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by WireWalker
Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:36 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: auto or manual ?
Replies: 12
Views: 584

Re: auto or manual ?

Honda auto tensioners have never been great. On the whole though if you changed your oil regularly and serviced the tensioner every now and then it did the trick fairly fuss free. The obvious advantage on a four was that you usually had a bit of a rattle for a while before anything bad happened but ...
by WireWalker
Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:09 pm
Forum: Bike Chat
Topic: Gutted :(
Replies: 62
Views: 8130

Re: Gutted :(

Sorry to hear about your troubles Custard, I get the impression you only recently got the SP2 so it must be a real downturn in your circumstances to lead to punting it on ebay. I ebay a bit myself and I know it's no consolation but there are some genuine buyers out there, though since last year ther...
by WireWalker
Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:58 pm
Forum: Pimp Your Ride
Topic: Beamish
Replies: 15
Views: 4072

Re: Beamish

Beautiful bike beamish. It looks to be the '06 paint scheme, my personal favourite and the bike I was looking for when I ended up with the Firestorm would've been the '05 with a splash of Red. I'm sure you'll have a lot of good times on that as it's a legend in the making IMO. Also looks absolutely ...
by WireWalker
Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:40 pm
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Topic: Greetings Fellow Firestorm Followers!
Replies: 13
Views: 1459

Re: Greetings Fellow Firestorm Followers!

I'm in Clydebank My God, you could have at least pretended to be from somewhere nice, like Beirut :wink: Hello anyway. :lol: I passsed myself off as a Glaswegian in my profile but Yorkshirepuddin just wouldn't leave it alone and I felt compelled to admit I was a fraud! It was alright for Marti Pell...
by WireWalker
Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:22 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Looked at an SP yesterday
Replies: 20
Views: 1689

Re: Looked at an SP yesterday

Respects a funny thing and we all have our own assumption. For me-threads such as the old boys still riding at 70+ bring a tear to the eye (plus mucho respect :D)...now that is ace 8) Hats off :) Very true. While in my twenties we had a local we affectionately called "Wullie wan gear" who...
by WireWalker
Sun Jul 05, 2009 3:28 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The big 50
Replies: 16
Views: 1024

Re: The big 50

Happy Birthday from a newbie :) It's a shame Saga don't do bike insurance :lol:
by WireWalker
Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:27 pm
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Topic: Greetings Fellow Firestorm Followers!
Replies: 13
Views: 1459

Re: Greetings Fellow Firestorm Followers!

Thanks for the welcome Seven, and may you live long and prosper :D Hi Al, you can call me betty :) ( Sorry, went all paul simon there ). :lol: I got this song stuck in my head in the 80's, it's become like a tourettes tic for me as I find I can't introduce myself any way other than "Hi, my name...
by WireWalker
Sat Jul 04, 2009 9:57 pm
Forum: The Welcome Inn
Topic: Greetings Fellow Firestorm Followers!
Replies: 13
Views: 1459

Greetings Fellow Firestorm Followers!

You can call me Al. :mrgreen: I live just outside Glasgow, 5 minutes from some of the best B roads around and 15 minutes from Loch Lomond. I recently purchased the VTR belonging to Marc (Tangostorm), a recent member and a decent guy. It was he who suggested I stop by and make myself known as you had...