Hi Timolgra, if you want to preserve your OEM pump, I thought this was an ingenious solution by French guy Fabienlegall. Its purpose is to stop the arcing which burns out the points. Also on xrv.com but here has better explanation
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=12245376&highlight=diode#post12245376
Thanks for that, I'll get myself a diode and give it a try