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by Steve97
Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:05 pm
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Strange humming noise !
Replies: 13
Views: 1096

Strange humming noise !

Usually i can sort stuff out myself but this has got me stumped ! Saturday i fitted a new rear tyre bt 023 and a new chain, chain is adjusted to 35mm play midway between sprockets,sprockets are good no hooked teeth, wheel bearing were checked and found to be good, everything was cleaned and lubed up...
by Steve97
Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:31 pm
Forum: Sunday Runs, Rideouts, Track days ,Rallys, Events
Topic: Operation Storm II – Part three – May 18th - 20th 2012
Replies: 348
Views: 26052

Re: Operation Storm II – Part three – May 25th - 27th 20

Be a good chance to put a few faces to names, Im up for this !
am in Worcestershire so straight down the 44 no problem :thumbup:
by Steve97
Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:44 pm
Forum: Was It You?
Topic: Orange one & black one, Brighton
Replies: 5
Views: 726

Re: Orange one & black one, Brighton

Didnt see the orange one ! but saw the black one with tape all over the seat fairing, my son said it looked cool! I take it yours was the red one parked up the top then Pinky ? Out of several thousand bikes there i only saw 3 Storms and one of them was mine !, does this confirm my thoughts that we a...
by Steve97
Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:34 pm
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Taking out a broken key from the ignition assembly
Replies: 6
Views: 1008

Re: Taking out a broken key from the ignition assembly

You will have to be carefull with this one, :thumbdown: i broke the key in my old Citroen Berlingo, figured gonna have to buy a new lock what with the imobilizor and all that, however put a tiny drop of super glue on the end of the remains of the key pushed it in to the lock, waited ten mins and gen...
by Steve97
Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:09 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Sodding Weather
Replies: 9
Views: 500

Re: Sodding Weather

Im with you Opel, it stays on the road until the gritters come out and then thats it until usually early March when the rains washed all the salt off the road, but even then it goes out on a good day :plainsmile
by Steve97
Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:32 pm
Forum: Bike Chat
Topic: Mileage What's yours?
Replies: 17
Views: 2435

Re: Mileage What's yours?

14 years old 2 owners, and 23,000 miles
not bad for me, the bandit 12 i had (original 97 model) ended up with over 100,000, and old xs1100 before that 140,000 +
by Steve97
Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:20 pm
Forum: The Workshop Knowledgebase
Topic: Hagon shock
Replies: 1
Views: 1644

Hagon shock

Just thought i would pass this on and save someone faffing around, have replaced the worn out original shock with the standard Hagon monoshock with no remote adj, just cant afford to do anything else at the moment, i thought the guide lines for its adjustment on the box, very very wooly, i weigh aro...
by Steve97
Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:13 pm
Forum: Sunday Runs, Rideouts, Track days ,Rallys, Events
Topic: Midlands meet up 20th or 21st
Replies: 39
Views: 2860

Re: Midlands meet up 20th or 21st

darkember wrote:Darn route B would have been good maybe another time. Ride safe :thumbup:
Where abouts are you ?, i could do route b on Sun weather permiting :thumbup:
by Steve97
Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:21 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Facebook
Replies: 25
Views: 3203

Re: Facebook

Granted thats quite cool !
I did some digging around people at work and they all talk to, and hang around outside work with, the area manager that they really slag off. so i keep out of it !! :roll:
by Steve97
Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:14 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Facebook
Replies: 25
Views: 3203

Re: Facebook

Am still on it coz it was/is good for finding old mates......but basically im with Tony on this..... BBQ, beer, talk to a face not Facebook
by Steve97
Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:06 pm
Forum: Sunday Runs, Rideouts, Track days ,Rallys, Events
Topic: Brighton Burn up
Replies: 3
Views: 564

Re: Brighton Burn up

Will be going down with my boy on the back, all the way from Evesham ! unless its pissing down.
Dont know Brighton at all, but have been couple of years ago,dont know what time will be there but plan to be reasonably early.
by Steve97
Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Riots
Replies: 35
Views: 3157

Re: Riots

i looked at the horizon from my garden theres smoke from enfield way in one direction theres smoke from another way hackney direction rumours that my local curries asda tesco.s are going to be targeted then i hear there thinking of using plastic bullets on looters arsonists that for some reason rea...
by Steve97
Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:51 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Riots
Replies: 35
Views: 3157

Re: Riots

I totally agree Cameron should stand up, tell these tossers that he is sending in the army and they are going to use live bullets. Yes the politically correct police will be up in arms, but they are as always, the minority. The mass majority of people in this country will be happy and support a mov...
by Steve97
Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Riots
Replies: 35
Views: 3157

Re: Riots

I agree with all your comments, but you need to change the idiots at the top in order to give the police there authority back, they are all the same now, they are only interested in themselves and there careers. Nobody stands up to be counted. Nobody draws a line in the sand and says enough. They ar...
by Steve97
Sun Aug 07, 2011 11:54 pm
Forum: Bike Chat
Topic: Why did you choose the storm
Replies: 36
Views: 4602

Re: Why did you choose the storm

Learned to ride on an old BSA C11 when i was 10, (now 54) me and some mates would ride it around the local playing fields, since then have never been without a bike, about 8 years ago had a 97 Bandit 12 in black, decided to sell it and buy two trials bikes so my lad and me could do some off road com...