For some reason I thought the clocks needed checking, it was good to check stuff and clean but we had a major disaster - the sun dried NEEDLE broke into a zillion parts, made and glued a new one in place. Honda in their great wisdom did a whole lot of circuitry so that we could have a SPEED light, if you go fast enough you get a red light ( I took the bulb out, it's kind of distracting really)

Then I finally realised after cleaning so many wires and connectors that something just was not right. The stator charge circuit, WHITE, YELLOW, PINK has a fault on the white circuit (grounded) so out came the stator, what a pity as the rest of the circuits are good. Very easy to access, I wonder what the shelf life of these usually is. This bike says 27000kms so I guess it could be time. Now im wondering if the double regulator rectifier setup is also at fault or just the stator white circuit. Time will tell.
Finally put 4 'o' rings in the his and her carb gas link pipes and bike starts and runs at idle pretty good now, not perfect but good enough for trail riding.

Removing the malfunctioning stator from the patient