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CCM spitfire 05 · Post by **CCM spitfire 05** » Sat Apr 17, 2021 4:47 pm

Hi everyone I am not very computer friendly so don't normally do forums but I have had to man up because I have started a vtr project I would like to turn my 1998 firestorm into a scrambler motor cross looky likey bike so I really need advice.
Hope that doesn't piss you all of.

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:15 pm

Hello and welcome , good luck with clutch grab off road :beer:

Kev L · Post by **Kev L** » Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:23 pm

Sounds an interesting project. Get some pictures up and ask away. Can’t think of anyone who’s done anything like that on here with a VTR lump.

CCM spitfire 05 · Post by **CCM spitfire 05** » Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:51 pm

Well I am going to cheat so I think I will make a new tank out of plate aluminium and make a new subframe to raise the seat hight but I haven't really planned past that so I don't know if I will have to reposition the foot pegs or not I am certainly not changing the fork angle.
But to start with I need to replace auto cam chain tensioners with manuals which I have .
I am reasonably capable with spanners but just wondering if there is anything I need to know before I replace the tensioners?

haynesjones66 · Post by **haynesjones66** » Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:56 pm

or you could look for a bike with off road styling which uses a vtr engine...

Duffy1964 · Post by **Duffy1964** » Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:58 pm

A guy on the VTR Facebook page did a great one his name is Jan Diligaf. Had rather chunky knobbly tyres too

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Post by **sirch345** » Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:33 pm

CCM spitfire 05 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:51 pm Well I am going to cheat so I think I will make a new tank out of plate aluminium and make a new subframe to raise the seat hight but I haven't really planned past that so I don't know if I will have to reposition the foot pegs or not I am certainly not changing the fork angle.
But to start with I need to replace auto cam chain tensioners with manuals which I have .
I am reasonably capable with spanners but just wondering if there is anything I need to know before I replace the tensioners?

First of all welcome aboard

Have a read of this link for fitting manual cam chain tensioners:-
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28583

Chris.

alanfjones1411 · Post by **alanfjones1411** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:48 am

Hello and welcome to the forum.

gilson · Post by **gilson** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:49 pm

Oh yes. Good luck.

AMCQ46 · Post by **AMCQ46** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 8:51 pm

welcoem, sounds like a mad project ... looking forwards to the results

CCM spitfire 05 · Post by **CCM spitfire 05** » Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:46 pm

guys I may have been a bit over ambitious but I ain't giving in the cct are almost fitted and doing so I realised how well built by very small handed people these vtr firestorms are I hope that I can do the bike justice.
Ride on brothers and sisters

tony.mon · Post by **tony.mon** » Sun Jul 04, 2021 8:09 am

That project could work out well for off-road gravel tracks, less so for muddy ruts, perhaps.

A VTR Firebreak?

You'll notice the short fork travel though, maybe a Varadero set would be better. I've never measured those but they will fit your yokes and should have longer travel.

Drop to a 15 tooth front and 1 or 2 up on the rear as a start point, but then you'll need a Speedo healer to get the Speedo to read right.

Good luck, keep up the posts and pics.

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