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if you can sort out a spring i am sure i can knock up a spacer,if someone knows how long it needs to be !

God there arnt two of us!
No never had a ccm, i know gary (harthern,he owns it)

its my initials,and the fact i have been known to do stupid things-
race at the TT, fort william down hill course at 45 etc.

thanks guys ,not the best on these computer thingys, there are some smaller picks further down the original post.
it is coming together now i will update the photos soon

ok so i was a bit short on the info, but i was in the middle of a crisis ! im making a firestorm supermoto (i would add photos but forgot how to) all is now well, we had to machine the bottoms off the forks and start again. things should go smoothly, now (fingers crossed)i just didnt want to scrap o...

me again, today was going to be a good day. we put my new yokes on the miller, drilled all the clamps milled out the underneath lovely jubly. i turned the fork bottoms down so the new caliper mounts fitted welded them up but while they were boiling hot i thought i would unscrew them....disaster the ...

hi all i wonder if one of you chaps can help. i am after the length of the standard firestorm forks. from the top including cap to the spindle center will do- this is easiest to check witout any load so you might have to push up on the bars when it is on the sidestand . i aquired mine with the forks...

cheers, just what i needed.
well thats what i have, so it must be ok!

help! just fitting new bearings in swinging arm, rhs ok, but on the left there doesnt appear to be any spacers to pack out the roller bearing (well, i have no bits left over!)the dust seals would push right in. i know it 'floats'on this side but it dont look right, is this correct or have i lost som...

just tried to find posts on how to stop failures if the springs break,but there are tons of em ! which is the most up to date mod, just in the process of changing mine while the engine is out

Cheers John going to get him to do me a kevlar one, dont fancy testing them either a lot more would get damaged first

Does any one know where i can get an alternator cover made in kevlar to match one i have on the clutch ?

alternativly carbon ones, but i would need them both.

sorry chaps told you i was no expert try this lot ,will get the hang of it one day! http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8034/vtr008i.jpg http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7198/vtr117h.jpg http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2427/vtr120f.jpg http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3416/vtr121g.jpg other goodies ...

hope this works no expert at it first ideas http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8041/vtr008.jpg tank taking shape http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7105/vtr117.jpg looks good from this angle http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2563/vtr120.jpg tank looks huge from here,it has a nice shape so with some...

Ay up,hope everyone is enjoying the good weather.
had the firestorm (in bits)for a couple of years but now its coming together.
Full on supermoto style, with KTM forks and tail end, home made tank & exhausts.V different i think
will post photos if someone tells me how!