So, after a biking absence of 15 years I've gone and bought a Firestorm. I knew if I got a nice middleweight, discontent would soon set in so I cut to the chase and went for it.
Wasn't sure how a sports bike would suit my ageing wrists and back but hey, so what.
Just back from one of those "I'll just go a little bit further" rides covering 75 miles before getting back to the wife and whippets and the 'storm just gets better. Dry roads, not too windy and I didn't notice if it was cold or not. Particularly after blasting past the umpteenth row of garden centre visiting Nissan Quash thingies. Left every bend thinking "I Could have done that quicker ". Very tractable at slow speeds endless torque and a suitably hooligan sounds from the viper cans.
Considering some handlebar risers and the clutch is perhaps on the heavy side but that might just be my old and feeble frame in shock. Choke seems to stick closed ever so slightly so the seat and fairing can come off and some exploratory maintenance will occur.
Hello Everybody
Hello Everybody
Last edited by steveb59 on Mon Oct 27, 2014 4:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Welcome aboard mate, pics of bike etc, and post up your location 
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I'm located in Redditch - pics to follow.
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Welcome aboard buddy
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What part of Redditch mate? Mrs Watty lived there for 17 years, then saw the light and moved back northsteveb59 wrote:I'm located in Redditch - pics to follow.
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TheGingerBeardMan
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How do blue!Greetings n' Salutations from near the top of the map...
If it ain't broken...f*ck about with it until it is.
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Welcome to the club.. Redditch is on my way to the decent roads in Wales... Plus you have the magic cloverleaf for scuffing your left sliders
See you out these some time
See you out these some time
AMcQ
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lloydie
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Nice intro 
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Hello and welcome
.Hello and welcome
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bazzashadow
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thats the problem with the storm
you can`t stop smiling after every ride and the rides get longer and longer
you can`t stop smiling after every ride and the rides get longer and longer
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Welcome.e to the forum
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Just off the Bromsgrove Highway in Webheath. The cloverleaf is just down the hill.Watty wrote:What part of Redditch mate? Mrs Watty lived there for 17 years, then saw the light and moved back northsteveb59 wrote:I'm located in Redditch - pics to follow.
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We have friends in Webheath. The mrs lived in Southcrest....... With husband number onesteveb59 wrote:Just off the Bromsgrove Highway in Webheath. The cloverleaf is just down the hill.Watty wrote:What part of Redditch mate? Mrs Watty lived there for 17 years, then saw the light and moved back northsteveb59 wrote:I'm located in Redditch - pics to follow.
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Welcome to the club mate
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F3, 954 USD front, K Tech springs, Braced swinger, Ohlins shock, Six spoke Mockesini wheels, Harris rearsets, QaT, Flywheel diet!, A&L stacks, stick coils, K&N, FP Ti jets, Mori pipe's [colour]