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mattblackone
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Hello everyone the names Bill and i live in shrewsbury shropshire and iam a motorcycle mechanic for my sins.
Just sold my 1200 bandit and bought my first firestorm and love it, not sure about the bright yellow colour tho,its a 1996 (P) and done 33k miles.
here it is
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Virt
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Welcome to the forum :thumbup:

Interesting choice of username for a yella owner :lol:

I was worried that you had a matte black bike, they're getting too popular. There's 3 that I know of now! Either way, welcome to the madhouse. Have a read of the workshop board to get to know the bike, common faults are CCT's and reg/rec :thumbup:
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welcome aboard BillYellowOne :? :thumbup:
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Hi. Pull up a chair and feel at home. :biggrin
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Welcome...Nice easy bikes to work on these. So what plans do you have for it, mods, upgrades.

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Hello, welcome to the mad house! Down your way tomorrow, it's for work, no fun in that! 8O
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Hello and welcome :thumbup:
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the handle bars look high to me am i right? john c. :?:
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Welcome to the club :thumbup: do you have a re spray in mind being as though your not keen on the yellow? As said, if you don't know the must do upgrade then get reading. There's plenty of info on here to add to your motorbike mechanic knowledge.

Enjoy the storm :thumbup:
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Welcome aboard :thumbup:

Your bike looks good,

Chris.
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:wave: Welcome to the mad house :D
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welcome aboard mate :thumbup:

the flys will love that colour !!!
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Hi and welcome to the club fella :thumbup:
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Hi, Is it a rare pre production bike, thought they came out in 97 :lol:
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mattblackone
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popkat wrote:Hi, Is it a rare pre production bike, thought they came out in 97 :lol:
oops my bad its a 97 you got me all excited then lol
There will be major mods ahead need to get its clothes off and then it will tell me what it wants to be, here are a few of my prev builds
hope its ok posting them in this thread

Suzuki 600 bandit with lots of GSXR750 bits in the engine converted to hyd clutch and 1200 bandit back end with modded R6 rear shock
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Suzuki GSX1100f ratfighter with nitrous
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Suzuki intruder bobber
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Fireblade streetfighter with one off underseat twin cans
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Bill
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