So, I am away on business for a couple of weeks. About half way through, my wife notices the smell of fuel in the garage and sees a wet area below my bike. I had filled the tank just before leaving and being that the weather was hot, suspected that it was just heat expansion - no worries.
A week goes by, petrol continued to leak. By the time I get home the tank has nearly drained dry. The leak was enough to keep this cover above the starter wet. (frigging Mac Preview - didn't realise the photo was sideways, sorry)
I take the fuel tank off and the problem is immediately obvious. One of the three dry-break disconnects seems to have spontaneously failed. The nipple broke enough to leak, I broke it off completely when I attempted to unlatch.
Here is where that nipple is supposed to go and what it is supposed to look like.
Today, I just found out that BMW Motorrad Adelaide will close its doors on 21 Dec. My buddy Paul, the mechanic, was made redundant (so my problem immediately became trivial.) but has found work with Honda World which, rumour has it, is looking to get the BMW franchise. Anyway, no parts order for me. And then I managed to lose my wallet somewhere and have had to cancel the cards and arrange for new cards, drivers licence etc.
Just not my day.