Hi guys took my bike for mot today, and it drove very badly, it just won't idle, it seems to be running on one then two cylinders at low speed, however when you go faster it seems to be ok.
This is it's first time out since last year, any ideas, i just can't get the choke to stay on, it springs back.
Regards julian

Gummed up jets or intake seals perished ?

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15437

Do the intake seal test and stick some fuel system cleaner in the tank and go for a ride.

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08 Specialized Langster

Modern petrol simply doesn't last more than about three or four months without going stale and gumming up jets.
If it were mine, I'd drain the tank, fill it with some good stuff (Shell V-Power or BP Ultimate) and take it for a long run.
If that doesn't work, it's carb strip time....

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'98 M2 Razorback, it's a keeper.

Confused.com is yours this one?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230854412028&autorefresh=true
which seems to be a carbed non thunder storm S3 but registered in 2002? It has a cyclone rear end?

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Hope you get it fixed before the auction ends.

If you are not far from , why not get him to have a look at it?

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Thanks for the replies, well spotted Daywalker, it is a 98 bike that remained unsold in the Harley shop till 2002.
Regards Julian

Have you still got the S3T rear end and panniers for the bike. Just wondering why the cyclone bodywork?

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Buell S1
Buell S3 (Topless for now)
Buell XB12S
Piaggio X8 400ie
Yamaha XTZ750 Super Tenere (x2)
Suzuki GSXR750WR
BSA B441VS
FJR1300

i am fairly sure there was a non-pannier/legshields version of the S3 as well as the touring version (S3T) but i am not sure what rear bodywork it came with as standard.

Yeah there was I have one no legshields, panniers or mounting brackets. That's it as far as I know.

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Buell S1
Buell S3 (Topless for now)
Buell XB12S
Piaggio X8 400ie
Yamaha XTZ750 Super Tenere (x2)
Suzuki GSXR750WR
BSA B441VS
FJR1300

i was just looking thru eGay,

half the seats u find listed for S3s from the US have the same wide front end as the one on that red bike, but mine has the pointy front;

made me wonder if they had 2 different styles of seat/bodywork, or, there are a lot of parts wrongly listed.

"factory sport" ?

Mine has the pointy one the one he has there must be for the cyclone rear end.

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Buell S1
Buell S3 (Topless for now)
Buell XB12S
Piaggio X8 400ie
Yamaha XTZ750 Super Tenere (x2)
Suzuki GSXR750WR
BSA B441VS
FJR1300

As stated its a M2 rear tail section, for it to be a S3T requires the lower legshields pannier mounts and hard boxes in either slim or fcuking enormous.
the S3 98 was none thunderstorm

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