Hello from Fetsund, Norway
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 2:54 pm
Hi all.
I have a red Firestorm from 1997, that I bought in 2000. I have been riding it every spring,summer and autumn to work in absolute all kinds of weather. I do not ride with ice on the road, but that is the only reason for me not to take the bike. I think the bike is narrow and great for driving in between cars in heavy traffic.
I have not done many mods, except for stiffer Øhlins springs, high mount MIG alu Slip ons, one "clip" bigger main jets (it was running a bit lean), and a Zero gravity windscreen.
At 25.000Km the CCT in the front said goodbye and wrecked one or two valves. Today the bike has about 105.000Km, and I i thinking of doing the CCT fail safe mod, but I have to find the proper measurements for the locking tool (the measurements is said to be in the Honda Workshop guide in the forum, but I can't find it).
Solved trip counter issue:
My trip conter started to zero out every time i turned the ignition of, but after some diagnostics I found that the red main wire between the main fuse and the fuse box with the battery was broken just below the fuse box because of wear against the rear fender. All the wires below the fuse box was filled with gravel and was very dirty.
Unsolved issue when driving in heavy rain:
Every time the sky opens up the bike start to studder and it sounds like it is running on 0.5 cylinders. It is hard to keep the ening running and it has almost no power.
Yesterday I changed the clutch plates and I managed to break one clutch spring bolt, but I managed to "lirk" ut out with a very small flat screwdriver. It was impossible to get a new original one for weeks, so I bought some M6x40mm and cut them to 32mm and resused the washers.
Thanks for a great forum!
And here is my bike:
I have a red Firestorm from 1997, that I bought in 2000. I have been riding it every spring,summer and autumn to work in absolute all kinds of weather. I do not ride with ice on the road, but that is the only reason for me not to take the bike. I think the bike is narrow and great for driving in between cars in heavy traffic.
I have not done many mods, except for stiffer Øhlins springs, high mount MIG alu Slip ons, one "clip" bigger main jets (it was running a bit lean), and a Zero gravity windscreen.
At 25.000Km the CCT in the front said goodbye and wrecked one or two valves. Today the bike has about 105.000Km, and I i thinking of doing the CCT fail safe mod, but I have to find the proper measurements for the locking tool (the measurements is said to be in the Honda Workshop guide in the forum, but I can't find it).
Solved trip counter issue:
My trip conter started to zero out every time i turned the ignition of, but after some diagnostics I found that the red main wire between the main fuse and the fuse box with the battery was broken just below the fuse box because of wear against the rear fender. All the wires below the fuse box was filled with gravel and was very dirty.
Unsolved issue when driving in heavy rain:
Every time the sky opens up the bike start to studder and it sounds like it is running on 0.5 cylinders. It is hard to keep the ening running and it has almost no power.
Yesterday I changed the clutch plates and I managed to break one clutch spring bolt, but I managed to "lirk" ut out with a very small flat screwdriver. It was impossible to get a new original one for weeks, so I bought some M6x40mm and cut them to 32mm and resused the washers.
Thanks for a great forum!
And here is my bike:
