My first Firestorm

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:45 pm

Hello just wanted to say hi I,ve just bought my first Firestorm it,s a 1999 6800 miles in mint condition so I,ll probably be asking a lot of questions about all sorts.
Never had a v twin mostly 600,s Yamaha Fazer 600,Suzuki Gsxr600,Yamaha Yzf600r,and a Honda Fmx 650 and a brief encounter with a Gsxr 1000 which I hated,too fast, too much temptation to go faster

I,ve got a few questions to ask mostly about cam chain tensioners i.e what do I do so Hello to you all!!

Jester666 · Post by **Jester666** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:11 am

Welcome to the madhouse!

Wicky · Post by **Wicky** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:17 am

Greetings and well done on acquiring a tasty red un!

Re, CCTs: search the forums for Bazza or Krieger on sourcing replacement manuals. Check the workshop knowledgeable section for the guide on how to DIY, and for the handy Honda service manual downloadable PDF. Depending where you are located, we are having a workshop day in Essex at Easter if you're interested. Edit (Oops - A bit far from N Ireland...._

agentpineapple · Post by **agentpineapple** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:48 am

welcome rowdy
thats a very clean bike you got there buddy, ii've always liked leo vince cans aswell.......

bazza696 · Post by **bazza696** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:25 am

Drop me a pm fella and I will expain the explanation on the cct's

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:58 am

Hello and welcome
Nice clean bike
Sort the ccts
Rr
Reposition the rhs can
And have fun

Sorry officer
The voices made me do it

turbo_billy · Post by **turbo_billy** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:53 pm

Rowdy wrote:......too much temptation to go faster

And so you bought a Storm.......

The top end might be a little slower but you won`t half get there quick

Welcome to the forum mate.

T8ull · Post by **T8ull** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:05 pm

Hi mate, welcome to the group. I bought my first vtr in December. After six bikes this is where I want to be. Do the cct's, mine was another minter. 51 plate 11k miles, not a wet day experienced. You can adjust your idle speed easy enough, mine at about 1200 , they don't like the cold much, so I try and get a few miles in to warm her up. Perfect manners on handling, motorway blasts are a doddle, the riding position is so perfect I get zero wind blast, so three digits can feel like 60 mph. So the tank range is poor, but I stop every hour or so anyway. Enjoy the forum. Tim

Post by **sirch345** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:09 pm

Welcome aboard Rowdy

good colour choice there IMHO and a very tidy looking bike

Chris.

Flatline · Post by **Flatline** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:16 am

Welcome to the forum buddy

Look for the ride out thread for next May's meet up

mark skett · Post by **mark skett** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:39 am

nice bike pal
i see you got the fastest colour

if its your 1st twin just be carefull on the gearing down when stopping cos from 100 to 0 in 2nds but the back end dont half bounce about. same on roundabouts and bends dont gear down at to high of a speed very torquey.
obvious things really but a learning curve i learned very quickly

ENJOY

toonarmy · Post by **toonarmy** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 4:36 pm

y reposition the rhs can ????

agentpineapple · Post by **agentpineapple** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:40 pm

because it looks slightly lower than the left one, if you go by the level of the numberplate, you see this on a few storms.....

karenvtr · Post by **karenvtr** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:39 pm

Hello and welcome ...very nice bike

Rowdy · Post by **Rowdy** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:22 pm

Well good news and bad news just put 7000 miles on the clock and the front cct has died it seems,its,s even better when i,ve just bought two Ape cct,s 3 days later they arrived did,nt think they,d go that fast on such a low milage.
Dunno the damage yet will wait for my local bike engineer to have a look and hope it,s not too serious probably valves just crossing fingers now.

I,m absolutly gutted.

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