Hello from a Firestorm virgin from Swindon

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greenslimebiker
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Hello from a Firestorm virgin from Swindon

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Hello all, I have owned my fantastic firestorm since Dec 09 and it is my return to bikes since 00, so an interesting experience. I started off being pretty law abiding but the firestorm has made me revert to the teenage biking tearaway of my youth (RD 250 sort of behaviour). If you see me around the Swindon area, you will quickly get the picture. What is it about driving past the Wiltshire Poice HQ that makes me go faster? Great to have found this site and thanks to all for running it.
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AMCQ46
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Welcome in, and POST SOME PICTURES :D

Lots of good info in the knowledge base section / workshop, have a good look through that and enjoy your Storm..........riding it like you are a teenager all over agin is fairly normal, the noise and the wheelies are part of the problem!!!!
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Jbrebel
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Re: Hello from a Firestorm virgin from Swindon

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Welcome to the forum :thumbup:
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benny hedges
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greenslimebiker wrote:driving past the Wiltshire Poice HQ
be sure to flick a killswitch backfire every time you ride past lol! BOOOOM!!! :beer:
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lol, im like that after a year off :) i geared it down to slow me down before, now put standard gearing back on, coz im going to get a ban for wheelieing everywhere otherwise, but it just aint stopped me, now im going faster and wheelieing everywhere :thumbup: :lol: :lol: :lol: :biggrin :biggrin :biggrin :biggrin
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Re: Hello from a Firestorm virgin from Swindon

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Hi & Welcome

Good to see you found us. :wave: The guys are great :thumbup: , the banter the best :P and the knowledge on here is endless :?: :!: :clap: ...Plenty of talent to keep you right..... :Mexican Wave: ..Enjoy.

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welcome in fella..... :worthless_thread_wo_pics: :biggrin
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Re: Hello from a Firestorm virgin from Swindon

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Hi, mate, welcome in.

Bloody addictive, aren't they?
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
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benny hedges
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marlbororman wrote:i geared it down to slow me down
really???? with a tooth less on the front i found it was faster top end than standard, with better take off, straight to the limiter in every gear - so i went to 2 less on the front and it's fkin bonkers lol, like riding a 2 stroke and virtually impossible to keep the front wheel down! :P :P :P

i found with a 15 on the front it was still chugging a bit in town traffic, having to use the clutch a lot, but 14 is spot on (for me) - it's comfortable at less than walking pace but once you find a gap it's away like an acme rocket sled off roadrunner lol & still hits 140+ on top :beer:
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Welcome aboard GSB :thumbup:

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Pete.L
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Ah!
A local Gent :D
:D Welcome aboard :D
Don't worry about all these northerners, they're quite harmless once you get to know them :wink:

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Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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And Welcome Fella
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greenslimebiker
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Thanks to all for the welcome and I look forward to running into some of you. I am glad I am not alone in being a 'storm' nutter! Roll on the summer.
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Whoa Nelly
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Welcome to the forum GSB - a font of useful knowledge. Here's some from me: when trying to elicit riotous backfire noises from your Storm, don't mistake the horn for the killswitch - its rubbish :oops:
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