Ok, Thanks for all the advice.
Don't know what else to say except I need a reliable bike for my 8 country EU trip in May.
If you want reliability you need a Japanese bike. Yes people on here will say never had a problem but there are plenty that do. Yes other bikes dont ride/handle as well.
We know the facts/rumours and we make a choice. If a Chinese or 3rd world manufacturer had fork, brakes, spokes, and battery problems we would run to the hills. Strange world is it not.
Hope you have your problem it resolved.