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I do still fancy a big v-twin, and love the sound of the VTR's. If I'm "allowed" a second bike at some point down the line then the firestorm will definatly be the first port of call. In-fact... my other half is talking about doing her CBT and then bike licence, so maybe once she's ready I can steer ...

Well, after much deliberation I'm afraid I won't be getting a Firestorm after all, I was swayed by a lovely 929 Fireblade at my local bike shop that I'll be collecting on Saterday

Thanks though for the warm welcome from everyone, it does seem like a really nice forum.

thats quite a list, my favourite "Spray on fingers to make smoother finger-spinning for freestyle frisbee players"

Just to add, my actual name is Adam :) I started using "Shantung Black Tiger" for forums years ago as I was reading up on some various types of martial arts and thought it was a cool name. Simo, yes MSG is just down the road, I did a lot of riding through there when I was doing my Direct Access ...

Yes that's my idea. I've been reading through old posts and one of the main worries for a lot of VTR owners is the Cam tensioner going and taking the valves with them and sometimes damaging the pistons. I'd be happy to approach most things as long as it doenst need more than a small amount of ...

I'm in Darlington in the NorthEast. That wealth of knowledge may come in usefull if I get a wreck to rebuild. I did rebuild my first bike which was a 20 yr old GPZ 500S, passed its MOT and everything :) But I guess there are more things than I would care to think of that I wouldn't know about. I ...

Thought I'd leave a quick hello message. I've not actually bought a Firestorm yet, although it is my intention to :) I sold my 600 Bandit last winter after 3 years with the intention of getting either a firestorm or blade for this year. But a house move and wedding plans kinda got in the way. So as ...