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Hi Jacey Boy, Well you certainly have made a good job of bringing the Storm up to a high standard, especially with the matching panels. Interesting about your car, I must admit i've not come across that particular model myself, must go like a bat out of hell with all that bhp!!!! cheers Chris.

Jacey Boy, I've just tried Neophyte's site and got on no problem, ( nice site ) I see you've got a piccie of your new machine in the Gallery, very good quality picture's extremely sharp, looks like a very well looked after bike, a very clean machine. I take it that's your car also, looks good but wh...

You were very fortunate mate, your front tyre needed replacing! I must admit I did'nt know alloy banjo bolts are meant for racing bikes only, although after thinking about it does make sense, thanks for the tip,
cheers Chris.

All the best with the Tuono, I would also like to hear what you think of it, most of the journo's rate it top bike at the moment (in its class)
cheers Chris.

All the best with the SP2 when you get it, I've read the reports but would like to hear it from the horses mouth (so to speak) so let us know how it compares to the Firestorm,
cheers Chris.

Yeah you're right Scorpion's do sound great, i've got them on mine. As far as insurance goes some companies don't like them and others don't mind, i'm with Carole Nash and it was not a problem,
cheers Chris.

Rex, I would test the battery to see if it did actually charge, if you turn the head light on does it light up ? then if it does try pressing the starter button with the lights on, if the head light dims drastically then I would say you need a new battery, if not and your symptions still persist the...

I sealed my exhaust joints with a heat resistant silicone which someone recommended to me which will come apart very easy if you need to strip it down, ie mot time if they're race cans. I think Halfords supply the required sealant, its made by Locktite, product 5920 copper high performance silicone ...

Just had a look, try " blade forks " all the info is there from Del.
cheers Chris.

There's plenty of info on this, here on this site, all you need to do is go back and find it in earlier posts, hope that helps,
cheers Chris.

I'm glad to hear that Del, no doubt his cheapest option

Chris.

I dont suppose this will help but just in case, When I purchased my bike secondhand from my local dealer (sold by him when new) I only had one key with it. Thanks to him he'd had the foresight to write the number of the ignition key on the Honda hand book when he first sold the bike. If you've got t...

Ronan mate sorry to hear you had to sell your VTR, I understand what you mean about running costs, at the end of the day motorcycling is no longer a cheap hobbie, keep in touch mate, take care,
Cheers Chris.

Well said Del, Granty you'll find most bike mags/ newspapers don't rate anything other than the most up to date full on sports bikes RACE REPS. I know its unfortunate you've had one or two minor problems so early on, but I think after reading your posts your main issue is that you are not being fair...

I have Scorpion high level s/steel oval race cans, rear foot pegs spaced out with alloy spacers, not to loud but a nice deep exhaust note, you will need to replace standard indicators with mini ones but well worth it, hope this helps, Chris. just got back from picking up my new firestorm :D part exe...