......but it's still the basic kit with no coils (which are expensive) + you're gonna need a decent transformer and you wont get the 2 year warranty

.......and by the time you've paid carriage, duty, vat, etc........

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

Another once you have it how did you manage without tool? Hopefully the Seally one will be more reasonable but their list prices are always ridiculous but always available online at much less.
Bet that tool gives you a warm feeling inside knowing you have it. I got excited when I got the variator locking tool for my scooter.
Maz you must feel like you have the sun burning inside you with your Snap On kit!

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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

These are a handy tool to have,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Irwin-Bolt-Grip-Remover-394001/dp/B0000CCXVZ/ref=pd_sim_diy_1

They've saved my bacon a couple of times with rusted nuts.

Wall drive sockets
Bit of a Marmite tool, like them or loath them, I fall into the camp that likes them, not used on the buell, but got me out of a hole many times on rust/ rounded nuts on the car

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There are two types of people in this world, those that can extrapolate

When I bought my S2 some years back it came with a broken stud on the rear cylinder. Fortunately it had sheared just below the flange so there was enough sticking out of the head to get a little roller extractor thing on it and it came out with no difficulty. If you have enough of the stud left it's worth a go.

I like the sound of bolt grip remover but I am worried about shearing the stud off. The whole thing has been heat treated so many times that its going to be hard and brittle !

Exhaust studs always break for me... But only on bikes I have not looked after from new (or overhaul).

My tips for a happy life:

Copaslip new studs before they go in the head
Use k-nuts on the studs
Copaslip the k-nuts before they go on
Keep the exposed thread clean
Remove, copaslip and replace k-nuts at every service

My X1 had two broken studs on the front, and they sheared with no protruding metal (at the waisted section). I had to pull the head and put it on the milling machine to drill them out.

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08 Specialized Langster

What is a 08 Specialized Langster ?

If you don't mind paying a bit extra, you can get copper and silver plated K-Nuts. It's a bit over kill if you follow wot Pash sed.

Isn't part of the problem that people tend to wind down the nuts a bit too hard, so when the woven gasket 'settles' a bit or starts blowing, they tighten the nuts rather than fitting a new gasket, which is a bit of a fiddle?

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It's da bomb

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08 Specialized Langster

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Sorry, could'nt resist

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08 Specialized Langster

If it all goes horribly wrong - have a bad case of rusty nuts on my '08 lightning - is the Harley stud drilling tool I keep seeing on fleabay any good for getting the remains out? You know there's a problem when someone makes a tool especially to help fix it.

Not a job I'm planning any time soon but it will need tackling.

I have the tool. Not really have much luck with it as both my studs sheared. You can borrow it short term if you need it. Might be worth treating yourself to a 1/4 drill though cos mine is pretty worn out after numerous people have borrowed it.

Worth giving the nuts a bang with an impact driver (one you hammer) to push the threads back. This is something I wish I had done before trying to undo them.

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08 Specialized Langster

And if the drill is for removing broken studs get a left handed one, that way if the drill grabs you will sometimes find a sheared bolt will unwind .................left handed drill bits rule

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.