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by piggy1
Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:27 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: vtr1000.org stickers
Replies: 21
Views: 3648

Re: vtr1000.org stickers

Cant seem to PM Pat for stickers, is it cause im a noooob
by piggy1
Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:19 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: So I broke down today
Replies: 30
Views: 3968

Re: So I broke down today

Sounds like battery - even a maintenance free battery needs care & attention. Trickle charging at least every couple of weeks to keep it topped up. Leaving it to go flat can permanently damage the battery. Bung a new battery in and run a multimeter over the charging system to rule out any other...
by piggy1
Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:12 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: vtr1000.org stickers
Replies: 21
Views: 3648

Re: vtr1000.org stickers

Id like a couple of these who? how? where? and how much?
by piggy1
Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:02 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: So I broke down today
Replies: 30
Views: 3968

Re: So I broke down today

Thanks dude, I was thinking of a Motobatt battery... is there an easy way to check the R&R? I only put it on a year ago...
by piggy1
Fri Nov 21, 2014 6:59 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: OMG it's Foggy in the jungle!!!
Replies: 60
Views: 6068

Re: OMG it's Foggy in the jungle!!!

Great news about the manatee leaving :thumbup:
Shitty about Craiq Charles brother thou :thumbdown:
by piggy1
Fri Nov 21, 2014 6:51 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: So I broke down today
Replies: 30
Views: 3968

Re: So I broke down today

bad luck piggy you need to check your rectifier to make sure it wasn't it that did he battery in do this before you put new battery in bike I hope not as I have already replaced that with a finned one, it was probably the fact that I hadn't ridden it for a couple months and charged the battery up e...
by piggy1
Fri Nov 21, 2014 6:07 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: So I broke down today
Replies: 30
Views: 3968

So I broke down today

Bloody battery died and left me in the butt end of nowhere pushing the beast for 2 miles :cry: got love it
by piggy1
Fri Nov 21, 2014 6:05 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: High level mounts and belly pan
Replies: 0
Views: 502

High level mounts and belly pan

Hideyo,

Does anyone know where I can buy some high level exhaust mounts as ill be buggered if I can find any anywhere, also I would like a after market belly pan (the on that goes all the way along the bottom of the engine).

Cheers :thumbup:
by piggy1
Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:30 pm
Forum: Bike Chat
Topic: Bigger tank
Replies: 14
Views: 548

Bigger tank

Hi peps, I'm wanting to do a little touring on my storm this summer I have a 1998 with a tank the size of a thimble is there a bigger tank I can get which will fit mine? or do I just have to live with stopping every 100 miles :?
by piggy1
Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:35 pm
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Cutting out
Replies: 3
Views: 304

Cutting out

Hi guys,

Just got my first storm and occasionally when waiting at traffic the engine just cuts out, it starts back up fine but still not sure why, might it be its not warmed up enough?
by piggy1
Mon Jul 01, 2013 6:59 pm
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Topic: Just got VTR, and I am smiling
Replies: 25
Views: 2206

Re: Just got VTR, and I am smiling

fabiostar wrote:welcome along mr piggy, as already said yellow is by far the fastest colour :clap:

My kids have now named it bumblebee from transformers.... could be worse...
by piggy1
Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:16 pm
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Topic: Just got VTR, and I am smiling
Replies: 25
Views: 2206

Re: Just got VTR, and I am smiling

Well the MRS atrracts flies and bugs too, so better keep them both :silent: Thanks for the advice guys ill start looking into it all. :lol: :lol: welcome, think you'll fit in. Humour, taking the piss and realising everything yellow is just plain funny! Keep smiling like a baby :thumbup: Not all thi...
by piggy1
Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:06 am
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Topic: Just got VTR, and I am smiling
Replies: 25
Views: 2206

Re: Just got VTR, and I am smiling

welcome to the forum buddy, you'll notice yellow attracts the flys and bugs.... :lol: have fun with it, also check the rear shock linkage is lubed and not siezed. they get dried out by the rear headerpipe being so close. Well the MRS atrracts flies and bugs too, so better keep them both :silent: Th...
by piggy1
Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:41 am
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Topic: Just got VTR, and I am smiling
Replies: 25
Views: 2206

Re: Just got VTR, and I am smiling

lloydie wrote:Hello and welcome now go stand in a corner for getting a yellow one .


:-)
Ok :( ... but the mrs loves the colour so makes it easier for me to justify :P
by piggy1
Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:38 am
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Topic: Just got VTR, and I am smiling
Replies: 25
Views: 2206

Re: Just got VTR, and I am smiling

Hi thanks for such quick reply :o

im not sure about the CCT I think its standard, with the regulator/rectifier is it cause they fail or to just improve on standard one, should I replace it with an upgraded one on ebay.

I cant stop riding it i just makes me smile like a baby