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StuartWags wrote:MY OCD makes me do it ..... i have used loads of the off the shelf ones

Ha ha I know what you mean - I'm a bit anal about these things too. Have to have an elegant solution even if it costs a few bob.

Sorry lloydie but the idea of cable ties brings me out in a cold sweat!!!

Found i was missing one of these plastic screw rivet (scrivet?) thingies when I had the fairing off at the weekend. Anyone bought from either of these two: http://www.speedyfasteners.com/M6_6mm_Scrivet_Screw_Rivet_Fairing_Screws_p/sf190.htm http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VTR1000SP-year-2004-and-sim...

Many thanks chaps - I will stuff it where Mr Honda intended it to go on the morrow!

Morning All Took the fairing off the bike for the first time yesterday and as I lifted it off a small black object dropped out - looks like a rubber bung around 20mm diameter with a 3mm lip at the top. Anyone know what it is and does it belong in a hole on the Storm or is it just a foreign object hi...

Bit cheeky this one - only been on the forum 5 minutes & already on the scrounge!! :oops: Was doing a bit of fettling round the rear of the bike in a howling gale this aft and one of the bolts for the front of the rear cowl got blown down the bloody drain. :( Don't suppose anyone's got a spare t...

I have a 2003 F3 and tried to fit an earlier LH switchgear a couple of years ago, as the F3 doesn't allow you to switch the lights off. It all went together ok, and allowed you to switch the lights on and off, but you lost the headlight flash facility. I decided to revert back, although I'm sure wi...

Kev L wrote:This any good -
Look at this on eBay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/162023485017

HONDA VTR 1000 FIRESTORM 1996-2000 LH SIDE SWITCH GEAR LIGHTS LAMP GENUINE USED

How the hell did you find that? Mine's a 2002 model but it looks pretty similar.

Thanks!

Thanks Kev

Just perused the dreaded fleabay and RHS are two a penny. Bloody typical!!

Can't PM you agentpineapple cos of lack of posts (may have to post 50 items of gubbins) but one of the boys suggested that you may have a left-hand switchgear assembly that you might be willing to exchange for beer tokens?[/quote] sadly I've recently sold my spare lhs switchgear mate, try mac, i'll ...

Welcome to the club mate. Teal is considered a member of the blue brotherhood, but not like a favoured blood brother, more of a below stairs, out of wedlock, servant girl knocked up by the master of the house sort of brother! :lol: another member of the blue sisterhood then.... :lol: :lol: :lol: we...

Well, as I feared, the nice MOT man was not to be persuaded that a non-functioning dipswitch (even though it was stuck on dip & not on main beam) could be classed as an advisory & not a fail! To be fair to him he did take it apart and give it a good spraying with WD-40 to see if he could coa...

Bloody hell - what is this obsession with the colour of my bike?!!! Sorry saintsman but my Storm would definitely be more at home on the other side of Stanley Park!! For those of you not familiar with the lovely city of Liverpool my bike is a very tasteful blue - sort of turquoisey I would describe ...

Welcome mate, friendly bunch here loads of info and if I can do my own mcct's and the bike has survived, so far, then I am sure you can. Again lots of help and advice. What do you call West Wales, Whitland and beyond? Enjoy those nice roads but watch out for plod. ATB Richard Hi Richard Oh well pas...

Hi All Just wanted some feedback on the headlight dip switch & nothing much came up when I did a search. Basically the problem is when I push the switch to get full beam the button doesn't stay in but pops straight out again. I've tried a squirt of WD-40 but this seems to have actually made it w...

Hello everybody, just wanted to say hi. My name's Pete and I've got an immaculate Storm (boasting again) dating from Sept 2002. She's only got 11,000 dry miles on the clock though that is likely to change now I've moved to Wales! Interested to get some feedback, particularly on the dreaded cam chain...