hi Blackthou
i havent considered the plugs and leads at the moment, as i was hoping these were checked when it had its big service about 3 weeks ago. i am going to do the other checks first so that i can count them out and i will know where i stand when they are done. i kinda dont wont to just change them at the moment as i have brought lots of parts over the last two weeks but at the end of the day if the bike still does the same thing then i will have to trouble shoot further.