to be honest- ive never used a mulitimeter before as electronics arent my strongpoint... but this doesnt sound too difficult- ill give it a go.
will borrow my mates charger and give the battery a charge too- see where things stand after that.
at worst, new alternator is only about £60

Smoky where are you??? I have a multimeter you can borrow. I am in manchester.

AL

lol, that would be a great help.
except for the fact that im in east London lol

:D :D

update-
well, she's starting- albeit sluggishly...
i think i might have lucked out here and its just my battery needs a charge...
fingers crossed eh?

still having those odd flat spots though... only at 1/4 throttle at low revs...

if it happens again give me a shout,i have a spare multimeter i will send you for the price of postage.
a good indication to see if the charging system is working at all is put the lights on and when you give the bike a bit of throttle the lights should brighten up slightly.


william

cheers mate!
ive not noticed the lights brighten up.. but will check it later to see if they do...
thanks guys!