Bike runs fine, but can take a bit to get going first thing. It fires fine but then chugs for about 5 seconds before roaring away (much to the neighbours delight).
I don't know how much it uses (but I will start to keep a record) I don't ride the bike on a regular basis anymore, I just know that everynow and again (prob every 300 miles) the oil light comes on, I check the oil the next day and it's at the bottom of the glass, I then top.
With regards to electrodes getting black, yeah, I know that (not being smug there) but I know the blackness was a wet blackness when I tested them. Will have them out again this week to double check.
And no, I don't have a compression tester, I'm really no mechanic, I just about have spanners because when I touch stuff I'm not confident about it all goes tits up and ends up costing me double (see my posts about exhaust studs LOL).
Red, do you have one? I'll make you tea one weekend..........