and if you do, do't be in too much of a rush and let it dry properly between coats or it tends to subside!!
In my case it started out all nice spongy and shiny...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72712370/ISOMETRIC.jpg
A few thousand miles later it's a different story as I didn't let it harden up properly - still quite nice in a "shroud of Turin" kind of way
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/72712370/2012-11-29%2009.08.18.jpg