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I went in Saturday morning, and haggled myself into an 06 S40 with a little over 12K miles. The bike has a dent and scratch on the side of tank, and missing the left triangle cover, so the price was down from some others I was looking at. I made it about half way home on the bike before it started coughing and sputtering and I limped back to the dealer and they reluctantly had the mechanic take a look, and then he rode it around a bit. They said the detail guy had mistakenly overfilled the fuel tank, and a hose from the tank vent to the carb was sucking fuel as a result. They drained some fuel, and sent me on my way. I made it most of the way home before it started acting up again, but opted to just get home and figure it out as the dealers mechanic didn't impress me at all. I located this forum and began reading for common issues and discovered the petcock test, which i promptly did and found the vacuum side had fuel in it. I plugged the carb port, and the vac line, switched to prime and rode around the yard, and it quickly cleaned up and stayed running then. I went down this morning and took my written test for my motorcycle endoresement, and took out a insurance policy on the bike and came home staring at it thinking, I just have to know how far that famed tensioner is extended. Got my drain pan and tools and proceded to drain some of the blackest oil I've seen in awhile. (Dealership services all bikes before sale). Pulled the clutch cover and I knew before measuring. It was right at 22mm, and starting to elongate the tensioner bore. I dont like leaving things in pieces, so I buttoned it back up, poured fresh rotella through till I got clean oil out the plug. Refilled & started and rechecked and topped off. I'm thinking the filter probably isn't new either. The bike looks great other than the tank scrape, runs quiet and rides excellent with more torque than anything I've ever ridden. At this point I'm planning on a new tensioner with a mod from machine shop for extra hole, clutch cover gasket, filter & oil, and a 660 petcock, and check valve lash. I really like the way the bike handles, and the power is more than adequate for my needs. For now it will hang out in the garage while I save up for parts.
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