Hello From India

[Tam Cunningham]

Welcome, get some pictures posted

[tony.mon]

Hello, World's Fastest Indian Firestorm- welcome!

Coming to the next camping weekend?

[sirch345]

Welcome aboard

Chris.

[chris vtr virgin]

Welcome to the madhoose
Great bunch on here plenty of interesting reading about the storm

[fiero]

thank you all for the warm welcome.
myself own a 66 royal enfield, so no playing against those boys

having some issues with my picasa and unable to upload a pic

[Kev L]

Now that's a turnaround. Someone from India asking for computer advice from us!!!

[fiero]

here is my tiger

[Kev L]

Looks nice mate, for a yellow one! Get those cct's sorted.

[agentpineapple]

I like the yellow oem bikini fairing, it suits the bike....

[countrymick]

welkom,and that is a very nice bike

[fiero]

Looks nice mate, for a yellow one! Get those cct's sorted.

these CCT's are but mystery for me still, have to bit understand the use of manual CCT's and what is the issue with existing CCT's

[Kev L]

Basically the front one is likely to fail (corrosion on the spring due to flawed oil supply) this will result in a slack timing chain, jumped sprocket, valve into piston interface and a lot of expense/heartache.
Have a search through the workshop section on here for instruction on how to either replace with manuals or do a mod which prevents damage if the spring fails, called the "stopper mod".
Just do one or the other I would hate to read you have suffered a failure through lack of preventative maintenance.
Good luck.

[fiero]

Basically the front one is likely to fail (corrosion on the spring due to flawed oil supply) this will result in a slack timing chain, jumped sprocket, valve into piston interface and a lot of expense/heartache.
Have a search through the workshop section on here for instruction on how to either replace with manuals or do a mod which prevents damage if the spring fails, called the "stopper mod".
Just do one or the other I would hate to read you have suffered a failure through lack of preventative maintenance.
Good luck.

thanks mate for the short and crisp info.
what was the difference between restricted and non-restricted VTR, how many BHP was the difference.

what is the actual BHP number for a 97 VTr, am getting different numbers on google

How many horses would go up after upgrading the exhaust and filters ?

[VTRDark]

what was the difference between restricted and non-restricted VTR, how many BHP was the difference.

Varies from country to country whether there is restriction or not.

what is the actual BHP number for a 97 VTr, am getting different numbers on google

Same as above really and to add to that every bike will be slightly different. You looking to get between 100 and 110bhp depending on the dyno.

How many horses would go up after upgrading the exhaust and filters

It's not the horses you want to worry about...it's the cows in the road.

(:-})

[fiero]

what was the difference between restricted and non-restricted VTR, how many BHP was the difference.

Varies from country to country whether there is restriction or not.

what is the actual BHP number for a 97 VTr, am getting different numbers on google

Same as above really and to add to that every bike will be slightly different. You looking to get between 100 and 110bhp depending on the dyno.

How many horses would go up after upgrading the exhaust and filters

It's not the horses you want to worry about...it's the cows in the road.

(:-})

thank you carl
another confusion i had was the decal in the tank and in the side panels.
pre 2000 model's had firestorm decal on the tank and post 2000 had over the panels, but mine has none anywhere