OK, shock is in! That nut for the inside of the upper mount can be a real PITA. I found a good solution though. I actually super-glued the nut to my 14mm box end wrench and held it in place until the bolt engaged it. Easy as pie! Left it glued to the wrench until I was finished torquing everything down. It took a couple of raps with a small hammer to free the wrench after I was done. There was no possibility of dropping the nut, that's for sure!
For the lower mount the obvious solution is to reverse the lower bolt so the foot peg / muffler hanger can be left undisturbed. Wonder why Honda did it the "wrong" way?
Finally, I re-routed the remote preload reservoir line to avoid having to remove the seat/tank mount to pass the reservoir up, over some brake plumbing and back down again. No kinks or anything, again, wondering why Honda used such a circuitous route?