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Check your engine mount bolts when you get a chance

What makes you say that

Something ain't right with that bike !.
Just make sure there all tight

Cheers mate will do

Half way though new chain and sprockets.

Spent most of the time cleaning years of oily gunk from everthing. Tempted now to disassemble the swingarm linkages. I'm sure they need some tlc...

swing arm bearings are top priority.two of mine droped out like dust.when I first got the bike

decided to bring out the tracing paper and pencil, all part of repairing the pineapple express. started rubbing down the rhs fairing and applying some filler. bloody awkward doing it left handed.....the repairs that is, you dirty minded lot.
rattle cans ordered, I just need to drive one handed down to Halfords for some plastic primer....

Not exactly today but the past 2 days... I put my original storm back together. Things are picking up... will be mobile again real soon and after being laid up for near a year iv'e decided to use her as my winter hack.
Just a few small jobs left to do.. battery currently on charge, fingers crossed she starts in the morning.

From this....


To this....

Shauned71 wrote:Not exactly today but the past 2 days... I put my original storm back together. Things are picking up... will be mobile again real soon and after being laid up for near a year iv'e decided to use her as my winter hack.
Just a few small jobs left to do.. battery currently on charge, fingers crossed she starts in the morning.

From this....


To this....

looking good shaun, i'll get that throttle tube to you real soon dude....

agentpineapple wrote:
looking good shaun, i'll get that throttle tube to you real soon dude....

Thanks Martin... still no rush for the tube mate, that's for the other bike

What I really did to my bike today.....
Fitted... front indicators (these are only temp), belly, foot rests, mirrors, filled her with fuel. Pressed the button and BOOM!!! Cranked into life and started like she had never stopped! Very happy as well as impressed considering how long she been stood... and also bare in mind she had been started a couple times over the months just to get the oil around the engine but that was after the tank was taken off so carbs were empty.

This will be her final form until she takes up shelf space next year.

I would imagine this kind of thing has been posted numerous times but since I'm new here still, I'm gonna jump in on this thread too.
When i bought the storm it had this (in my opinion) horrible purple screen.

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But today mr postie delivered a nice new light smoke one for me.



I think it looks much better.

The black adjustable levers i put on a little while ago but heres a pic anyway!!



Just need my new chain n sprockets to hurry up and get here so i can get back on the road.

never liked blue or purple screens, maybe on a 90's bike with crazy 90's paintwork, like the RF900 or a FZR600, but not on a single coloured bike.
and yes I have a purple screen collecting dust in the shed, it came with a silver bike....

Not much point in offering mine up to anyone then i guess!!

Always worth a try. Let's be honest there are some folk out there who have had a taste by-pass, after all they buy YELLOW bikes FFS! How tasteless is that!!!!

Kev L wrote:Always worth a try. Let's be honest there are some folk out there who have had a taste by-pass, after all they buy YELLOW bikes FFS! How tasteless is that!!!!

Kev, at your age everything is tasteless, just mash it up properly dearie, we wouldn't want you to choke....