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Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 9:13 pm
by Wicky
Great improvisation with the rubbish bags!
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 9:15 pm
by fabiostar
welcome along john... first of, WTF happened to the subframe lol.... you will get all the info on here and pretty much all the parts you need, we have a few hoarders on the site that will sort you out...
as for the turd. iv seen a lot worse turn out into nice bikes. dont ask me how i know that lol.. i am the turd buyer

Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 9:33 pm
by motojohn

the subframe was shortend for some strange reason
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 9:35 pm
by motojohn
i dont know how he even sat on it
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 9:39 pm
by motojohn
i dont know if this is a good or bad thing but its a very early vin number its a 1996 but all the parts lists i have seen are from 1997?

Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 9:55 pm
by motojohn
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 9:55 pm
by motojohn
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 9:56 pm
by motojohn
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 9:57 pm
by motojohn
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 9:57 pm
by motojohn
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 10:02 pm
by Wicky
V on your VIN = 1997 first year of production on early models till 2001 when later model with subtle changes was introduced - last one out of Hamamatsu, Japan was 2005.
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 10:10 pm
by Wicky
Love to see you transform the VTR into something like this Suzuki TL1000R V-twin

Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 10:27 pm
by motojohn
yep thats the sort of thing im thinking of
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 10:31 pm
by motojohn
Wicky wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 10:02 pm
V on your VIN = 1997 first year of production on early models till 2001 when later model with subtle changes was introduced - last one out of Hamamatsu, Japan was 2005.
i can see what you are saying but the bike was registered 1996 so how can that be
Re: can you polish a turd
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 10:38 pm
by Wicky
Where does it say it was registered in 96?
If so maybe a preproduction show bike that got out early for journo road testing??
VIN numbers Honda firestorms >
http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 48#p243027