with about thirty five miles left to do on the way home I lost all electrics...after removing the flywheel the cause was easy to spot...a broken wire and a loose lighting coil on the stator...

the yellow arrow is pointing to the coil that came loose causing the wire where the red arrow is pointing to break...

after a short search I found this in the shed...it was complete minus the wiring...the original stator is now healthy again having used one of the coils off it...never throw anything away...

although I have carried this as a spare for a few years now I decided to plod on and replace it when I got home...

there is so much wrong with this stator that I'm glad I didn't stop to replace it...timing marks are in the wrong place and it was rubbing on the flywheel when I tried it for the first time...came in a genuine Piaggio box from s.i.p. but I have my doubts!!..