Well, took the bike for it's 8k service on Saturday - I can't believe the difference. It feels like a brand new bike. I guess with a 40 mile daily commute to and from central london it's been slowly deteriorating and I hadn't noticed how bad it had got - but now everything feels smooth, tight and firm again, I'm so pleased! Oh, and the baffle 'fell' out of my scorpion can this weekend, hee hee! It sounds lurvely!