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im 28 live in dorset have 6 points and pay £360 fc with mc direct i was paying that for tpft only on my gixer 750,duke 748, and gixer 600.
cheap bike shame it only goes 100 miles to a tank and ive got the new bigger version.

ta for the tips seems to have made the bike better have stuck some ohlins linear springs and 12 weight oil in the forks and this has helped the front alot ( no front end weaving when powering out of corners now) even took on a scooby wrx on the a38 today in the wet and blew him away :D so ta for the...

:? im starting to think honda have wombles up on the suspention of the fire storm it could be such a great real time road bike but no bad forks and a cheap rear shock, well im not rich and cant afford ohlins forks and shock. so can some one about 17 stone out there recomend some springs and oil for ...

hi guys ive run 208s on my gixer 750 and my storm they feel like 207rr,s but last like normal road tyres 3k to 4k rear 4k to 5k front and seem all ok even in the wet.

take it easy guys jason

:( lots of work my storm is my only mode of transport so it cant be of the road for long and i dont have the tools to do that type of work oh well maybe next year, but i do like the look of the duke forks but i expect there even more of a pain to fit (might chat to storm smasher). ta for all the inf...

cheers mate the bike is a 2002 model take it that means more work :( i just cant stand the jelly like ride the forks give as standard ive been looking for blade forks on ebay etc, but not any out there at the moment i can get ducati 748/916 showa usd forks from a mate as ive seen one of the lads has...

out of you lot that have fitted blade forks how do you do it what bits do you need and how much did it cost (i take it the forks are second hand if so any contacts for forks and bits would be great ta)

any help would be great ta jason

:? go for the storm mate i started on a gsxr600 which is only 10bhp down on the storm but still had moe top end, i got bored of it after a year the storm is an easy bike thats as good at touring as it is on the track it aint a full on sports bike. but the storm is addictive cheap to run and sounds g...

go for it mate the fire storm is a very easy bike to ride ists a bike that will do any thing you ask of it but when you are more used to it can throw around and upset people who think there not that good a bike( went to the nurgburg ring with mates who rode gsxr1000, duke998, cbr600rr, blade, and up...

is there any meets in the south west or any one who fancys the odd ride out?

whos is that carbon storm on the gallery? im gutted i just sold a 748 single sided swing arm as i didnt know you fit one to a storm.

how hard was it to fit the showa usd forks (i take it there off a duke) and how much did it cost ?
please help i need to know as that bike is bloody nice.

just a quick one im new to the storm world but im 6ft 3" and 17.5 stone and the forks are way to soft i cant afford maxton etc to revalve at the moment so thought about new springs and may be thicker oil any help would be great