Gday!

[vtralex]

Hi everyone, I'm Alex and I recently purchased a 2001 Vtr1000 Firestorm! This is my first v-twin and my first 'big' bike. Before this I had a BMW 650 Dakar. I'm mostly interested in older bikes, there's a 72' CZ 175 Trail and an 82' Honda FT500 floating around the shed (in pieces of course) and my old boy has a few classics that we get out on most of the time. Always had a thing for the VTR1000 so when one came up at the right price, it would've been rude not to get it.

Bike is pretty well standard apart from Staintune mufflers (sounds amazing) and braided lines front/rear.

Got it at the right time, its spring here in South Oz and the weather is perfect.

When I picked it up





Pictures from riding the last couple of weekends







Absolutely loving it so far!!

[alanfjones1411]

Hello and welcome to the forum Alex :thumbup:Good looking bike and in the proper colour.

[Kev L]

Welcome to the club mate. Looks like its got the stock CCT's on it, have a read up and do something about them. Manuals or stopper mod. And don't forget to check the reg/rec has been swapped for a later finned version or a mosfet. Just a couple of relatively simple fixes take all the worry away and make riding the Storm a more relaxed affair.

[Dickiebig]

Enjoy. Unfortunately winter is on it's here. Shame about the colour but you can't have everything

[sirch345]

Welcome aboard Alex
A very tidy looking bike you have there

It has wavy front brake disc's too, they're not standard

Chris.

[baycat]

welcome to the forum Alex, nice bike although it would look better in orange.

[Cadbury64]

Welcome from the West Island! Nice looking bike and scenery. Kind of reminiscent of...

[lloydie]

Hello and welcome :-)

[fabiostar]

Hello and welcome to your good self. Tidy looking bike in the second fastest colour i see ..The FT by any chance has the starter exploded?

[vtralex]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

I'll be doing the stopper mod in the coming weeks for peace of mind, havent checked the rr yet.

I can understand a different colour would be nice as it gets tiring dodging the hundreds of women who throw themselves at you because you're on a red bike

As for the FT, starter has been rebuilt I think as long as you keep maintenance up they're pretty reliable!

[vtralex]

And cheers for pointing out the discs didn't realise they werent standard!

[macdee]

hello and welcome
nice clean bike

[sirch345]

I can understand a different colour would be nice as it gets tiring dodging the hundreds of women who throw themselves at you because you're on a red bike

I know what you mean as I have the same problem

Chris.

[bigtwinthing]

Hi, i can't see the piccys but always like a good `storm. The guys on here are amazingly knowledgable about your bike. Wealth of experience and pisstaking will be coming your way. Welcome in

[KatanaKid]

Hi,

I just landed myself a big red one recently but unlike you I am a gumby and can't seem to work out how to post a pic. Co-incidentally I can't see your pics either but i was able to see Cadbury's shiny red beast. Mine has the reg/rec changed, has had a complete rebuild but has stock CCT's reinstalled. When I become a bit less technologically encumbered I'll post a pic or two, so maybe in ten years..