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thats a whole lotta work going on :thumbup: :thumbup: . well today i finished mine, yes yes iv said that before :eek2 .... but the long awaited front guard came back from the wrappers,,its a 675 trumpet part. https://i.imgur.com/hNgaTZJ.jpg love that. beautiful colour (like suzuki blue rizla) what ...

No chance to get an affordable decent chain round here. Looking at about 150 for a did x ring and rear sprocket plus 60 to put them on.! Just found a great deal (new old stock) on ebay and grabbed it a did zvm gold xring (extra heavy duty) plus 41T and 16T sprockets at £75! Bargain. Will get bike i...

No chance to get an affordable decent chain round here. Looking at about 150 for a did x ring and rear sprocket plus 60 to put them on.! Just found a great deal (new old stock) on ebay and grabbed it a did zvm gold xring (extra heavy duty) plus 41T and 16T sprockets at £75! Bargain. Will get bike in...

Lucky esacepe I'd say. Imagine doing three figures and having a chain let go, wrap itself up and lock off. :eek2 Not a chain but I tied a jumper to my luggage rack on my then GSXR as I boarded the ferry several years ago, forgot about it in the excitement of disembarking into a sunny France and tha...

Gotta try and find chain and sprocket set near Reading today. No tools with me so hope to find a friendly shop that will install the chain gratis (mavbe sprockets too or let me use their tools) gratis if I buy the lot from them.. Will already be a lot pricier then ebay/m&p/online even without la...

Thankss for the relies guys.? Turns out I oy had recovery for upto 20 miles from breakdown location. Luckily I was only 10 from a friend's house. Ain't had a chance to get the sprocket cover off yet and assess but the the rear sprocket is well chewed up. Hoping to on me but can probably find a few s...

After 2 days doing extensive work on the storm (see yesterday's 'what have you done to your bike today' I got her out for a weekend trip.. She's feeling great with the improvements. These are great bikes, so much bloody character! Just got off the m4 doing hi speeds and ontothe a4 and hhorrible clun...

Wicky wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2018 5:31 pm fatfreddy000 Yours looks definitely well manky - Are you soaking the studs?

The front ones done.
New stainless studs and homemade split flange installed.
Gotta do the rear at some point so may purchase a pair of these beautiful SS ones..

SORRY ABOUT THE UPSIDE-DOWN DUPLICATED PHOTOS- MY COMPUTER HAS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.. as the title says.. started 9:30 this morn and was flat out without even a bloody cuppa tea till 4:30 just in time to pick up my boy from nursery (i was very nearly in a lot of trouble) took a lot longer than i tho...

Get in touch with https://www.whitedalton.co.uk/ I'm assuming your on your bike when the alleged offence happened, these guys are specialists for bike law & will help you out even if it's just a phone call....Well they did for me, rang & spoke to them, they did some research called me back,...

got a date set for 3rd april in thames magistrates court at last. got to make a statutory declaration that i was not aware of the fixed penalty therefore innocent of the s.172 (failure to identify) charge. this will wipe the charges and i will be resummoned for the s.172. not picking up your mail is...

thanks so much for your kind words. my son is doing really well now, sitting next to me giggling! he has profound disabilities which he copes with very well and had some serious bouts of ill health last autumn but he's a proper warrior and pulled through 3 brain surgeries, pneumonia, and a nasty c.d...

found out last friday i got done by a speed camera back on 24th august. i remember it flashing on the A10 but nothing came so i assumed there was no film in it. i was motoring down a 60mph limit road and suddenly see a temporary road works sign with a 40mph limit and a speed camera mounted maybe 50m...

title says it all. my hugger finally snapped off a few weeks back and ian AKA kermitlefrog kindly sent me an old one (powerbronze?) for the cost of postage. anyway in the meantime i had found out that the choice seems to be power bronze, pyramid, or skidmarx. all getting on for £100 a piece i think ...

Hi all, in case anyone is interested I can offer Special servicing rate for forum members: Destined 4 bikes ltd based in Derbyshire. I am really passionate about Firestorms being favourite bike to work on! Change oil (Silkolene or similar semi synthetic) Change Oil filter (Hi flo) Change air filter...