Did you prep it for hibernation or did you just bung it in the shed for 5 months?
Carb could be gunged up from standing if you didn't drain the float bowls.
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- Sun Mar 12, 2017 8:02 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Out from hibernation and died
- Replies: 7
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- Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:58 pm
- Forum: Bike Chat
- Topic: Moriwaki Special - Practical Sportsbikes Mag
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6086
Re: Moriwaki Special - Practical Sportsbikes Mag
Wow, I've just read StormyRob's story.
This guy's got some gall, that's for sure. He should be counting his lucky stars he's not eating through a straw, not slagging it about in magazines!
This guy's got some gall, that's for sure. He should be counting his lucky stars he's not eating through a straw, not slagging it about in magazines!
- Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:28 pm
- Forum: Bike Chat
- Topic: Rev counter - black or white?
- Replies: 6
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Rev counter - black or white?
My F-3 has a black rev counter, most of the ones I see in pics are white. Was this a change on the later bikes?
- Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:17 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: what have you done to your "bike" today
- Replies: 22522
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Put air in the feckin tyres cos the lazy arsed previous owner clearly couldn't be bothered! Funny, goes round corners now!
- Fri Mar 10, 2017 8:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 3 word thread
- Replies: 1820
- Views: 106177
Re: 3 word thread
Check tyre pressures!
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 6:27 pm
- Forum: Bike Chat
- Topic: Advice on fuelling/carb setup
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1160
Re: Advice on fuelling/carb setup
No, was a home mechanic who'd bought the bike to do up after it lunched the cct on the previous owner. Seemed like he knew what he was on about, although when I questioned him about it not revving past 7 he claimed that he hadn't ridden it that hard! Kinda difficult NOT to ride it that hard
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 4:15 pm
- Forum: Bike Chat
- Topic: Advice on fuelling/carb setup
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1160
Re: Advice on fuelling/carb setup
Cheers guys, timing was indeed out by 180 degrees! Would never have believed it could run like that, but I suppose it's carb fed with wasted spark ignition it's quite easy. What a transformation though, rides like it should now. Also found the intake stacks back to front (I guess arrows are not enou...
- Sat Mar 04, 2017 7:50 pm
- Forum: Bike Chat
- Topic: Advice on fuelling/carb setup
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1160
Re: Advice on fuelling/carb setup
cheers Wicky, just found the post about timing being 180* out, describes it to a tee! Guess what I'll be doing tomorrow!
Seller did say that it had had new CCT's recently and there's a receipt for shims in the document wallet.....
Seller did say that it had had new CCT's recently and there's a receipt for shims in the document wallet.....
- Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:33 pm
- Forum: Bike Chat
- Topic: Advice on fuelling/carb setup
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1160
Advice on fuelling/carb setup
Hi all, Picked up the new toy today (it's an 03 plate, 25000 miles) but I'm a bit miffed by the way it's running. Starts fine with a little choke, warms up ok, pulls well under load up to around 7k rpm then goes really flat. She's also spitting back on a steady throttle up to 3k rpm. She's wearing s...
- Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:19 am
- Forum: The Welcome Inn
- Topic: Howdy Hoo!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2930
Re: Howdy Hoo!
Haha! Fear not, there'll be a wheelie bin photoshoot coming very soon.
- Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:23 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Firestorm Face book page
- Replies: 50
- Views: 7220
Re: Firestorm Face book page
Facebook is for airing dirty laundry in a very public fashion, oft interspersed with unwanted, uneducated trolling. Forums tend to be for the more discerning Firestorm owner :D Generally, if people have a serious interest they'll be on a forum. I'm on Facebook but haven't even looked for a group bec...
- Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:16 am
- Forum: The Welcome Inn
- Topic: Howdy Hoo!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2930
Re: Howdy Hoo!
Thanks Guys, look forward to getting to a workshop day. Perfectly capable of doing the CCT's, but having 15 month old apprentice takes up a lot of time :wink: I'm in Bridgend, South Wales. Going to be building some form of secure home for the bike too, what's the thieving scumbag rates like on bikes...
- Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:43 pm
- Forum: The Welcome Inn
- Topic: Howdy Hoo!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2930
Re: Howdy Hoo!
Thanks Wicky
I believe it's had recent CCT's alas not the manual ones. I'll deffo be getting them in before long.
I believe it's had recent CCT's alas not the manual ones. I'll deffo be getting them in before long.
- Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:34 pm
- Forum: The Welcome Inn
- Topic: Howdy Hoo!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2930
Howdy Hoo!
:biggrin Hello all. I've just bought a nice shiny Storm after far too many years of no bike. I couldn't possibly go another summer with no bike, so I find myself the proud owner of a very nice (hopefully) 03 Storm in shiny blue. I previously owned a black 2000 Storm W158 RHT so big shout to whoever ...