Post-Listing Update: Despite being relisted, this bike did not meet reserve with bidding getting up to $3,051.
After Kawi had firmly established the ‘widowmaker’ reputation of the H1 and H2, one might have expected that the smaller displacement variants (S1-S3) would also be similarly hairy. But the S3 was designed to be a better street bike, with slightly lower peak power (42 vs the 45 of the S2) and a better torque curve. The bike weighed 339 pounds dry and lasted just two years before Kawi moved the bikes to the “KH” line to parallel the “KZ” line of four-strokes.
For more on what the S3 Mach 2 is like, check out this article covering ten days with the bike here on Motorcycle Classics. This bike (VIN: S3F-07098) has 7,813 miles and is numbers matching. It’s been bored .050mm over and has a repaint along with a couple of new parts and black Denco chambers. Everything is claimed to work.
Find this S3 for sale in Stamford, Connecticut with bidding up to $1,825 and the reserve not yet met