my firestorm life in pics and vids

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my firestorm life in pics and vids

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howdy all ,
i thought i might share some firestorm stuff with ya'll , various pictures and clips of my storms , if not here then ???? ... :lol:
well it seems the forum is quiet and im bored !!! , so just to avoid confusion theres two bikes 1 standard (well its highly modified but not as modified as my other one :lol: :lol: )

just wanna say first though , and i really dont wanna be rude ! , but ''you shuold have done this......''' ''i wudda done that'' 'that bits painted wrong''' etc etc etc ,,, i really dont care :? im just sharing what i chose to do with my bikes , and hope its of interest ,

ok quick bit of backround on myself ; i returned to ireland from abroad in 2005 , i hadent much money but worked as a courier in dublin (i had done the job for years before so , it seemed a way out ) did all the hours i could , and opened a small bike shop ,

i bought a low miles bros 650 , and i drove the absolute sh1t out of it for three years , the absolute sh1t :evil: :biggrin

coupla regs failed but otherwise it only brokedown once , (broken wire right switchgear) ,,,,,, outstanding

anyway i dint like the look of the firestorm but thought it might be the way to go !

the bros (150,000miles est.)

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so ... a firestorm turned up at the right money , small fall and bodywork repaired badly , few little things not right but didnt seem abused,,

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is that it then ?
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so........ out with the hacksaw :biggrin


heres what i made

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and heres a video of the build pics :





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lumpyv wrote:is that it then ?
its been posted 4 mins , will ye give me chance ? :? :problem:
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Like it - You've made it look bright and breezy, and a better colour than the skip in the background ;)
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pic of me at first ever trackday (late 2009) , it was a huge milestone as in jan 2008 i was involved in a very serious accident , :sad2 lucky to be alive never mind on a bike!!

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ok . so it was no showbike , but i had sold the bros and my other bikes were tidy , i loved the storm motor and decided with that engine , it was stayin . i needed a bike that didnt need to be kept clean , and could be parked around town etc ,, i needed a replacement for the bros , so time to tone it down a little ,

anyone get the atari thing?? :biggrin

SUSPENSION: i hated the front fork/brake relationship ,,,,, hated it , ruined the bike (for me) so r1 frontend (recommend) (any q's just ask!) fantastic ,, didnt really struggle with the back , but.. :D nitron shock too


so yer gonna hate this :lol:

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and on a trip to west coast of ireland (real real nice place if you get the weather!!!)

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anyways thats the way that bike stayed , and i was well happy , but deceide a few weeks ago it needed a little love , so stripped the chassis greased / inspected / replaced as needed all chassis components , and gave it a lick of paint ::

perfect 8O , its ok i cut myself once and matt black came out so were compatable :lol:



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so , THE TUNED ONE :twisted:


old members (long before me!!) will know my bike ,,

when i bought it it was in a sorry state engine was good , but tyres chain clutch etc was wombles , so i was taking a chance , but i must tip my hat to the engine builder the motor was perfect (and still is!!!!!!!!!!!)


before you watch the video , the bike turned out great ,, but looked wrong :cry: , the problem was the seat was too high and the colour did nothing for all the work underneath , it looked like a bad streetfighter , i cured this later on .

first start modified bike :

vid of modified bike build:


HERES A FOR SALE THREAD ON VTR1000.ORG WITH A LIST OF THE MODS : http://vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=23241


and with the updated cosmetic mods etc
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so i needed to fix how it looked .

it looked bad , so i came up with a joey dunlop kinda tribute theme

now , im not new to forums , and its a fact . no modified bike pleases everyone , but im very happy with where i went on this one

fact is some will like, and some will hate ,

(for spec see above post and my for sale thread on vtr1000.org )


quick breakdown: 120 bhp, close ratio box , 04 blade frontend :thumbup:

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thanks tomark at dog ruff photos for pics :thumbup:
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so i was happy but wanted to tone it down a bit (again) so ....

here it is for now :


suppose its a cafe racer hot rod or somethin ??

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anyways there you go , me and my firestorms , hope ye liked it :thumbup: :thumbup:

ill leave you with an onboard with a nice song from a friend of mine , !!!!!!!! theres only one camera angle , and i made the vid to insire anyone with a similar injury to mine , so theres wombles all editing , a lap , a song ,,,, thats it , happy new year , dave.


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lol ,, except for my christmas tree last year:



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Like the progression of your bikes and how you made them your own :thumb up:
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lloydiecbr wrote:Like the progression of your bikes and how you made them your own :thumb up:
So what's next ?
im keeping the black one , and i have a srad 750 trackbike , but im probably gonna have to sell the modded one :(

never really thought about that but yeah , apart from engine work on the tuned bike , and powder coating its my own work :thumbup:
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Nice work. Thanks for posting that little lot. :thumbup:


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sure to wombles ( :biggrin ) with it heres pics of my other modified bikes

929 Image

cbr250rr mc 22 Image

fazer 1000 Image

fazer 600 Image

929 again Image

tzr 2ma 350 (ypvs) Image

another fazer 600 Image

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