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Hi Tony thanks for the offer, been struggling with lost screws on a cbr600!! found them where I left them :oops: not where I thought I put them. wasted day. putting the storm on hold for the time being as its an insurance claim and failed the mot/check over. will keep you in mind if we get other bit...

having trouble removing the seized in sump plug. head has rounded off, tried a chisel but wont move. before I get more heat or force on it I would rather have a spare sump incase the worse happens and the bike is off the road for a week bearing in mind the proximity to the outside of the casting.. 2...

Tony
arrived this morning thanks

Hi Tony fine, he is unemployed, got shunted by a car (woman driver) , insurance co wrote off as cat c and offered it him back. problem is payout from accident wont buy him another bike so has to get this running. we are stumping up new tyres and have to find shock link bushes, not got round to which...

our local young stormer has found his speedo playing up. as we have to do his rear shock linkage after he was hit up the back, time would be good to swap the speed sensor. new price too steep as its not worth it as its cat c for 2nd time. :crazy: but he wants to keep it so if anyone has a spare lyin...

brain fade time. assumed as one pair of cams pointed up and in the others did as well duh :oops: re read for the time and see other pair are out and up. done these before in March , you wouldn't believe it... started first press of the button with what fuel was in carbs. just seems to be a knock on ...

think Ive messed up the timing trying to sort out the problems Ive got. got one of the chains stuck and had to remove cam sprockets now cant seem to get all 4 right. been following the Honda workshop manual but had to remove all cam sprockets. Ive got front cams and rear exhaust right but for some r...

going to check cams at weekend.
as far as I know bike is standard apart from Scorpion cans. Ive looked after it since the lad bought it , but he got it from Budget Bikes in Swindon... maybe the clue is in the name where he got it from

Tony, couldn't test compression as too deep for my normal tester, my other is a pain as you have to join pipes and its a bit stiff on the front pot..
in bits at moment so waiting for shims to come.

thanks Tony, being honest Ive done a few cct changes and valve clearances as I was running a bike shop for the last 8 years, while also working in engineering , but since a bike accident in April I have problems getting in positions twisting back and neck. this aggrevating the neck problems after my...

were set right back in march, bike had been running ok, only thing changed was ccts, cant see why only the inlets tightened up. surely if they had been set wrong they wouldn't both be same on both cam lobes and cams, as I said both inlets are same and both exhausts are near the same. dosnt front cct...

did the clearances back in March, around July put new auto CCT's in. just rechecked clearances as bike now wont start. front exhaust are 0.3 rear exhaust are 0.28 both front and rear inlets are less than 0.05 probably 0.025 or less so around zero to a thou. any reason gaps are closed up on inlets so...

not manuals cct'cs. new oem. has been riding runs of 10 miles max, as he is unemployed he cant afford much but needs transport. its possible I might be swapping a car for the bike ... wouldn't be the first engine swap Ive done on a storm. I regularly service it for him, so up on the oils. had a pair...

thanks Chris, a sensible answer. the lad rode to our house then wouldn't start when he was off home.
Im off to France for the week so will look at next weekend.
meantime will check the forum how to's

:lol: working out why the 2002 storm wont start, fuel and sparks ok. checked clearances in March, and did cct around June. now wont start, turning motor over the vacuum pipe that opens fuel tap seems to blow air more than suck in. also seems to blow up through intakes into air box. would I be right ...