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Hello stey

Couple of us up in the leyland area.

I have done two installations of the mcct on my bikes and assisted my local buddy with his so if he can help im close

Brian

Interested in the belly pan

Can you pm me a price please

Thanks

What is the usual finish for the swing arm?

One of my storms swing arm is a bit tatty and i have a spare one around so maybe its time to smarten things up.

Powdercoat?
Paint & laquer?

Helping fellow members do the essential mcct seems to be a recurring theme on here!!!

But its a great way to meet fellow stormers !!!

Thanks everyone - actually went out in the v8 !!!

Hello glyn and welcome

Few of us stormers over in leyland area

Brian

After getting the tocket last week it was time for a little bimble to a local bike meet tonight. So i gave. Graham (taxi driver on here) a txt and also recruited my brother in law (pesky kawasaki) . Its now i must admit to my most recent schoolboy error. Having thoroughly checked the bike for the mo...

Didnt completely drain the system when i did the front head.

I suspect i was airlocked a bit when i refilled, so i'll just check the level.

It wasnt glowing hot when i tried it - just checking

Brian

Ill check the expansion tank as i suspdct i might be a bit short of coolant, given i had the front head of this one.

How much coolant shpuld bein expansion tank?

Just a quick question - do these run quite hot? Im guessing with the rads located down the sides that they dont get the same airflow that an in line 4 does. The fan on my fireblade hardly ever comes on, yet when i took storm 2 for its mot i noticed the temp nudge up to the 3/4 mark and then it dropp...

I dont want to be simplistic but what effect does a lightened flywheel have?

Thanks

Im sure there is lots of tuning i need to do but ill run it and see how it goes, The me hanics at the garage kept blipping the throttle as it makes such a sweet noise with those titanium race cans. And it seems to have so much grunt!!!! I saw 90 on the speedo and coming strong Strangely it seems to ...

At long last ive got round to getting an mot on storm 2, which is the one i brought back from the brink after it suffered a cam adjuster failure with its previous owner. I have sweated blood on this one fixing the adjuster damage and also completely refurbishing the rear suspension, brakes, replacem...