Ebay Finds (unusal/cheap/rare/or just good value)

[agentpineapple]

did you not use them in the end mate?

[mark r]

did you not use them in the end mate?

ended up with two sets , had both on , but i've just put standard cans on as my daughter is going on the back

[seb421]

proper bespoke cam mount

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tank-Camera-R ... 868wt_1023

[agentpineapple]

regulator/rectifier on ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VTR1000 ... 19d135c6be

[playerone]

proper bespoke cam mount

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tank-Camera-R ... 868wt_1023

I bought the adjustable version of this and vibration was horrendous, might have another play with it on the new bike with additional rubber washers to see if it gets any better

[playerone]

regulator/rectifier on ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VTR1000 ... 19d135c6be

and bought

[agentpineapple]

proper bespoke cam mount

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tank-Camera-R ... 868wt_1023

I bought the adjustable version of this and vibration was horrendous, might have another play with it on the new bike with additional rubber washers to see if it gets any better

get some black tack, its a much stronger version of blue tack, it will help with vibration and its mega sticky, i can stick the little camera i have to the front of the bike and it won't come off, and thats at well into 3 figure speeds

[tony.mon]

regulator/rectifier on ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VTR1000 ... 19d135c6be

and bought

I had one at Rhayader that ended up surplus to requirements for £15.

A mate of Benny's thought he'd have it but then decided to just live with it not charging, apparently....
Cheeky Kev has it at the moment.

[playerone]

regulator/rectifier on ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-VTR1000 ... 19d135c6be

and bought

I had one at Rhayader that ended up surplus to requirements for £15.

A mate of Benny's thought he'd have it but then decided to just live with it not charging, apparently....
Cheeky Kev has it at the moment.

bugger, I thought you'd fitted it

[agentpineapple]

51 plate storm
with low rpm engine rattle.
£1000 classified add on ebay. i don't know if its worth a gamble at that price. wheres tony when you need him...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-VTR-100 ... 3cc699f5f8

[seb421]

51 plate storm
with low rpm engine rattle.
£1000 classified add on ebay. i don't know if its worth a gamble at that price. wheres tony when you need him...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-VTR-100 ... 3cc699f5f8

I know this bike its that mechanics Russ from Bolton Motorcycle Workshop so it should be fair sound he used it as a daily commute bike, its near the Belmont end of the road up rivington

[tony.mon]

51 plate storm
with low rpm engine rattle.
£1000 classified add on ebay. i don't know if its worth a gamble at that price. wheres tony when you need him...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-VTR-100 ... 3cc699f5f8

Only if you have a spare engine laying around.

If a mechanic (who I must assume knows what a rattly CCT sounds like ) isn't interested in fixing it, it won't be an easy fix, so engine out, strip and inspect.

You might need a replacement engine; maybe a repair, no way of knowing until you hear it and take a chance or buy it and strip to inspect.
Could be small ends, but I've never stripped a Storm engine and found that problem, more likely clutch bearing, not the easy one in the basket but the nasty one in the cases on the clutch side of the output shaft.
Simple enough to fix, but you have to split the cases to get it out and replace; while you're there at that mileage you really have to replace the mains and big ends.
By the time you add big end bolts, head gaskets, alt and clutch gaskets you're over £300 for parts, and at least four days labour.
Alternatively a replacement engine (but no guarantee that that is any good until you fire it up and find out) plus three days labour.

And if the engine bolts have seized, add a day, and possibly more parts needed.

I'd say no, unless you really, really want it, or have nothing else to do for a week.

For £1500-1700 you'll get one that's ok to start with, if you wait until Autumn.
£2000 this time of year.

However he won't get £1000 for breaking it unless he sells that engine as a runner.

Watch out for slightly off shade red tanks on Ebay in a week or so....

[agentpineapple]

stubby cans
these would look the nuts on a storm, i emailed the seller and he reckons its a 2inch diameter approx 50mm, i reckon they could fit with a bit of jiggery pokery....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120917352079? ... 1423.l2649

moriwaki coloured storm on ebay, braced swingarm, after reading the blurb, it must be someone from the forum selling it. a decent price aswell
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-VTR1000 ... 2a1def7902

[KarlosVTR]

i have delkavic cans. made by DK spares in newcastle under lyme near me.

they sound feckin terrible. my other one had remus GPs on and they were superb!

these however are not. they sound awful. im going to trim mine down a tad and see how they sound.

[lloydie]

Put some rim tape on and fitted my other 2-1 headers