I'm in Lymm, nr warrington but that is a fantastic thing to offer! A very sincere thanks
. I knew all that stopping changes peoples tyres would come back one day! No alarm, only after market product is the Oxford grips.
In reading the similar issues it looks like the loom is the most likely cause given the very similar symptoms. And...a recent plug change could have disturbed wires near the radiator. That's the one plug I couldn't get to so the garage mentioned below did it for me.
The dealer (to be fair) seems to have done about 2 hours of fault finding with no luck. I'm stuck as its my commuter and I need a fix.
I have contacted a more local bike shop (its currently in Chester) who the AA delivered it to originally asking if they'd put a loom on it just to see. There are a few on eBay for £100 or less. I've even offered to do the dismantling to save their time and my £££s.
The only thing was the dealer seemed (and I quote) almost certain "9 out 10 times" a short can break something else. They said the ECU contains the immobiliser and that was possibly gone too and/or any other number of components. Then if that's the case a new ECU means a re-progamming which could also mean shipping the bike to get that done (why can Suzuki Dealers do that????)
I'm off work tomorrow I'll get the dealers buy back price, a price hopefully off the other garage and then I suppose I'll have to balance it up.
One of those periods of life where things don't go as planned.