Hi all. I am not new, I have just been quiet. Today, my 2009 zx6r refused to fire up. I have had the same problem before (The day I bought the bike!) It turned out that the regulator was not wired in properly. Today, I had to leave it in a parking bay in Southend high street as I was late for work. When I got back to it, I had a ticket. fair play, it looked like I had just parked it and gone shopping. I thought I would chance my arm and try starting it and it fired straight up . I rode it straight to my local bike shop, told them what the problem was and walked home. They phoned me 3 hours later and told me the regulator was the problem and it would cost £230 in total to sort. This shop is not a kwak dealer, but my nearest one is 40 miles away. None of the above really bothered me that much. Then I found this which came out on Wednesday. http://bikechatter.net/articles/motorcy ... 0r-models/ Should I try to get kawasaki to sort it with the yamaha/suzuki dealer the bike is with? Or should I take it out of the shop and try to ride it the 40 miles to Colchester for them to sort? I would have to still have to pay them for diagnosing the problem. ..............Do you think they will pay for my parking ticket? I still love my bike. I cant fix it myself because spanners and oil are my kryptonite. I fitted my own aftermarket indicators and now the area under my seat looks like an R2D2 shotgun wound.