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All valves look good the compression tester is faulty! There was a squeak which i think is from the exhaust cam on the front cylinder, there seems to be a tight spot possibly the squeak? It there any way to check the cam?

Thanks for the welcome guys.
It is the front cylinder, had to be the more difficult one to get at they joys of doing the work yourself haha.

Thanks for the link chris.
I will pull the head off when I get chance and rebuild it, its a bike i'll keep for a long time so might as well

Compression tested Its not holding on the front cylinder! Gutted, is replacing the valves a hard job?

Checked over the petcock, the pipe at 6 oclock is just a breather pipe that runs to the front of the bike. The 2 short air pipes from the carbs to the air box were off! No idea how i missed that, i have also checked the timing again and had someone else check to make sureits right lol, i dont have t...

Must be a breather like you say, its now been removed and ill fire it up tomorrow

Thanks for the reply, i have 4 coming off mine left and right to the carb plus a vac pipe at 3 oclock and i think its a vent pipe at 6 oclock but cant find a decent picture to double check, i will also do a compression test tomorrow just to make sure everythings ok

Hi All, Im Tony and own my first firestorm, absolutely amazing bike, i bought it cheap as its not the prettiest thing but with a bit of work it'll be a bike i keep forever. first job was the obvious oil and filter along with a wash, that went very well then i decided to replace the CCT'S and this is...