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Today I ordered some rim striping in red, hope to make her a little bit better looking
Later this week I will get new tires front+back, going for the Dunlop Roadsmart 2.
Next on the list will be a nice black DB screen and smaller indicators

Replaced the stock cans by a couple of Mivv ones
I still need to place the rim striping

Your new can's look good

Chris.

Thanks!

Lately made some upgrades/mods, the complete list nowadays:

-VFR750 clipons
-Mivv alu cans
-MRA double bubble screen
-K&N filtre
-steel braided hoses
-gear indicator
-little clock at my dashboard
-manual CCT
-heightened the rear
-regulator

She has also been on the dyno with a result of:
115,6 PK @ 8644 rpm
102,7 Nm @ 7049 rpm

And some pictures to go along with it..

Hi, I'm late jumping on this thread but...
Just ignore kev and the other blues brothers, its just jealousy which stems from owning inferior storms to those of us with the brighter outlook!

Hello and welcome,


nice motorcycle

Oops I missed your update. Nice work Floris

Chris.

Thanks for the kind words guys

I've got a little addition I forgot about.. Unfortunately the sound of a 2-cilinder bike is so hard to capture on a phone mic, but hey you get the idea

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Recently stumbled upon some bargains on a Dutch forum. Bought a black bugspoiler for 3,8 GBP, and an exhaust manifold for 26,5 GBP.

I'm planning to paint the bugspoiler red, but first going to see how it looks in black.

The exhaust will be mounted after I give it a good cleaning and maybe polished it, and when the other one needs to come off. The other one has some dents, so probably will try to repair those.

bikes coming along well . sweet looking cans.

-Floris- wrote:
I will soon be looking for a set of new rubbers, have any of you got any experience with the Dunlop Road Smart II on the Storm?

Oh and thanks for the welcome both of you!

Roadsmart 2 are an excellent tyre, I liked them so much I bought the same next time.
They stand up to a track day well, too!

Jonesy now has my wheels on his ride, with my part-worn Sportsmart 2's on, so it would be interesting to see what he thinks of them.
And once the Racetec's have worn out on my SP2 I'll be fitting sportsmart 2's.

And I had high-level MIG carbon cans on my Storm for years. I shortened the sleeves slightly to avoid the "wheelbarrow" look and slim the tail down, And MIG carbon sleeves are thicker than most other makes of can's sleeves, so they last without blowing themselves apart.

agentpineapple wrote:welcome to the forum buddy, that's a nice clean bike, I must be getting old because I like the standard look, what ever changes you make, keep all the original parts, if ever you sell the bike in the future, it will help with the sale....

Bloody hell Marty if you had kept all your originals you would have a 20Ft shipping Container on your Nans roof. Welcome aboard. Get them wheels white and enjoy blasting up all the hills using that torque. Oh just seen where you live. enjoy them flats

fabiostar wrote:bikes coming along well . sweet looking cans.

Thanks They sound great too, quite loud though

tony.mon wrote:

-Floris- wrote:
I will soon be looking for a set of new rubbers, have any of you got any experience with the Dunlop Road Smart II on the Storm?

Oh and thanks for the welcome both of you!

Roadsmart 2 are an excellent tyre, I liked them so much I bought the same next time.
They stand up to a track day well, too!

Jonesy now has my wheels on his ride, with my part-worn Sportsmart 2's on, so it would be interesting to see what he thinks of them.
And once the Racetec's have worn out on my SP2 I'll be fitting sportsmart 2's.

And I had high-level MIG carbon cans on my Storm for years. I shortened the sleeves slightly to avoid the "wheelbarrow" look and slim the tail down, And MIG carbon sleeves are thicker than most other makes of can's sleeves, so they last without blowing themselves apart.

So far the Roadsmarts do their job perfect, now travelled about 4k miles with them I think.

I really think those are among the best looking cans on a Storm! Maybe one day I will get my hands on one of those

Not really new things happening.. Just enjoying the bike and exploring things with an action cam. Already a lot of onboard footage from the helm mount, but I need to take some time to process it. Also made a small video of me driving by a couple of times, want to do it again soon, but this time somewhere with preferably a bit less wind noise and a more stretched piece of road so I can really twist that throttle and pull it through some gears.

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