My Firestorm!

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My Firestorm!

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Thought it's about time I posted a photo or two of mine :wink:

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Looking good Chris :thumbup:
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Looks good, for a red one!

Nice & clean & lots of nice little touches in there.

Is it a std shock with a new spring, or a new shock?

Oh, and I like the tyre sidewall gold lettering.
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Looking good Chris :thumbup:
and well done with your flagrant disregard of the "No Parking" sign.
Always new you were a hard man and a bit of a trouble maker :biggrin

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Very nice, mate.
Good attention to detail, even polishing the strip either side of the rear tyre tread...... :D
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
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Cheers guy's for your comments :D
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AMCQ46 wrote:Looks good, for a red one!

Nice & clean & lots of nice little touches in there.

Is it a std shock with a new spring, or a new shock?

Oh, and I like the tyre sidewall gold lettering.
AMcQ,
I'll ignore the red bit comment :wink: yes standard shock with weight related spring from Maxton with Roger Ditchfield's upgraded forks. The forks upgrade made a huge difference IMO.

Funny you should mention and notice the gold lettering on the tyres. I was in two minds whether to fit wheel rim tapes, when a very good friend of mind suggested doing the lettering instead. I used to do the lettering in white many years ago on some of my old bikes, but hadn't thought about doing it in gold. I'm very pleased with the results now.
Pete.L wrote:Looking good Chris :thumbup:
and well done with your flagrant disregard of the "No Parking" sign.
Always new you were a hard man and a bit of a trouble maker :biggrin

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I had to park there officer as I needed to get the sheep in the picture :thumbup: (as rumor has it one or two of our members are a bit that way :wink: ) if you know what I mean Pete :shh: :lol:
tony.mon wrote:Very nice, mate.
Good attention to detail, even polishing the strip either side of the rear tyre tread...... :D
Tony,
I'll ignore the tyre bit too :wink:

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Looking good Chris, nice high levels too.
The ONLY colour!
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Have you got a Maxton shock on the back Chris or just an uprated spring?
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Your bike is looking great Chris ,even yer front downpipe is shining like a new shilling :!:
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looks mint matey :thumbup: very tidy bike 8)
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Jbrebel wrote:Have you got a Maxton shock on the back Chris or just an uprated spring?
JB,
Great minds must think a like :wink2
The same answer I gave to AMcQ is:-
"yes standard shock with weight related spring from Maxton with Roger Ditchfield's upgraded forks. The forks upgrade made a huge difference IMO".
bikerpiker wrote:Your bike is looking great Chris ,even yer front downpipe is shining like a new shilling :!:
Cheers Stevie :) It's not everyone who know's what a shilling is, or should that be was :wink:
FirestormMike wrote:Looking good Chris, after our conversation about exhausts, I was starting to think they might look a little short. That length looks spot on.
Very tidy. :thumbup:
Cheers mike :) You could say that my posting was good timing then :lol:

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After looking at Chris's (Jonesey's) bike with the decals/stickers I feel I need something on the lower fairing/bellypan as I think mine looks a little bare as it is, what do you guy's think?

Chris.
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sirch345 wrote:
After looking at Chris's (Jonesey's) bike with the decals/stickers I feel I need something on the lower fairing/bellypan as I think mine looks a little bare as it is, what do you guy's think?

Chris.
I know what you mean, mine's plain black underneath and needs something to liven it up a bit.

How about "danger of death" stickers like they put on leccy substations?
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Blimey Tony, that wasn't really what I had in mind :)

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Summat like my (much posted) pics.....?

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CA,
I think that's more like it :D

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