My new ride

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Wolves storm
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My new ride

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This is my new (to me) Firestorm, its a 97 with 15000 on the clock, the bike is immaculate, it has carbon Scorpion cans and a carbon hugger, its very loud and I cant wait to take delivery of it on Tuesday.

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Anything I should be looking for when I pick it up?

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lloydie
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Re: My new ride

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nice :thumbup:
id be looking for a full tank of fuel :thumbup:
the workshop knowledge base sticky section has all the weakness listed .

r/r
suspension linkages
ccts
battery/starter motor
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VTRDark
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Re: My new ride

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Looks very clean that. You got some anodised bolls in the engine casings as well. cam chain tensioners (CCT's) should be first on your list to upgrade/mod as the storms biggest week point.

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agentpineapple
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nice looking bike you have there dude..... :thumbup:
i think stainless steel scorpions would look better on it tho, you wanna swap......... :lol:
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AMCQ46
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Looks nice, like the carbon cans :thumbup:
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whitestorm pete
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looks like its come fresh out the crate! nice clean storm mate :thumbup: hope the weather picks up abit so you can ride it! :lol:
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mr.john.coates
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Re: My new ride

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Nice :thumbup:

What to look for when you pick it up? - Open road, blue skies, riding on the right :D

Do the CCT mods - every owner has a responsibility to preserve parts, don't let your engine die.
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What to look for when you pick it up?
Corners coming at you faster then they normally seem to.
Oncoming traffic.
And in my own experience ducks and pigeons.
Have fun....
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
nobby
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very nice and tidy mate. id be looking for some parked cars - give the bike a blip on the throttle just to see how many alarms i could set off if its that loud! :lol: :lol: -- something i use to do in my V8 capri with open headers :lol: :lol:
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nice :thumbup: and possibly the best colour although others would disagree lol
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freakdazzer wrote:nice :thumbup: and possibly the best colour although others would disagree lol
all the red ones go pink in the end :lol:
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Wolves storm
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lloydiecbr wrote:
freakdazzer wrote:nice :thumbup: and possibly the best colour although others would disagree lol
all the red ones go pink in the end :lol:
Not mine kidder, my hobby is Polishing, Im well know for making pink cars back to beautiful red, I know what you mean though

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BigVeeGrin
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Re: My new ride

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holy sh1t we're going to have polishing wars - Wolves, Chric is your nemesis
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lloydie
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thats two red owners now into polishing :wonker: you and chric :thumbup:
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Re: My new ride

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This could work out well :D as I could do with my bike paint getting a serious polish, sounds like a trade at the next workshop day if I sort your CCTs for you :thumbup:
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