what did you do with your fazer today ?

[Grahamm]

That's the first time I've seen or heard of a side stand snapping, blimey.  Even i when left down or crashed the bend, there's no real side or share weight on them in operation it's all pretty much straight down force, very odd.

As I mentioned, the road has a pretty steep camber, so it's possible that the bike rolled back a bit because the rear tyre wasn't against the kerb and the "foot" didn't slide, so it's like bending a tube in the middle where it's weakest

It's very possible whatever's caused this to fracture has damaged the side stand switch and would go a long way to explaining your past problems with the switch. 

I had tested the switch with a multimeter and it seemed to be fine, giving the correct zero resistance/ infinite resistance responses, but you've made me think...

I was worried that the "auto kill" would cut in when I put the bike into gear as it was still running and in neutral when the stand collapsed and I didn't switch it off.

I was thinking that I'd have to push it all the way back around the other side of the block to get to the alleyway where my shed is, but it kept running (fortunately)!

But I've just had a look at the side stand switch and it's not pushed in, because, obviously, there's no stand to push it in, yet it must have been like that after the stand broke.

Luckily, though, I've bought a new (second hand) stand *with* the switch, so I'll just change over the whole unit.