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LewisB wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 11:48 am After owning my vtr for about 2&1/2 months, I’ve pretty much got it running and looking how I pictured it! Think I have spent close to 100 hours (crazy I know) on the bike fiddling with settings, checking and replacing parts and cleaning! (It’s amazing how grubby a 50k mile bike gets when you go over everything with a fine tooth comb. I still have a stutter at 2.5k revs, and it very rarely stall at idle, but I’m narrowing it down and realistically I can live with it. What a difference getting the suspension setting right can make! It was okay to begin with but now is silky smooth! Had a lot of trouble getting a correct colour match to repair some scratches on the tail, so I resorted to a £5 roll of vinyl wrap and a pair of scissors. (I still want to add some colour accents but I’m happy with it for now). I had the exhausts off and cleaned them inside and out, decided to leave the db killers off and it sounds evil! (Quill carbon ovals) the decel sound is unreal! my ears are a pretty sensitive now so I’ll invest in some earplugs. Anyway less talk more photos;

LewisB wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 11:48 am After owning my vtr for about 2&1/2 months, I’ve pretty much got it running and looking how I pictured it! Think I have spent close to 100 hours (crazy I know) on the bike fiddling with settings, checking and replacing parts and cleaning! (It’s amazing how grubby a 50k mile bike gets when you go over everything with a fine tooth comb. I still have a stutter at 2.5k revs, and it very rarely stall at idle, but I’m narrowing it down and realistically I can live with it. What a difference getting the suspension setting right can make! It was okay to begin with but now is silky smooth! Had a lot of trouble getting a correct colour match to repair some scratches on the tail, so I resorted to a £5 roll of vinyl wrap and a pair of scissors. (I still want to add some colour accents but I’m happy with it for now). I had the exhausts off and cleaned them inside and out, decided to leave the db killers off and it sounds evil! (Quill carbon ovals) the decel sound is unreal! my ears are a pretty sensitive now so I’ll invest in some earplugs. Anyway less talk more photos;

MacV2 wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 1:51 pm Sold 1...

Only 6 in the cave now...

ItsaKeeper wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 2:58 pm Firestorm MOT done today - always feels like a win when there is no drama

Then B road heaven for a couple of hours to celebrate the MOT

MacV2 wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 1:51 pm Sold 1...

Only 6 in the cave now...

MacV2 wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 2:55 pm Nue Red...New boots & MOT...Sorted.

lumpyv wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 9:43 pm .
Hiya , remember me, well what I've done today, well the other day was enlarge my hernia a bit picking up the mighty storm when it fell over on my slopey drive. Anyone (Mac) got a 2nd hand front brake lever and possibly a front offside orange indicator glass? ? ?
Cheers

lumpyv wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 9:43 pm .
Hiya , remember me, well what I've done today, well the other day was enlarge my hernia a bit picking up the mighty storm when it fell over on my slopey drive. Anyone (Mac) got a 2nd hand front brake lever and possibly a front offside orange indicator glass? ? ?
Cheers