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Hi everyone
My name is mark and I live in portsmouth , bought my red storm 10 years ago when it was 3 years old with 600 miles on the clock , it now has 17000 miles . I have done a few things to it over the years , wp rear shock , lower fairing , braided hoses , air box mods , hugger and just recently I fitted ape cam chain tensioners ( disaster ) cam jumped I didnt realize and bent 2 valves Doh. All fixed now though by myself and help from this forum when It would not rev past 7k , timing 180 deg out , now running sweet as ever . If anyone near me needs a valve spring compressor I have one !!! I was amazed by the engine inside and how clean it was , the piston cleaned up with just a squirt of wd and a wipe , the cams look like new , honda do make great engines .
This forum is great and a I have learnt loads reading the posts
Mark

Hi!

That lot sounds familiar doesn't the exhaust note sound great though with the timing 180 out?

Yea it sounded great but when I started it up it sounded different turning over on the starter , just the carbs to ballance now as never done that since I bought it , just got one of those cheap ballancers of flea bay ! I'll give it a go the next time its not raining .

welcome to the forum fella

Welcome aboard Mark

Chris.

Welcome in Mark. This forum is indeed a thing of wonder..

Welcome to the forum pal, enjoy

Thanks everyone for your welcomes , update on carb ballancing , did it today with the cheap ballancer off e bay , piece of cake , just had to buy a t piece for vac pipe and a little bit fiddly getting the nipple fitted to front cylinder but left it in and plugged with golf T . be even easier next time .
Bike sounded instantly better and goes so much smoother at low speeds .
Mark