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Hi there, I've just bought the current issue of "Two Wheels" magazine. It's an Australian mag so don't think it will be available overseas. The article on the Firestorm is listed under a regular monthly topic called "Modern Classics". I am not sure how to host it on line, any sug...

That's the one, the breather hole is the small one at the top just above the drain pipe, if you use Por15 it will probably seal that hole and the tank wont have a breather and you'll get fuel starvation, the picture I believe is of a cut open tank so you can see it. Well, It looks like I am in Deep...

Can anyone explain to me how the breather works on the inside of the petrol tank? I know it is brazed into the bottom of the tank and then proceeds up inside the tank towards the filler neck where it enters a tubular circular part. On the other side of this tubular circular part where the small meta...

It does look like it was faulty from new. I think the fact that there are gaps in the welds is not an issue. I think the welds on the tank base are to hold the mounting bracket in place and do not have anything to do with sealing the tank - unless one of the welds gets too much penetration and goes...

the air compressor is good but sometimes hard to set up if you don't have the gear in the first two pics theirs is a little bit of weld missing where the bracket is welded to the tank ,looks a good place to start Yes this area at the rear of the tank is the area I suspected as well. I sprayed the a...

I had a friend who bought a Gsxr 1000 k2 that had been stored in a conservatory :roll: Best place to store a fuel tank if you want it to rust internally. Over a period of months we tried all sorts to cure the leaking teabag tank, total waste of time. Don't try & weld it as you'll get an orange ...

I have a fuel leak and cannot work out where it is coming from. Need your help and advice if you have any experience with these fuel tanks leaking and what the remedy is. The other night I went into my workshop (shed) and saw a petrol stain on the Rh side frame rail directly under the tank. I felt u...

I can only reinforce to be very careful with blowing a piston out. I used my mini compressor to try and dislodge the piston in the rear calliper and very stupidly put my thumb between the piston and calliper side and basically trapped my thumb nail !!!!!! Picture me running round in agony trying to...

What is the best way to deglaze my rear HH OEM brake pads?

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Tony you beat me to it. Posted while I was typing.

But if you were going down the "vtr manual" way. would ziptieing on tdc on the cylinder being cct'd. or tensioner swapping make it simpler? The cam chain wuldn't jump because the cams would'nt have any valve spring tension on them? To start with you would need to remove the valve cover to...

bazza696 wrote:see if you can get an SP1 piston, they are teflon coated

Thanks Bazza, I will check out the condition of the piston after I have cleaned it up and it damaged I will certainly look at getting one from the SP1.

Early and late front head gaskets are the same. Same part number.

Some of you would know I have done the CBR954 front brake upgrade. So having such good stoppers on the front now I thought I should at least check out the rear brake. This is what I found; http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd105/donclifton/VTR1000%20Rear%20Brake%20Reconditioning/P1100064_zpsfqb8mdp...

A couple of thoughts.
Spray carb cleaner is better and more effective than brake cleaner in my experience.
There has to be an idea around compressed air that can be used to blow it out.
Good Luck