After uttering every swear word possible this is what happened:
On the way home last night I noticed a high pitched whirring noise, I was only a mile form home so kept going, got home checked a few things and started her up again and all seemed ok.
Started it this morning seemd ok, got about a mile down the road and the engine light came on, turned round and went home but it dies after about 100 yards, pushed it home and called breakdown.
Breakdown have taken it to a main dealer who has just phoned and said that the generator has come apart and broken up and quoted me £800 for parts (generator / regulator / battery) and it wil be another £1200 labour - so a total bill of around £2000 plus they are not willing to gaurantee the work as they said parts of the magnets from the generator could have got in the engine and will cause more damage.
So I could agree to the work, they do it, then start it up and the engine is damaged further and I still owe them £2000
Obviously I'm not happy and a 2007 35k miles FZ1S is not worth investing another £2k in for a 'might fix it' solution.
They've emailed me some pictures which I'll try to post below.
Does this sound feasible to anyone?
Anyone else had a generator break up and ruin the engine?
How much does a replacement generator and rectifier really cost?
I am gutted beyond belief as I wanted to keep this bike until I retired and that would have been my last big bike.