Facepalm.

[ChristoT]

I was bored, so went out for a little spin on the Fazer. Going down the road, I heard a weird buzzing I knew shouldn't be there. I pulled over for a look, but couldn't see much. I headed home, parked up, and the bike cut out when I stopped... OK, that was weird. Now, the buzzing was coming on with the ignition on too! I panicked, got the bike to start, and headed towards town and the bike shop. I hadn't gone 300 metres when the bike died completely. So I pushed it to the side of the road, and tried to work out what the hell was wrong.

Just as I was preparing myself to push the damn thing the 2 miles to the bike shop, I suddenly had a thought. I'd lifted the tank up whilst failing to get at the spark plugs to clean them earlier that day... Surely I hadn't....

:groan

I had. The fuel tap was off. I switched it on, and the bike started immediately. So I headed home feeling very silly. Just proof that the simplest things can cock you up! Thank God I hadn't done that on the A1M (I'm off to Bury St Edmunds for the weekend). Breaking down in the Hatfield Tunnel would not have been fun!