Dear diary: Had a great day in the country riding through the twisties, 30 miles of bad road aint so bad on a bike.
Nasty kick from behind when cornering had me doing some white knuckle riding on a few corners, am firmly of the belief now that my swing arm bushes are worn out and possibly 30 year old shocks in need of replacement.
Big shame as the engine is running sweet as.
Rode with headlight off and only wee park bulb glowing in front, bike was easy to start when I got home so definitely loosing charge as I ride.
After retesting stator, rotor, regulator with little brothers help, it seems likely the stator is earthing somewhere and therefore I'm not getting the full charge from the alternator.
Was wracking my brains where to get another stator from to at least test my theory that mine is coozed.
Wreckers had none and none for sale on Trade-me, then I remembered my brother-in-law bought two 650's last month and not sure what he was doing with them.
Quick text and he rang me back to say pop over tomorrow and he's pretty sure he has a spare for me!