Well ive finally got my bright yellow storm . I had a quick test ride before i bought it. Ive been out for around three hours since picking it up and i got a grin like a Cheshire Cat . I havnt ridden for many years so i took things very carefully but it does encourage you to go quicker . First impressions are very good . It does pop and bang sometimes when throttling off . Carb set up mabe ? . I will book it in at Chris Halls in Doncaster get it set up and the dreaded ACCTs changed . Apart from that some tlc over the winter .
Sorry post so long lol
Cheshire Cat
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Welcome in, a poppin & a banging on the overrun may just be an air leak in the exhaust system joints. Have a poke around & make sure thay are all tight. The joint at the rear header to main header pipe has a habbit of rotting away...
Mines done two ! As long as the graphite gasket has not blown you can get away with just repacing the clamp...Undo it fully & pull the band out. Wrap it round do it back up.
If the graphite gasket has blown out/is missing then the whole system has to be dropped by undoing the front header...
Has it got standard cans on it ? If they have been put on just for sale maybe the graphite gaskets are just missing but there is a clamp on each joint there as well so again start off by checking they are tight.
Parts 5 & 6 are the graphite gaskets... Its a yank site so in $'s but part numbres are correct so just copy & paste into Folwers or David silvers sites for genuine...e-bay for coppies.
https://www.ronayers.com/oemparts/a/hon ... 6f/muffler
Mines done two ! As long as the graphite gasket has not blown you can get away with just repacing the clamp...Undo it fully & pull the band out. Wrap it round do it back up.
If the graphite gasket has blown out/is missing then the whole system has to be dropped by undoing the front header...
Has it got standard cans on it ? If they have been put on just for sale maybe the graphite gaskets are just missing but there is a clamp on each joint there as well so again start off by checking they are tight.
Parts 5 & 6 are the graphite gaskets... Its a yank site so in $'s but part numbres are correct so just copy & paste into Folwers or David silvers sites for genuine...e-bay for coppies.
https://www.ronayers.com/oemparts/a/hon ... 6f/muffler
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Hi Mac V2 ,
There is a slight blow on the o/s exhaust around under the footpeg . I will check it out more tomorrow mate thank you for the heads up
There is a slight blow on the o/s exhaust around under the footpeg . I will check it out more tomorrow mate thank you for the heads up
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That's not a long post 
It sounds like you are enjoying the Storm
Chris.
It sounds like you are enjoying the Storm
Chris.
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Yes Chris i am enjoying the storm . The last bike i rode in anger so to speak was my exup around the nurburgring a long time ago . I want to enjoy go out on it not feel like im looking at a qualifing time lol
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I could do with a bit of advice ...... Ive tried to upload a pic of my bike as a profile pic . As i upload it says my pic is too big . Im not sure how to resize it so i can use it
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If you have a PC > https://www.bricelam.net/ImageResizer/
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