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- BigVeeGrin
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Hello. Again
Hey Forum! I've not been around for a while and the Storm is in the dark recesses of the garage covered and untouched for well over a year now. But ---- Macdee got me out of my slumber, and over the period I've kept an envious eye on Al and Geo and their pedalling exploits.
So, I thought I'd head to the garage, take the battery of the conditioner and see about starting the beloved beast. Now, given my mechanical abilities remain rather limited, I recall somewhere that if it hasn't been started for a while there are some sensible things to do first - I only remember using fresh fuel, removing plugs and turning the lot by hand a few times. Anything else?????
And what's news?? I don't really want to trawl through two plus years of whether Virt has started shaving up and so on........
Andy
So, I thought I'd head to the garage, take the battery of the conditioner and see about starting the beloved beast. Now, given my mechanical abilities remain rather limited, I recall somewhere that if it hasn't been started for a while there are some sensible things to do first - I only remember using fresh fuel, removing plugs and turning the lot by hand a few times. Anything else?????
And what's news?? I don't really want to trawl through two plus years of whether Virt has started shaving up and so on........
Andy
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welcome back mate, hows life treating you? Hope all on an even keel.
if it was only a yr sitting I would be tempted just to crank the fecker over and get it running.
if it was only a yr sitting I would be tempted just to crank the fecker over and get it running.
AMcQ
- lloydie
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Welcome back bvg , thought you was dead !
Nice to know your still with us
Nice to know your still with us
- alanfjones1411
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Welcome back bvg. Crank the beast over. Mine was cranked over with the kill switch turned on to circulate FRESH oil.
SO WHEN DOES THIS OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER KICK IN
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Hay BVG welcome back...Crank it over & fire it up...Hopefully you draind the carbs out before the lay up...If not you may have some gunky fule deposits gumming up the carbs...Hope not but if it wont start or runs poo I would look at a carb clean... Oh & before you ride it, all being well, check the bloody tyre pressures...
Making up since 2007, sometimes it's true...Honest...
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Hey look who's back Good to see you mate. I've missed the penny farthing. How's life treating you...last we heard you where having woman problems. I've been through a similar situation and having to make some life changes. My Storm has been off the road for year as well but every now and then I have started up.
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Welcome back BVG, get it cranked up!
I'm so unlucky that if there is such a thing as re-incarnation I'll come back as me!
- agentpineapple
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Welcome back BVG
Good to here from you again
Good to here from you again
told you not to but oh no you knew better
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Ahhh, they took off the rear fastening jacket and unlocked the padded room did they?
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero
F3, 954 USD front, K Tech springs, Braced swinger, Penske shock, Six spoke Mockesini wheels, Harris rearsets, QaT, Flywheel diet!, A&L stacks, stick coils, K&N, FP Ti jets, lashings of Ti & CF
F3, 954 USD front, K Tech springs, Braced swinger, Penske shock, Six spoke Mockesini wheels, Harris rearsets, QaT, Flywheel diet!, A&L stacks, stick coils, K&N, FP Ti jets, lashings of Ti & CF
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Welcome back BVG
Chris.
Chris.
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I have the rear fastening jacket now.
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