Mistakes I have made today:
Got up at 4am for a romantic walk in the park to listen to the dawn chorus.
Went for a bike ride and forgot my hi-vis vest.
Went back for my vest and forgot where I was going to go.
Got lost and ended up in Brecon.
Got lost on the way home and ended up in Ledbury.
Did a 220 mile route over 6 hours with a mega sore arse and killing knees resulting. I can hardly walk!
But the biggest mistake was booking standing tickets for Nine Inch Nails tonight. Gonna really regret that!
On the bright side, before going out I checked the electrics as per Unfazed's advice. There was a lot of gunk around the kill switch which I cleaned out (checked there first because I figured plug/coil malfunctions would lead to a misfire before killing it completely), so hopefully it won't happen again. I also blew the 15amp alarm fuse again so that may be the cause of the alarm problems too.
I reckon my bike's old enough to start developing 'character' so I'll forgive it.