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martin T
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Hello All,

Thought i'd join a forum to help me with my VTR's upgrades and mods. And also try at get to know a few more people in West Yorkshire.

About me.
Married Farther of 4.
44 years young.
Engineer and maker of stuff.

I bought my bike as is in 1998 from a good friend of mine. after not riding it for 7 years or so (kids family get in the way), it got re comitioned 2 years ago and ive been re descovering how much fun it is ever since!

Its had a lot of things done to it.
every nut and bolt is Ti
rear sets
acropovic full system
carbs, dynojetted and dyno tuned, and i think the motor has been gone through as its making 112hp at the wheel
ohins front inserts and rear shock with adjustable pre load
diferent front and rear sprockets
Steering damper
and probably a load more stuff i dont know about!


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anyway, hope to get to know a few of you and maybe enjoy a ride out or two.

Martin
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lloydie
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Location: In the garage somewhere in Coventry

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Some very nice mods you have on that .
Hello and welcome
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Pete.L
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:D Welcome Aboard :D
A nice tidy example you have there :thumbup:
Lov the assistant washer :thumbup: definite bike in the making :D

Pete.l
My new ride is a bit of a Howler and I love to make her Squeal
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AMCQ46
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Sounds like a good un... Will be up your way for the op storm meetings and passing through for Scotland trips.

Have a read in the Sunday runs section :thumbup:
AMcQ
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alanfjones1411
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Hello and welcome. Let the fun begin :)
SO WHEN DOES THIS OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER KICK IN
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vanstub
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Hi there and welcome to the show :crazy:
Life's too short for plain biscuits :thumbup:
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t13ony
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Location: Loch lomond, Glasgow, Scotland

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Hi.
Hope u find all your vtr needs in this forum.
Bike looks tidy :) nice example!
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Flatline
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Welcome aboard buddy

Drop in if you're in the area
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Ckennedy
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Welcome to the club. Sounds like some nice upgrades you've got there :thumbup:

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martin T
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Wow, thanks for the welcomes!


Parts for my winter upgrades have turned up.
KTM front forks
Looking forward to designing and making a set of yokes for them.

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agentpineapple
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welcome to the forum buddy. good to see another member of the full akra system and ohlins rear shock club.... :lol:
has your clocks got yellow dial fascia's. if so didn't the smoking joe bikes have those?
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HEY YOU GUYS!!!!!!
adyf
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Hello buddy and welcome to the best forum on the net ,fantastic set of lads and lasses we have some great rideouts you will really enjoy ,I'm from Selby and go to squires every weekend ,be passing your way soon for the ring of red on the M60 if you fancy it on the 8th of November ,enjoy your storm they put a grin on your mug that's hard to remove
martin T
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agentpineapple wrote:welcome to the forum buddy. good to see another member of the full akra system and ohlins rear shock club.... :lol:
has your clocks got yellow dial fascia's. if so didn't the smoking joe bikes have those?
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Hello, yes my clock faces are yellow. I thought they were stock! Lol
martin T
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adyf wrote:Hello buddy and welcome to the best forum on the net ,fantastic set of lads and lasses we have some great rideouts you will really enjoy ,I'm from Selby and go to squires every weekend ,be passing your way soon for the ring of red on the M60 if you fancy it on the 8th of November ,enjoy your storm they put a grin on your mug that's hard to remove

Smashing. I plan on getting over to squires, sound good.

I'll have a read up about the M60 ride...
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fabiostar
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welcome along Martin. you will find this a very welcoming forum.... best thing you can do is get rid of the exhaust system and rear shock. they are rubbish and being the member i am . il take them of your hands.

no no. no need to thank me lmao :thumbup:

great looking bike by the way.

Rob
the older i get,the faster i was :lol:
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