Riding her home

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Kev L
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Glad you got back safe and sound and enjoyed your first ride on the Storm fella. :thumbup:
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pstormer wrote:Hi all
Thanks very much for all the advice :thumbup: . The beasty is home safe and sound :clap: . Glad it was peeing it down as it made me ride like the rozzers were right behind me :angel: . OH MY GOD id forgot how much fun these bike are. I was grinning like a cheshire cat all the way home even though i was soaking wet and wobbling around like id just passed my test :biggrin . In top on the motorway and i need to over take something. Mirror, signal and watch you dont run into the thing you want to over take :eek2 . I love my firestorm :D
Good news mate, glad you're both back in one piece :thumbup:
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Glad you made it back :-) now ride the ass off it
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If your enjoying it riding it in the wet just wait till its dry :shock::roll:

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f your enjoying it riding it in the wet just wait till its dry :shock::roll:
Maybe he likes a bit of sliding around. The rear can go where the heck it wants, that's controllable to a certain degree and makes for a more excitable ride. :biggrin As long as the front don't slip out which is a moment of heart murmur :eek2

Time to get to know your new VTR now then. :thumbup:

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Ckennedy
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Iv had the front go a few times. No your right it isn't nice. Even more so when you have someone on the back :shock:

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I've never had the front go and saved it 8O I've locked it up in a straight line, not quite the same though :lol:
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ride dirt bikes and that helps you get used to losing grip with back and front wheels. best training ground for bike skills in my opinion
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Jamoi
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AMCQ46 wrote:ride dirt bikes and that helps you get used to losing grip with back and front wheels. best training ground for bike skills in my opinion
Agreed! Saved the front lots on my crosser and can powerslide but never saved the front on the road... that's :crazy:
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Jamoi wrote:
AMCQ46 wrote:ride dirt bikes and that helps you get used to losing grip with back and front wheels. best training ground for bike skills in my opinion
Agreed! Saved the front lots on my crosser and can powerslide but never saved the front on the road... that's :crazy:
Same here mate. Used to feel the back going on the LCs/TZR/FZRs and always recovered it, lost the front a couple of times on them and the first I knew about it was sliding down the tarmac.
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