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Hello! When I've got my lovely VTR it was already equipped with WP shock and fork springs, Fabbri screen and LeoVince SBK Carbon cans (street legal). They're REALLY quiet, to the point of being dangerous (peoples don't hear me coming). LOL, sounds bad. Anyway, I wanted to remove the baffles to make ...

Just insured the old lady after 3 months on a KTM Duke 2 640. Pretty excited, to be honest!

Yeah, I hated the look of "normal" mirrors. But I have a problem: the right bar seems to be too short and part of the throttle is exposed and goes over the bar. This means that for bar-end mirrors you must use spacers AND not overtighten or the bar will block the throttle. To make it short...

It's got a great engine and the whole bike is forgiving in case you decide to ride without using 100% of the braincells
I also owned a TL1000S... veeeeery nice look, awesome engine and huge fork but it was really hard to drive for me.

Yeah, I'm lucky 'cause I have lots of twisty roads 'round here and the tarmac is usually decent. I was considering the idea of modifying the VTR to shave weight and make it easier to drive in very tight spots but... I must admit once you get the fairings off the headache starts :p In that case loooo...

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Thanks! I live in a small town close to Avellino (the place where the Sopranos came from). :Beer Popcorn: :biggrin Gotta say I've always loved supermotos but there's something in the 'Storm... it just looks and feels "solid" and reliable. What a great bike. This is mine. http://i1366.photo...

Hei! Just registered on this forum :beer: I have a 1997 VTR with 43k km, bought it last march. Zero issues with it, just pure fun. Only had to replace the spark plugs in 1 year (4000km). It's equipped with a WP shock and WP modified forks guts so the suspension setup is pretty good. Metzeler M5 tyre...