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Hello, I'm yet to buy a FireStorm but I'm hopefully going to see one at the weekend, so fingers crossed

A bit of history... I recently sold my 600 Bandit which was my first bike, had it about 2 years and been all over, including Catalunya for the MotoGP as part of a two week tour with my girlfriend. Anyway, it was a great bike and did all I asked, but time to change. I fancy trying a V-Twin, they seem to make sense as road bikes, having the power where you want it. And of course there's the noise

I've looked at quite a lot of VTR's online now so getting a feel for prices etc, but, how would you lot value a 2003 in good condition with low miles?

Cheers,
Travis

hello and welcome .

i strongly recommend you take one for a good test ride before parting with you cash if you've never road a big vtwin before as they aint for everyone ,,bit of a marmite bike as they say .

TravisZack wrote:Hello, I'm yet to buy a FireStorm but I'm hopefully going to see one at the weekend, so fingers crossed

A bit of history... I recently sold my 600 Bandit which was my first bike, had it about 2 years and been all over, including Catalunya for the MotoGP as part of a two week tour with my girlfriend. Anyway, it was a great bike and did all I asked, but time to change. I fancy trying a V-Twin, they seem to make sense as road bikes, having the power where you want it. And of course there's the noise

I've looked at quite a lot of VTR's online now so getting a feel for prices etc, but, how would you lot value a 2003 in good condition with low miles?

Cheers,
Travis

If its yellow, £10,000...Blue, a fiver.

Welcome mate.

Hi, Welcome,
A 2003 F2 or F3 model £2300-£2500 for something of 10000 miles or less and a few nice extra's.

Be careful you know what your buying, there's a lot of older models late registered which have the smaller 16 litre tank, there should be a sticker on the subframe under the seat which will state the model. Clocks are also different between the early and updated model too.

Yeah I couldn't figure out the difference before but found it mentioned on here somewhere. It's got the right stickers (Honda on tank, FireStorm on fairing) and clocks, but I'll have a look for that sticker too.

I'd like a test-ride but my local place doesn't offer them. I'll have to look around and see where else has one. I'm in Macclesfield if anyone is nearby and wants to show me a nice one/let me ride it around a car park.

It's not a yellow one so looks like I won't need to keep saving up haha

Thanks for the info

Hello good luck with the hunt. The vtr is a bit deferent you won't be disappointed.
Where you from M8.

I started with a B6 which i loved as long as you kept the revs at 8K+ then it sang . moved up to a B12 but found it too heavy for my small frame. Moved to the VTR & wont look at another inline 4 again

Welcome

Well I'm from Pontefract, then I moved to the Isle of Man, now I'm back in the UK in Macclesfield.

That's the thing, I liked revving the Bandit lots at first, and on track it was fun too, but I was starting to get bored of changing down and screaming past people for a nice overtake. I just want to roll on!

Hi dude and welcome to the madhoose
Great choice of bike, my first big bike after a 200cc Suzuki.
Had it 4 years now and had some great times on it

Buy one with all the extras on save cash in the long run

chric wrote:Buy one with all the extras on save cash in the long run

welcome in mate . I reckon you will love the storm .

chric,s definition of "extras" is not always the same as everybody elses

Welcome aboard, good luck in getting what suits you

Chris.

The only extra you'll ever need is yellow paint!

Instant +15BHP........no kidding!

Tam Cunningham wrote:The only extra you'll ever need is yellow paint!

Instant +15BHP........no kidding!

But green gives you a extra 50 on the front wheel :-!

Hi and welcome in, you will notice a big difference when on the Firestorm, great bikes and a lovely sound.
Good luck in hunting down a good one, not many blues for sale the noo