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new kid on the block

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:34 pm
by leelee
hi all new to the site. have been into bikes since i was 3 when i got a monkey bike am 42 now have owned various bikes 50cc 125cc and since passing test in 91 have owed gsxr 750,s bandit 6-1200s,gs500(sorry). have now got 97 firestorm and have to say it very different to all my fours. not very quick but pulls like a train from nothing. will get pics up when weather lets me get outside. ride the bike in all weathers so not a minter but clean and well serviced. :thumbup:

Re: new kid on the block

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:42 pm
by lumpyv
Hello mate . Good choice of bike :thumbup:

Re: new kid on the block

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:51 pm
by popkat
Hi, was your old GS500 a twin ? no need to say sorry for it, they may not be fast but they handle ace ;) (or was it an old GS500 four ?)
As you say vtr very differnt again, enjoy :thumbup:

Re: new kid on the block

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:26 pm
by Kev L
Hi lee welcome to the club.

Re: new kid on the block

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:52 am
by agentpineapple
hello and welcome aboard lee............. :thumbup:

Re: new kid on the block

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 4:46 am
by lloydie
Hello and welcome :-)

Re: new kid on the block

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:00 am
by lanny
HI mate,
Fast enough to get you in to or out of trouble but can be ridden at a pace that lets you remember where youve been :thumbup:

Re: new kid on the block

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:30 am
by geodude
Welcome aboard :thumbup: matey.

Great choice of bike

Nothing wrong with the trusty old GS500

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Re: new kid on the block

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 4:48 pm
by simo
Hi ,welcome to the Forum.

Re: new kid on the block

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:57 pm
by Flatline
Welcome aboard buddy

Re: new kid on the block

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:29 pm
by sirch345
Welcome aboard leelee :thumbup:

Chris.

Re: new kid on the block

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:26 pm
by AMCQ46
Welcome to the team, have fun with the bike

Re: new kid on the block

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:57 pm
by VTRDark
can be ridden at a pace that lets you remember where youve been
:lol: I like that.


Welcome to the madhouse Lee :lol: :lol: V twins are deffo different from the IL4's and may take a bit of getting used too. But waht fun you can have with them.

Have a good read through the workshop knowlagebase.

(:-})

Re: new kid on the block

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 4:49 pm
by leelee
thanks all for the kind welcomes.

Re: new kid on the block

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 6:03 pm
by darkember
Hi there & welcome.