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Chris.
Hello there Twinpotter (Bob), Good to hear from you againTwinpotter wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:26 pm Hello there. Sorry it has been a while. About when my old Storm was nicked in 2018, I think.
Pleasantly surprised to see that the familiar names and characters are still here. Kudos to yous.
So what I have done to my 'bike' today? I gave it a wipedown before I go for a spin. Does that count?
Allow me if you will to catch up for the past 5 years then...
Shortly after that loss, was very fortunate to find a mint silver 97 with a mere 17k on it at Preston M/C and underpriced as it was, brought it there and then. Didn't like testing it in the rain when it was delivered but it did feel brand chiffin new and it pulled like a train! It has loads of nice extras on it too. Took me a while to go through it and see what was what. It was so new I think it only took basic services over the years on what looked like a very clean MOT history. Some bolts had never been shifted. The tyres were a little aged (Michelin Pilot Road 2s, don't like them) but I have stuck with those until worn down/unrideable.
In 2019, I fitted some lovely-sounding (and highly recommended) SP Engineering pipes. The larger bore gives a lovely bottom end sound. And I went through the bike with a fine-toothed comb. Had to drill out a ridiculously overtight (and very dry) generator cap, fit manual CCT's and go back in to the rear shock linkages and grease those up. And all those other little things we fix/replace to keep 'em tip-top.
Then it was sat for a while in 2021/22 (18 months that I was fixing up the new house - with a garage!) and I made the mistake of leaving that rubbish ethanol fuel in it. So half my annual summer leave in 2022 was spent cleaning the tank (POR 15 kit), carbs, everything. Even the petcock diaphragm was perished. As I expect with many here, just the expensive juice goes in now.
Not much in the way of riding then until 2023 when I tried to get some Avon Storm 3 tyres (which I thought were superb and long-lasting) but they were like rocking horse doo-doo to find at the time. So I have Avon Spirit ST's. I find them superb at it seems that Avon have gone one step up with these. Our wee crue of 7 got out a few times last year and even managed a ride-out the week before at Christmas.
Looks like the rain has passed so I'll be kitting up to get out there. Before I do, I wish yous all well and as always I'll be keeping a keen eye out for yous on the road.
All the best.
Bob Duffy
cheers sir
cheers chris
It's your age. My ring slacked off a bit when I turned 60, my farts are now nearly an octave lower.fabiostar wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:37 am
cheers chris.
one thing i did notice was it felt like it was steering really slowi thought maybe after riding the trumpet it was just how it was but had a look around and i hadnt noticed that over the last say year bit at a time the locking ring on the rear shock had backed of, the little grub screw had come loose and the bike was kinda sitting like a chopper
, two mins sorted that and its back to its normal slightly twitchy self
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I have had that happen on my Storm. I now have a mark on the locking ring and shock body, so a quick visual check confirms if it has moved or not lol,fabiostar wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:37 amcheers chris.
one thing i did notice was it felt like it was steering really slowi thought maybe after riding the trumpet it was just how it was but had a look around and i hadnt noticed that over the last say year bit at a time the locking ring on the rear shock had backed of, the little grub screw had come loose and the bike was kinda sitting like a chopper
, two mins sorted that and its back to its normal slightly twitchy self
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