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Hey all, It's been one of those weeks so far, moving out my house on friday and monday got a puncture in a near enough new rear tyre. Got a new tyre fitted to the rim and went to stick it back on the bike and the chain adjuster has just jammed it self in the thread good and proper! No amount of ...

hey chuxsta, sounds like my storm is going through the same problem as yours! Was fine til the snow last week and been lumpy ever since. yesterday morning whilst it was struggling to idle at some lights, i noticed that mine stunk of petrol, even though the choke was off and everthing. I stopped for ...

Ive got a set on mine and I dont think they are, slightly on the loud side I think! Grand prix range is meant for track days I believe...

Nah it was a Bridgestone BT-57 unfortunatly, lady luck was definetly on his side though! Guess its just one of those things, he has been banned from motorcycling til further notice from the girlfriend too...

Well they say you learn something new everyday, today my dad learnt that if something just doesnt feel right with your bike... theres probably something wrong with it!!! http://www.vtr1000.org/cpg/displayimage.php?album=4&pos=9 http://www.vtr1000.org/cpg/displayimage.php?album=4&pos=10 Was fine when ...

does it make that much of a difference then changing the intake trumpet? Im all for bottom end response, living out in the middle of wales, its just hill after hill and you'd be lucky(insane) to be doing much more than 110-120mph around here!! That n the police arent very biker friendly... Fitted a ...

Hey all, I have had my bike since march now, but recently it doesnt seem to be pulling as smoothly from lower revs as I'd hoped for, I dont know whether its just me noticing new things about it or whether it is actually getting worse! anything below 4.5k rpm it just seems really sluggish and lumpy ...

before you remove the old pads get a long screwdriver or something and stick it between the old pads and use it as a lever to push the pistons in on both sides. problem I found with a g clamp is ther wasnt much room inside the caliper to get a clamp in. You may need to drain some brake fluid off, I ...

mine always use to struggle after I filled up then back fire once it finally got going! Of course you scared the crap out of everyone else in the petrol station ;)

I was having trouble with starting, well somedays it started first time then after I stopped it would struggle alot, it sounded like the battery was nearly dead all the time and really slow to turn over, Then one day started it up and a huge plume of smoke started coming from the engine!! I of ...