Thanks for that mate, deffo worth sending it to BSA, for a service judging by it's current state, I'll ring them on monday, they might re blue it ........ you never know.
Just looked at it again now, it looks terrible!
ps . give them a bell , really easy to talk to , if you need any technical advice ask for john in the workshop ,
tell them you bougth it new from a local shop , that way you may even get it done as a freebie
oh and ask them to collect it , they have a parcel force account , this was also free .
all in all the best customer service i know .
good luck