finally got my bike back today and of course feeling a bit better after a ride. Still pissed though for loosing a great bit of my vacation and not getting the time to do the trip I was planning. The fix that was made...well, the collector is changed and the contact from the reg. is now smeared in grease and wrapped in electric tape..don�t know if you can call the last a good fix , but I guess they havn�t got anything better to offer allthough they really should imo. It can�t be that difficult or costly I think and it seems a lot of bikes have had the same problem..
Anyway, reading your tecnical advises on this site with great interest and looking with more optimism on the bike (for now) in hope that you are right. Thanks for your time.