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CCM spitfire 05
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Hi everyone I am not very computer friendly so don't normally do forums but I have had to man up because I have started a vtr project I would like to turn my 1998 firestorm into a scrambler motor cross looky likey bike so I really need advice.
Hope that doesn't piss you all of. 😀
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Hello and welcome , good luck with clutch grab off road :beer:
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Sounds an interesting project. Get some pictures up and ask away. Can’t think of anyone who’s done anything like that on here with a VTR lump.
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CCM spitfire 05
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Well I am going to cheat so I think I will make a new tank out of plate aluminium and make a new subframe to raise the seat hight but I haven't really planned past that so I don't know if I will have to reposition the foot pegs or not I am certainly not changing the fork angle.
But to start with I need to replace auto cam chain tensioners with manuals which I have .
I am reasonably capable with spanners but just wondering if there is anything I need to know before I replace the tensioners?
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or you could look for a bike with off road styling which uses a vtr engine...
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A guy on the VTR Facebook page did a great one his name is Jan Diligaf. Had rather chunky knobbly tyres too Image
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CCM spitfire 05 wrote: Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:51 pm Well I am going to cheat so I think I will make a new tank out of plate aluminium and make a new subframe to raise the seat hight but I haven't really planned past that so I don't know if I will have to reposition the foot pegs or not I am certainly not changing the fork angle.
But to start with I need to replace auto cam chain tensioners with manuals which I have .
I am reasonably capable with spanners but just wondering if there is anything I need to know before I replace the tensioners?
First of all welcome aboard :thumbup:

Have a read of this link for fitting manual cam chain tensioners:-
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28583

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Hello and welcome to the forum. :wave:
SO WHEN DOES THIS OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER KICK IN
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Oh yes. Good luck.
No bike (yet).
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welcoem, sounds like a mad project ... looking forwards to the results
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CCM spitfire 05
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:!: guys I may have been a bit over ambitious but I ain't giving in the cct are almost fitted and doing so I realised how well built by very small handed people these vtr firestorms are I hope that I can do the bike justice.
Ride on brothers and sisters 🙂
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That project could work out well for off-road gravel tracks, less so for muddy ruts, perhaps.

A VTR Firebreak?

You'll notice the short fork travel though, maybe a Varadero set would be better. I've never measured those but they will fit your yokes and should have longer travel.

Drop to a 15 tooth front and 1 or 2 up on the rear as a start point, but then you'll need a Speedo healer to get the Speedo to read right.

Good luck, keep up the posts and pics.
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