Thunder from Downunder

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Hobastard
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Thunder from Downunder

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G'Day fellas,
Here's a coupla pics of my Pride and Joy, well both of them actually, but we'll concentrate on the older of the two.
It's a 1999 model that I've had for two years, its got 38,000km on the clock, but it's about 10% high I could do the math, but I won't.
It had the Maxx carbon exhausts on it when I bought it, as well as K&N Air Filter. I assume it was jetted to suit. It also had a broken CCT and was not running at the time of purchase, and, thanks to your good selves and the Superhawk forum, I took a chance and bought it as is. I changed both CCT's and fitted a 3mm spacer on the rear shock, put it all back together, hit the go button and got dirt in my hair from my shed roof. I was grinnin' from ear to ear and I still do every time I fire her up.
I have since added a little bling in the form of integrated LED indicators/Tail Light and Indicators/Mirrors, as well as a fibreglass Rear hugger, took to the rear guard with a Dremmel, added HEL Braided Brake Lines and Chinese "Pazzos". The Braided Lines are a MUST DO for all Stormers the improvement was far beyond my expectations. Next "mod" for want of a better word, was the fuel cap. One day I got a little over zealous with the cutting polish and the dull silver became dull blotchy grey... :eek2 My options wre, keep polishing, respray, or replace. i took the first option and after several hours, the alloy beneath was shining nicely. It tarnishes a little after a while, but buffs up nicely with little effort. The Stock steering head nut with its tacky rubber cap were also replaced with a nice alloy job to improve the bling factor. Recently I fitted 90KG/mm Race Tech Linear Springs and increased the rear Spacer to 6mm with excellent results.
Next on my hit list is a Timing advancer........then .............................It just goes on and on doesn't it.

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t11
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Nice bike and its a black one too, we could do with a few of you over hear on vtr's
tony.mon
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And a polished swing arm, except in the last photo.
Wouldn't trust polishing stuff with our weather and road salt.....

Hi!
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
dave-sp2
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Location: brandon suffolk

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G'day mate!!

welcome to the site based in the not so good country, fancy swapping post codes????
Hobastard
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dave-sp2 wrote:G'day mate!!

welcome to the site based in the not so good country, fancy swapping post codes????
I think I'll stay here for the moment dave, although winter is almost upon us and your summer is close at hand... I look forward to seeing those "heat wave reports" when temperatures over there soar to the twenties.... :beer:

if any of you do find yourselves in the finer part of the lucky country, feel free to let me know.... the Kettle's always on.
Hobastard
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tony.mon wrote:And a polished swing arm, except in the last photo.
Wouldn't trust polishing stuff with our weather and road salt.....

Hi!
The last photo was taken at the end of a 3000km trip which included the Phillip Island MotoGP.
One Day on the road saw 500km of Torrential rain so please excuse the dirty swingarm.
The rest of the trip as sensational btw....Heres's a coupla snaps..... http://picasaweb.google.com/dsloane29/2010MotoGPTrip#
If you want to see something shiny, check this out....... http://ozfirestorm.proboards.com/index. ... 396&page=1
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Darknomad
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nice lookin storm even though it aint yellow
you said you replaced the cct's did you get manual ones or modded original ones with the stopper mod?
or replace with standard ones?
oh is ure reg/rect ok?
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Hobastard
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CCT's were replaced with originals. I had been thinking that a stopper mod might be a good idea and was planning to experiment with one of the old ones when I read of some of your mod ideas on this site, so I will be doing that one soon, some diagrams or pics would be nice if you can point me in the right direction.
The Reg/Rec is still original and I will say no more so I don't jinx myself, but I have been talking to a few electrical Techs who believe that there should be some car equivalents out there at a fraction of the cost of motorcycle parts. Its just a matter of knowing the right parameters.
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b8stard wrote:CCT's were replaced with originals. I had been thinking that a stopper mod might be a good idea and was planning to experiment with one of the old ones when I read of some of your mod ideas on this site, so I will be doing that one soon, some diagrams or pics would be nice if you can point me in the right direction.
The Reg/Rec is still original and I will say no more so I don't jinx myself, but I have been talking to a few electrical Techs who believe that there should be some car equivalents out there at a fraction of the cost of motorcycle parts. Its just a matter of knowing the right parameters.
H/B,
Take a look at this link. 4th post up from the bottom is a diagram I produced with instructions:-
http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 9&start=60

HTH's

Chris.

PS. Oops I almost forgot, your bike is looking good :thumbup:
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