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gaz67
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long time storm owner

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hi everybody , i've had my storm since 1998 and in that time she has used one rectifier 3 batterys and god knows how many rear tyres :D , its on about 28000 miles and has only had the dealer spanners on it for the first service , i've done the rest which consisted of a service every mot regardless of miles.
so last year i decided to do the changes to it that had always bugged me i;e everything silver :lol:
the strip down went well untill the final engine bolt removal which was the one that goes through the front cylinder :evil: i hit it with everything i'd got and was worried about busting the frame and eventually had to drill the bolt out. anyway the rebuild is now on with the silver bits now gloss black so if everything goes well i'll post rebuild pics on here and will be quizzing on the best cam tensioners to replace with .

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Kev L
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Looks a good job so far mate. How come you left it so long to get on here?
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Welcome... Took your time getting here but you do have a red one, so that kind of explains it :)
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gaz67
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been busy with my strokers and sadly the storm was taking a back seat but she's been brought to the top of the list :thumbup: , plus i didnt know there was a storm site 8O , but i'm here now :D
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welcome gaz..... :thumbup:
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gaz67
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cheers for the welcome lads , just found this pic which i think was just after i had fitted the moriwaki belly pan , :cool2 this would of been about 1999 i think

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Welcome aboard buddy
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welcome to all micky taking that lies ahead.I have been advised that Kreiger cct's are best so thats what's going on mine.
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Greetings

Krieger, APE, Bazza and Ade Whitmarsh's CCT's > http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 16&t=22720

Hopefully you replaced your early unfinned R/R with a later finned upgraded version.

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Welcome aboard Gaz :thumbup:

It'll be good to see how your project progresses 8) You want to start a new thread in the "Pimp Your Ride section", otherwise it will get lost here,

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Hello and welcome at last :-)
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welcome along sir. nice looking storm :thumbup:
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gaz67
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brilliant info already cheers lads, where the hell have i been 8O , yes will start a thread and do a full start to finish job but its gunna be over the winter as still doing alot with my strokers including the northern fizzy meet this weekend at squires cafe as i'm one of the organisers so will start the thread after the weekend then you lot can pull me to bits when i fook up :biggrin

this is the current state of the bike apart from the engine which is on my work mate while i make a engine stand for it .

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Nice storage work there... I like your style.

And please start a thread on the strokers too, like the sound of the fizzy :thumbup:
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gaz67
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they are my strip down racks then i know the whole bike is on there when my altziemers kicks in :D , will be using my modified fizzy this weekend and have just fitted a bit of go faster fibreglass to help with that holy grail of 60mph :biggrin

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and with a couple of the other strokers i've done over the last few years

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