At least with snow forcast and lots of salt on the road if you must be without your bike this is the best time for it to happen
Keep us updated on your progress

Just a bit of an update,
As suspected,its a cream crackered front coil.Its fixed and the bike is ready to roll,............well it would be,only I have a few other things that need sorting while its in the workshop.It will get the recall for the oil pipes,brake banjo bolts and the front of the engine repainted.Should be a couple of weeks before its finished.:(
Mind you,Ive just seen the weekends weather forecast,........snow!:o:o:o