First ride on a VTR 1000 Firestorm !

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arnie
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First ride on a VTR 1000 Firestorm !

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Today folks I have had my first ride on the VTR and my first 1000cc bike, impressed with the pulling power and surprisingly decent riding position, I was a bit worried about that !, I managed to get a standard seat of ebay for £25 , and still have the other Tony Archer one , ( missus says not to get rid of it coz she reckons the standard might be a bit hard , wouldn't of thought that would be a problem with her butt :D ),, But overall very happy, bit more work to do this week and then i'll be done for this season... Big strip down in the winter though ... Looks like I could have a nice relationship with the big twins ... :cool2
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:thumbup: :beer:
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Congratulations....bring on the summer!!
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Funny, mostly women will always go for the harder one.

Glad you enjoyed, now all you gotta do is open the throttle all the way.
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if you havent got throttle segs like this you aren't riding it hard enough :biggrin
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Re: First ride on a VTR 1000 Firestorm !

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I will be easing myself in gently , but the urge to give it some is pretty strong !!!!, looking forward to it :thumbup:
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arnie wrote:I will be easing myself in gently , but the urge to give it some is pretty strong !!!!, looking forward to it :thumbup:
2 words for you.....



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arnie
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Re: First ride on a VTR 1000 Firestorm !

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pinkyfloyd wrote:
arnie wrote:I will be easing myself in gently , but the urge to give it some is pretty strong !!!!, looking forward to it :thumbup:
2 words for you.....



MAN UP!

OK.
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arnie
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Still quite a bit to do, but I am gonna ride it now and strip it down in the winter ...
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I think the reg plate on the silver car in the background says 'CCT', think it's a message to change your cam chain tensioners? :eek2
arnie
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Close mate its CDT ... a message from the other side :eek2
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Re: First ride on a VTR 1000 Firestorm !

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I have been trying to decide what to do with my bike when i get round to the respray, when i saw the picture of yours i really liked the graphics on it, so i hope you dont mind but i have stolen your picture and had a play on photoshop, anyway nice bike and thanks for the idea lol.
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Re: First ride on a VTR 1000 Firestorm !

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No problem mate, I have the lowers too. Not on yet waiting for some SS bolts...


http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 93#p153193
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