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If you're out there Bazza (of CCT fame) can you PM me please.

I'm after a set of your highly regarded manual CCTs but I'm too new to be able to PM you myself.

Ta.

Sums up people who I don't want to be associated with - I ride (cycle) about 6000 miles a year. That vid does nothing for cycling safety in my opinion. The message is weak and just turns folks off. In fact, I'm not even sure there's an increase in danger. If there is it's not just cyclists who are e...

Cool. £13 makes it not worth renting.

The oil's been drained from the engine. Will there be enough residual oil left to not damage the engine or is it best to fill it up? There's not much engine speed on the starter.

Thanks for the info. I think I'll try it cold and use the oil tip.

Just need to find somewhere to rent a compression test tool for a day.

The CCT went on the front cylinder and the head needed replacing. That work was done by the guy I bought my bike off, so the valves are all OK. I just want to make sure there's no other damage. The guy I bought it off is a close friend and he couldn't see any damage to the piston that would make him...

From what I've read compression testing should be done when the engine is warm, but can effective results be had from a cold engine though?

I'm being lazy really as I don't want to build my bike back up to find I've got to stop it back down again to resolve any issue.

Ta. Belt and braces advice from the Honda manual then.

Thanks for that. I'd guess it could be chain stretch, but I'm under the impression the chain on the front pot is new and never been run. I'll go through the whole process again and double and triple check. If the front cams should only point upwards a little (the rear ones are far more vertical) the...

I must have read half a dozen post about this and I'm still unsure, so apologies for the repetition - this must have been answered a hundred times before. My bike had a new head on the front after the CCT went (story goes that the owner didn't notice the rattling and rode home only for the bike to d...

Thanks everyone. I'm just east of Manchester in Glossop. It's not had as good a life as the pic suggests unfortunately. CCT went on the front cylinder and my mate bought it as a project. The CCT has been replaced with a Honda original and it's had a replacement head, so I'm hoping all I need to do i...

Hi All, Thanks for the welcome info and the great info I've already checked out. This forum was extremely useful when I was deciding to buy my Firestorm. It's a mate's bike and it used to look like this https://www.dropbox.com/s/fc2d8q60dfib3fo/19042010109.jpg It's now in a few more parts, but I'm h...