new boy

[john cresser]

thanks for all the welcombe messages am still looking.

[john cresser]

someone from bideford contacted me and have lost the message can you come back to me. john c.

[john cresser]

am looking at a 2001 vtr on gumtree, its £1850 and 34,000 on the clock its in southampton red in colour, can anyone give me any feed back am looking earnestly for a bike could this be the one. cheers john.

[Virt]

am looking at a 2001 vtr on gumtree, its £1850 and 34,000 on the clock its in southampton red in colour, can anyone give me any feed back am looking earnestly for a bike could this be the one. cheers john.

Ask the owner if it has had the CCT's either changed to manuals or had the stopper mod done on them.
Also, check if it is the updated model. A lot of pre-2001 models are on 2001+ plates because they were stored away due to the decline in sales of the VTR (or something). If it's a new model, £1850 isn't a bad price. If it's an old model, check if it's also had it's R/R done and possibly knock a little bit off if you can.

I'm not an expert, don't take my word for it

And I'm sure someone will be along later to prove everything I've said wrong

[john cresser]

today I bought a firestorm hope to get it home mid week yahoo! dont know how to put a smilie on.

[Virt]

Congratulations on your purchase look forward to seeing pictures of it

[macdee]

welcome and good luck with the bike

[fabiostar]

welcome to the forum and i hope its a yellow storm as they ARE the best colour

[john cresser]

what cans to get havent heard any yet want a nice deep thumping sound and easy to fit?

[lloydie]

if it has standard exhaust i suggest a daffectomy to start of with and if you still want louder/lighter cans the options are endless well how deep are you pockets .

[john cresser]

ok whats affectomy?

[bigtwinthing]

he means a "baffleectomy" ie drilling and pulling the baffles out to make that lovely V twin sound out. for £200 you can get lovely cans on e bay from Powertechperformance, i have used then 6 times and there ace. Get the CCT,s done as soon as possible though ok.

[VTRDark]

baffleectomy is a good place to start. Don't go rushing out and buying cans. Do your research, listen to as many in the flesh as videos can be misleading. Save a couple of hundred quid and keep an eye on ebay as you can get some very nice cans for that price.

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[john cresser]

thanks for putting me straight about cans have got manual cct's will have to learn how to adjust them sometime will be up near the new forest to pick my bike up soon. john c.

[john cresser]

took my bike out for the first time today thought it was great roll on nice days.