How far will a storm lean over?

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Cheers Ben good info there will take that on board. Out of interest i have just put a pair of Michelin Pilot sport tyres on have you had any experiance with these? :D
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vtrsteve wrote:this far and more till you start scuffing the rubber.....

http://www.vtr1000.org/viewimg.htm?imgn ... &x=61&y=24


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Portly-ness could be a factor :D :D too
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Over here, you ain't considered a rider until you've obliterated the little Michelin Men off the side of your Pilot Powers :D

Like so...

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Chicken strips? Pfffft! You guys ride like girls! :roll: :P
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Very nice VTRgirl
Now lets see pictures of your front

Ooh-err missus, that came out a bit wrong

Or did it????
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Yeah Yeah man look at the difference in shade ...you can clearly see a demarcation line i'll bet she used a black and decker ..bloody shiela, just wanna be one of the fellas eh? rides a big throbbing V twin, dresses in leather,...Hmmmmm enquiring minds want to know..ride like girls?? I like ride girls..I like big girls ..are you a big girl?? do you like girls??when you use an electrical sander you gotta do the whole tyre not just the edges. and where are the little snotters of rubber?? Hmmmmmm..
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Post by alan »

FirestormMike wrote:next post shoud be "how vertical can you get your storm on its back wheel"
bit more difficult to get photographic evidence though :P
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Pirelli Supercorsas :)

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Post by VTRgirl »

Looks like Daffy Duck wins. :lol:

We had an old guy recently turn up at an OzFireStorm meet with a back tyre we seriously thought was a slick... Turns out it started life as a Pilot Race. Seriously not an ounce of tread left & the wear was perfectly even all the way around. 8O Just wish I'd thought to take a pic & pass it off as mine :P
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jonacol wrote:
vtrsteve wrote:this far and more till you start scuffing the rubber.....

http://www.vtr1000.org/viewimg.htm?imgn ... &x=61&y=24


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Portly-ness could be a factor :D :D too
8O 8O 8O 8O .....you do have a point tho :oops:
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Stormin Ben wrote:Pirelli Supercorsas :)

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Tomorrow I will mostly be trying to better these on me 207GP's and break in me new sliders...... I may be gone for some time 8)
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vtrsteve wrote:
jonacol wrote:
vtrsteve wrote:this far and more till you start scuffing the rubber.....

http://www.vtr1000.org/viewimg.htm?imgn ... &x=61&y=24


8)
Portly-ness could be a factor :D :D too
8O 8O 8O 8O .....you do have a point tho :oops:

OIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THATS MY PHOTO ON MY BIKE AND IM DEFINATLY AS FAR FROM PORTLY AS YOU CAN GET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol!

Ive manged to screw the other side now as well as the exhausts....lots of showboating will do that!

You can actually take the storm to the point you continously saving it on the knee, it just depends on the surface and the rider!
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Post by jonacol »

Easy tiger, i think that ws Steves posting I was commenting on.
If yer dragging that much metal on the floor perhaps it's time to change the bike.
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Squiffythewombat wrote:You can actually take the storm to the point you continously saving it on the knee, it just depends on the surface and the rider!
Who are you trying to kid? you'll be telling us that you can get the rear spinning up and smoke the tyre next! :roll: :roll:

The footpeg in the pic was on my 1st storm, submitted when this site was first created back in the dark ages and to date I've never had the exhausts touch on either of my storms......
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Post by Squiffythewombat »

Sorry, :oops: had another look and its not mine, beg your pardon lol, its spooky tho, it looks exactly the same as the photo i took, my thumbs even in the same place!!!!!

i was pointing out to the guy who asked that he can drag his knees with ease on the storm..seems like a valid point when the question is how far will it lean?

jonacool - sorry dude i was trying to offend you, hence the "lol" at the end.

(changing bike...well unless i get given/steal a new bike thats not going to happen and metal touching the ground...well ask ben about ground clearance on track and i think you will have your answer!)
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desperately trying to FINALLY get my knee down today, I managed it ( 8) ) and also had the right footpeg down. There was a HUUUGE skkrrrsshhh when I did it, much louder than i expected. Went to my mate's house to tell him the good news - he pointed out the scuff marks on my right-hand silencer and engine casing 8O

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I swear the scuffs weren't there before today. Did I really ground these out? Shouldn't I have crashed? Can I get my femurs made longer on the NHS?
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