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4x2
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Hello world, figured I'd post the tinkering I'm doing to my firestorm online for future reference.

So long story short, had quite a few motorbikes over the past 15 years, 95% of it Honda, last one before the VTR was a silverwing (the maxi scooter one) because I wanted to tick it off the list, not the most exciting bike, the storage space was amazing though.
Sold it, bit impulsive actually, decided to look for a big 90deg V-twin as I never had one of those.
Drove a Falco, couldn't really get along with the ergonomics of it, drove a VTR later that day, liked it a lot better, bought it, yaay, happy.

So the specs:
1997 VTR, red, 48000km, I'm the 3rd owner, bone stock apart from the front indicators and rear hugger.
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So this was 1300EUR, although, fair enough, the head stock bearings were gone.

As it was a bit cheaper than what I've sold the Silverwing for I had a modification budget, still had a speeduino ECU lying around that I never got to use for anything and I don't really like carbs (well, I hate them for various reasons)
I'll create a seperate topic for all the mods though.
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nigelrb
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Hi and welcome.

Looks as if you've scored well. :thumbup:
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Hello and welcome to the forum.Change them auto tensioners for manuals asap for your own peace of mind. :wave:
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Morning and welcome.
It's all here, with a lot of very knowledgeable people to help
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4x2
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alanfjones1411 wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:54 am Hello and welcome to the forum.Change them auto tensioners for manuals asap for your own peace of mind. :wave:
I think I'll do the stopper mod, it probably won't blow it's guts if it fails and it keeps the tensioner working more or less like it should.
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Rob de Hoo in da Netherlands should have Krieger MCCTs.

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Welcome aboard from the Netherlands :thumbup:
Your bike looks good 8)

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Welcome to the club :thumbup:
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Hi and welcome :wave:
Looking forward to following your project :thumbup:
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Hi, welcome!

I'm also in the Netherlands - Dokkum area - also just joined the forum. Looking for a yellow VTR1000 right now.

Where are you in NL?

Ian
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