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My wife used to love riding pillion on my storm....

....& believe it or not she likes riding pillion on the SP1 which has replaced it !!! (grab rail is a must tho)

A marriage made in heaven

Seriously thinking about doing it next year... ...have never been before, so any advice gratefully received! I realise the ferry has to be booked asap, other two main questions are: 1) whens best time to go? 2) how cheap is accommodation (bearing in mind that I can't be arsed with camping!) cheers J...

Whether you like him or not, he is an incredible talent.

Fair play to him I say!

I have gone from Storm to SP1 this year.... and can echo pretty much what turbo billy says (though I'm 6' 1") You adapt pretty quickly, and it's definitely NOT uncomfortable out on the open road and on long rides.... though around town and in heavy traffic it can be a little difficult :o -!!! J...

Started the whole thing again using the 'traditional' method, and no problems at all! Lever is as firm as you like and brakes are now awesome! It seems that the vacuum bleeder was creating problems that weren't actually there (i.e. sucking air in around the tube and nipple like gilson suggested)! It...

That's an excellent suggestion tony... I'm gonna investigate ASAP!

Thanks mate!

John

Hello As the title suggests, I have just fitted a braided goodridge race front brake setup on the SP1.... which all went swimmingly to begin with until I started bleeding the new brake fluid through! Using a vacuum bleeder, I bleed the left caliper first, which worked out fine. Onto the right calipe...

30 / 30 is a good starting point for road/sports rubber on track I find.... but check it with the tyre guy like gilson says.

John

Used to do loads of trackdays on my (now departed) Storm, and regularly embarrass modern sportsbikes :-) It's a great bike on track - to get the best out of it, it's advisable to upgrade the front forks & rear shock though !!! Also I can recommend the shock spacer mod (more weight on front for b...

I had zero mechanical experience when I went to do the cct's on my storm 5 years ago, but with the help of the excellent workshop guide on this forum and also all the friendly folk on it, I found it fairly simple and also hugely rewarding at the same time. It then gave me the confidence to tackle al...

In my experience 20 miles is the most you can bank on after the red light of doom comes on !!

John

added my own pics

Yep it's the euro import version, hence the colour scheme. Got it for a great price, from an honest seller (got all the right vibes from him if you know what I mean): 18,000 miles, FSH, first registered 2003, bike is near mint - it's certainly been looked after very well during it's lifetime. Am ver...

As some of you may know, I recently sold my trusty '97 Firestorm of 5 years to get an SP1.... well here she is: http://www.jdussek.talktalk.net/SP1-1.jpg http://www.jdussek.talktalk.net/SP1-2.jpg http://www.jdussek.talktalk.net/SP1-3.jpg http://www.jdussek.talktalk.net/SP1-4.jpg Have only had her a ...

Got a good un there me thinks!

nice one