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As above, Also does a great job of cleaning oil deposits, and leaves a good finish on black plastic.

Its already booked for Monday, Just thought I might try and learn something in the meantime

Thanks saxman, I will check the forum out.

Rode it this morning and still lumpy, so need to look a bit more now I went past the triumph garage, earlier and tried to feel for the correct position of the pipes. It seemed to me that the above quote from triumphrat.net might not be correct as the bike I checked seemed to have them the other way around. So if anyone has a speed triple and has 5min to double check for me that would be great or if anyone has a link to a service manual so I could try to look it up, that would also be good . I have booked it in to get looked at on Monday anyway, so hopefully it can be sorted then.

Rode it this morning and still lumpy, so need to look a bit more now

Yep, you where spot on And since my last post I found this helful post on triumphrat.net . . . http://www.triumphrat.net/speed-triple- ... pipes.html "Fuel tank - If your fuel tank sucks air when you open it, the air and fuel drain lines have been put on incorrectly. This can cause starting problems and can damage the tank and fuel pump. Remove the tank and make sure the line with the disc valve is on the outside (left side). And make sure the lines are not kinked. When you put the tank back on, move it as far forward as possible, and make sure the seat has the little pads on it to prevent scratching the tank." So back on correctly now, and I hope no damage has been done. Not sure how both were knocked off, as when I tried to remove one to re-route it after fitting it was quite difficult to get off again. I wonder if they removed the tank to do the wiring and then forgot to put them back??

Thanks argentum40. I was taking another look, and I found the real overflow pipes. So, as they were def not them, and because I also noticed that the ends were slightly deformed (as if they had been fitted to another pipe), I started to look where they could possibly reach. And after taking of a bit of the side fairing I can see that there are two down pipes from the bottom of the fuel tank that I suspect are where these should fit, the problem is I dont know which goes to which at the moment. So I need a diagram or a friendly S3 owner to check for me. I may try to get to the local triumph place and take a look at one of theirs tomorrow I think they may have been disturbed, when the guys at GW fitted the alarm and heated grips So, its probably been like this all week, hope it hasn't caused any problems now. Cheers

A couple of quick questions, First any idea what these pipes are?? I think they are the overflow pipes, but when cleaning it tonight I saw they were just haning loose under the centre area, should htese be secured anywhere? Second, my 09 6k Speed triple seems to have a small problem, nothing serious I think, but the rpm's are a bit erratic. It seems to jump about 200-300rpm constantly. I don't remember it doing this on the test ride or the ride home, but i have noticed it alot over the last couple of days and it makes slow controll a little lumpy, at higher speed its not noticable, but when I open the trottle a bit when out of gear I can see it is still doing it then. Is this normal? The only thing thats happend to it this week is that I put 60miles on the clock and a tank of fuel in it (could be a duff batch I guess). Thanks for any help. OverFlow Pipes??

That's a good point. After washing I always run the engine for a bit to dry it off. the ACF-50 is supposed to stop the water getting to places it shouldn't, but the heat from the engine helps get rid of any residual moisture. I did consider though that it is not recommended to use warm/hot water to clear salt deposits as it will speed up corrosion, so before doing this I think you prob should have rinsed things pretty well with cold water.

I have the same bike and my wife says that for every hour I spend riding it I spend 2 cleaning it To be fair it has been the winter and the rain and such does get it pretty dirty, and some of the comments on the forums have made me a little paranoid about rust and keeping it clean. Still not sure to be honest that its not all overkill, but hey it still looks nice and shiney. I also noticed that some of the exhaust blots where attracting a bit of rust even though I had been careful about avoiding getting it wet, plus due to the fairings you can't easily clean or get to some of the other "at risk" parts of the engine. So to help with alleviating my paranoia and so I could enjoy riding it a bit more I invested in some ACF-50, and have sprayed this pretty much everywhere I can get to. It seems like magic stuff, and is supposed to neutralise existing rust as well as preventing new. It also did a fantastic job of cleaning some parts of the bike that other cleaning stuff did not and keeps things looking glossy. Supposedly it should make it easier to clean (rinse down), but too early to tell yet. I read that because it stays wet, it might attract and hold dust, but I have not noticed this, if it does after time I am sure a rinse down with "Muc Off" will clear that.

It really does sound like the battery. The happened to me in Jan when my new bike was delivered. The Delivery guy started it do demo the controls, and I pushed it around the back of the house. 4hrs later I tried it and no go at all . . . It was trying to start the first couple of times, then would just click. Lights and control panel still lit up though. Luckily I had bought an optimizer at the same time, so I connected it up and sure enough it was very low, charged for an hour, and tried again. Bike started first time Then had to charge it for about 12hrs to get it back to full health, and its been fine since. Good luck

Cheers Hoody, Went for a longer run and that seems to have a had a bit of an impact, the oil definetley looks darker. I want to go for a good long run this weekend if I can, though it started snowing again today!!, but if it holds off then Sunday is the day Looks like the Whistle is probably here to stay, though I hope it quietens down a bit. Actualy the mech today said that I may notice that the engine is generaly a little quieter after the oil change due the replacement oil being a bit thicker(??)

So went in with the bike this morning, and the mechanic had a look at mine whilst I was there (which was good). Sure enough he could hear the whistle, and after a closer inspection he said it was coming from the fuel pump, hence why it was obviously louder around the tank. Whats more he checked a couple of other kwaks and they all did it to some extent. I listened to a versys and a brand new er6-f and yup they both whistled. I would say mine was more noticable but "normal" it seems. Thinking about it, maybe it's because mine is working harder as I seem to have gone through nearly a tank of fuel in the last 70m, and that surely can't be down to my rubbish, beginner riding style I'm going to have to "tune out" the noise and get on with riding the bike then . . I think a lttle more speed may just do it

I'm going on the Friday, driving not riding though ( ) as my pass out is conditional on taking my (much) better half with me and then taking her out in london that night, plus I need the boot space for the stuff I buy I hope its better than the the NEC show where the general concensus seems to be it was a wash out! Cheers Stuart

Yes, still have 23months of warranty left it's booked in for 9am tomorrow. The guy in the service dept did not have any immediate ideas about the whistle, but he did say right away about short trips and the oil being cloudy.