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Hey guys. Got some good news and bad news. Fixed up my Storm with stock parts and she was running as goods as new but earlier this week I went to a local dealer, made the mistake of test riding a Boulevard m109r and fell in love..... traded in the Storm on a brand new Boulevard today. Thanks a lot ...

The initial outlay is expensive, but if you sell the other two pistons on it don't seem to bad. It's just a shame they will only sell them in 4's. :confused How about putting two v twin engines side by side in the frame and link them up. V4 storm. :lol: :lol: You will outrun a cheetah on that. :lol ...

Just an update. Received this e-mail from JE Pistons : Hi Christo, You have a couple choices. We have a 4 piece minimum on custom orders so we have to charge a surcharge on 2 parts. 2 parts with rings, pins, and clips would be about 500.00 plus shipping. However, if your bore will clean up at .010 ...

Re the plating comment, it might be that you've picked up on the option of a special low-friction coating that some piston mnfrs offer. I think Mikstr on the Superhawk forum paid extra and had his done. But the piston's don't seem to wear on these engines, even when I've stripped an engine and it's ...

As far as I know engine failure is quite rare (unless CCT's fail) How many Km's has your bike done? Or on strip down did you find a reason for the failure? Not important, just interested :wave: Hi Rob. The bike has +- 52000km(or 32500miles) on the clock. The engine failure was mostly due to user ...

Couple of things you should be aware of first. Before ordering any pistons, the piston bore clearances should be measured, you may be able to use standard size from them. If not then you could go oversize but JE oversize are a special order and only come in fours. :confused So be prepared to sell 2 ...

"Hi rob. thanks. I didn't change the color. I was driving so fast one day that the bike changed color by itself...... I think she decided that the yellow was slowing her down.... " I KNEW IT !! black is internationaly the faster bike colour !!! There's almost more blue in that mix than black ...

On your bike the sleeve is nickel-plated I don't know anything about that. It could always get re-bored. You should be able to get some oversize pistons. I believe they are a special order though. There is always the High compression route if you want to beef up the BHP and turn the bike into a ...

Another Question : I e-mailed one of the local wiseco suppliers last night for the pistons I need and this is the reply I got from him: "Hi Christo Wiseco only do std pistons. On your bike the sleeve is nickel-plated. Regards Ernie" Whats up with that? Is he smoking something :Coke: or is there ...

Welcome. Can't believe you made a lovely Yellow one black though :thumbdown: Hope the rebuild goes ok - as you say gives you the perfect opportunity for a few improvements. :thumbup: Hi rob. thanks. I didn't change the color. I was driving so fast one day that the bike changed color by itself ...

Welcome. Can't believe you made a lovely Yellow one black though :thumbdown: Hope the rebuild goes ok - as you say gives you the perfect opportunity for a few improvements. :thumbup: Hi rob. thanks. I didn't change the color. I was driving so fast one day that the bike changed color by itself ...

cybercarl wrote:Workshop section is good mate. Or start a build thread in the Pimp Ride section. Specific questions would be better in the workshop though, but there's no harm in both.

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Hey Carl. Thanks for that. I will do..

Nice work mate, the fairing looks like it was meant to be that way. Keep us updated with how you're getting along with the re-build. :thumbup: Thanks Kev. I will do. Welcome aboard C/B :thumbup: All the best with the engine rebuild, Chris. Thanks Chris. Looks like I'm gonna need it. PS : I presume ...

Welcome to the forum. :beer: :beer: I was going say I love the graphics, especially the bit by the front indicator as it looks like an eye. And then you changed the colour. :lol: Cool headlight as well. :thumbup: Looks like your have your hands full there with the rebuild. If you get stuck with ...

Hi there. I'm new to the forum. I've had my storm since 2010 with many km's of fun. I've done some other cosmetic work on it so far. A few pics of my progress : when I got her in aug 2010 : http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7817503134_a7a29a09a5_m.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8282/7817503632 ...