still the best looking VTR out there

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going to start a new thread as well about it
but can anyone tell me what steering damper is that ?
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Virt wrote:
lumpyv wrote:

whats the big deal with a sssa again?. I thought the most important thing about swingarms (along with lightness) is stiffness/strength .

is a single side as rigid as a braced one like jamies? ?
There's got to be something right with sssa.. the new KTM super Duke (or whatever, the 1290cc beast) has a sssa and that makes something like 180bhp and 105ft/lb torque :lol:

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good point professor virt. I really don't know? moto gp bikes have the 2 sided arrangement I believe.
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AMCQ46 wrote:its for sale again, cant remember which one of members built it and which one bought it. Still love the look

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-moto ... to-content

£3500 :Shock1: That bike was on ebay recently as i'm sure you know... Spoke to the seller, wanted to find out the reserve so I would know if it was in my interest to follow the auction because i was considering buying it with the ins money off mine. Guy was hoping for £2500 and just told me reserve was not quite half way between 2-2.5k so assuming 2.2k... Wonder if it did actually sell, wonder if the gumtree ad is a slip on the keyboard as far as price goes or if someone bought it to just punt back out to make money, when on ebay bike was listed as being in Norwich :think:
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This is a nice a bike.
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cybercarl wrote:This is a nice a bike.
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cybercarl wrote:This is a nice a bike.
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The only thing I don't like is the single sided exhaust. I do love the symmetry of one on each side which one of the things that drew me towards the Storm.

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bazzashadow wrote:going to start a new thread as well about it
but can anyone tell me what steering damper is that ?

Yep a Purple one!!! sorry no idea apart from that.
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cybercarl wrote:The only thing I don't like is the single sided exhaust. I do love the symmetry of one on each side which one of the things that drew me towards the Storm.

Yep me too, exhausts are like boobs, 2 perfect can't be beaten! :lol:

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bigtwinthing wrote:
cybercarl wrote:The only thing I don't like is the single sided exhaust. I do love the symmetry of one on each side which one of the things that drew me towards the Storm.

Yep me too, exhausts are like boobs, 2 perfect can't be beaten! :lol:

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Where is the front indicators im hoping to get mine looking somthing similar over the winter but with two silencers i to like the look of two one just doesnt look right
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Where is the front indicators
If you mean in the Superhawk pic I posted, it looks like the front indi's are blocking the airflow to the fans via the front scoops/vents.

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Wonder if it runs slightly hotter i was thinking of doing the mirror indicators as some of the other have done wonder if that is enough for an mot
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iirc tony tried the indicator in the airscoop, and yes the bike wanted to overheat.... :thumbup:
it looks the bollox tho.
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agentpineapple wrote:iirc tony tried the indicator in the airscoop, and yes the bike wanted to overheat.... :thumbup:
it looks the bollox tho.
Wasn't me- I think that tiny LED's wouldn't affect airflow overmuch.
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