It’s not often I end up pushing a broken down bike home, but when it happens it’s a memorable experience.

It just died a few miles from home. I found a blown fuse which I promptly replaced with the only spare.

That was good enough to get me another 500 yards..

From there it was ‘just’ a few miles home -up hill. After some time pushing the bike in the hot afternoon sun with all my leathers on,  I thought there must be a better way…

My wife was at home so we arranged to tow it with the car while I held a strop in one hand, and steered the bike with the other one (a hairy experience).

A quick examination via google pointed me to a dead fuel pump.

Several hours later, I had the bike in pieces

The local KTM agent wasn’t quite that helpful, He simply advised me of a price of $600 and an unknown arrival date.

A quick search on Ebay found one for $130, which will arrive in a months time.

To be continued…