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by poorider
Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:58 am
Forum: Bike Chat
Topic: got my first storm..
Replies: 29
Views: 2801

To the naked eye the colour match isnt too bad but the digital camera is not in complete agreement.
by poorider
Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:55 am
Forum: Bike Chat
Topic: got my first storm..
Replies: 29
Views: 2801

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by poorider
Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:39 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Average age of FireStorm owners ????????????????
Replies: 71
Views: 7944

Looks like I top you all out at 63, been riding since I was 15, 175 Bantam wow that was fast! Still doing 2 jobs and fighting off the young girls :oops: Ok gramps that lets me in to declare my 62nd birthday next month. I passed my test at age 16 but didn't ride for 20 years as I was too poor to aff...
by poorider
Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:38 pm
Forum: General Test Area
Topic: new to the forum
Replies: 5
Views: 2059

No not anal its poor rider because I am not a very good bike pilot. I have been riding since passing my test in 1962 but just can't seem to get the hang of it yet. I think if they start retesting old gits like me I would probably fail. Go down on the U-turn I reckon. Been out on the bikes again tod...
by poorider
Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:35 pm
Forum: General Test Area
Topic: new to the forum
Replies: 5
Views: 2059

No not anal its poor rider because I am not a very good bike pilot. I have been riding since passing my test in 1962 but just can't seem to get the hang of it yet. I think if they start retesting old gits like me I would probably fail. Been out on the bikes again today managed to get home OK once mo...
by poorider
Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:46 pm
Forum: Workshop
Topic: bike coughing
Replies: 17
Views: 1820

Misfire

Strange, I have read all kinds of things here and elsewhere about slight misfire at low revs but most seemed to be caused and solved differently! When I got my 04 Firestorm in march 2007 it had what i would call 'missing a beat' on what may have been just one cylinder. In the winter it seemed to be ...
by poorider
Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:33 pm
Forum: General Test Area
Topic: new to the forum
Replies: 5
Views: 2059

new to the forum

Greetings I am new to the forum. I purchased My 2004 Firestorm in March 2007 it had done 2.5k miles, now 4k. I had a bit of misfortune with the bike in that oil starvation to the fromt cylinder camshaft caused it to seize. Where the oilway passes through the cylinder head gaskit is a reducer and tha...