Storm problem: Not too good off road

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Storm problem: Not too good off road

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Just a bit worried about my bike

It won't go off-road as well as a Tenere or KTM Dakar Special

Every time I go off-rode the handling deteriorates :eek2

I have tried knobblys and letting down the tyre pressure but it just doesn't handle very well :(

And I don't seem to get as much mpg as my mates 125

If any of you suspension gurus are reading this...........help :thumbup:
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ahha ;)
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Dear Flathead, thank you for writing to Dr Storm. I suspect the knobbliest you are talking about are in fact genital warts. You need to consult with your GP who will sort them out with a Dremmel and grinding wheel. I know from previous correspondence you find it difficult to tell the difference between on and off road, or even right way up and lying down! So I would suggest that a bath chair may be the best option.
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Flatfish:
I suspect that your bike may be infected with the Spanish and Eurozone monetary fiasco syndrome.

They, too, have problems with the banks........

All of my research in the field leads me to believe that it is, in fact, an exhaust porting issue. Our Head off Research has confirmed this.

The North East port may be causing difficulties in inclement weather, and the old advice of "N.E. Port in a Storm" springs to mind.

On the other hand, Keith Richards has just invested in a peat harvesting machine, and so old adages don't work as well as they used to, particularly the one about Rolling Stones and moss-gathering. So you may choose to disregard this advice.

As a suspension guru, I counsel meditation, or levitation, medication, mediation, a modicum of moderation, or filling the tyres with helium.
You choose.

Did Knobbly mind that you let his tyres down?
I suspect he may have wee'd in your tank.

Your mate with the 125 may have better MPG, but you really shouldn't compare intercity trains with motorised two-wheelers; it's as much use as comparing apples to Orange ones.

So hopefully that's cleared that one up.

Now, can anyone tell me who the hell Queen Julie B is?
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The biggest one in the hive I believe! Unless the hive is in Essex when they are known as Queen Cheryl Bee.
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Do they all have hives in Essex then?
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Yes but the Doctor says if they keep using the cream they should be ok to indulge again in a week or so.
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Kev L wrote:Yes but the Doctor says if they keep using the cream they should be ok to indulge again in a week or so.

:sick: think i'd give them a miss...might end up with those warts mentioned earlier...
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Flatline wrote: Every time I go off-rode the handling deteriorates :eek2
strange, i found that the effects of gravity increased the further i got from the tarmac....

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When I first got the storm with its stock suspension that wombles is well tall got bored one day and took it off road upto Rivington pike, that was with pilot roads on lol think at the time I was missing the CRF and thaught wombles it see how this can cope
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tony.mon wrote: Your mate with the 125 may have better MPG, but you really shouldn't compare intercity trains with motorised two-wheelers; it's as much use as comparing apples to Orange ones.

So hopefully that's cleared that one up.
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well i dont think you are trying hard enough mr flat-iron.

only last week i won the south suffolk round of the red bull x fighters on my vtr. (but it is blue)
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lumpyv wrote:well i dont think you are trying hard enough mr flat-iron.

only last week i won the south suffolk round of the red bull x fighters on my vtr. (but it is blue)
:lol: Now theres an answer in the spirit of the original post! :clap:
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Re: Storm problem: Not too good off road

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So what are you trying to say then?

Is it me noblees whats not doing the job?
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