many thanks artic fox, just been out for a little ride and have decided to take it back to palmers to have it looked at. will let you know how that goes. another little niggle for me is the lack of a centre stand, had to borrow a pit stand from my son to get the oil change volume right. have fun on ...

my journey to work is 18 miles the bike will stall 4 or five times, usually at junctions/roundabout/trafic lights. it ticks over fine until i engage 1st gear, then there is a little electronic whistle ish noise, the she just stops. quite un-nerving when you are in lane 2 with an artic on your tail !...

i also just bought one of these in blue, however it seems to stall quite a lot, how did you get it resolved? for a 250 the bike is well built and spec'd for the price.