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Hey,
By way of a belated introduction, storm an all

One fine queensland morning in early 2010.
Walked across the road from work one morning to see a dumped firestorm in the auction rooms. Not long later I "had a little accident honey" and came home with a bent firestorm. I'd test ridden a new one in '98 the day before a bought an '85 Hailwood Mille. Both were memorable experiences but the pure unadulterated rawity(I just made that up) of the firestorm stayed with me.

I am a member on Ozfirestorm and the US Superhawk forums, both provided a lot of help with this journey.

Added and messed with as I could

Came with a K&N cleaner, busted fairings, oggy knobs, pipes, screen, indicators bars and a massive fencepost type dent in the tank.

Tank panel beated with hot melt and a crow bar (to half a teaspoon of bog and the cadmium plating within untouched) All good til I got busted under the house using a gas torch on a fuel tank. (reckons it was stoopid, wtf wood she know?)
Gauge cluster and fairing support aligned
Crow barred rear subframe...(mebbe heated and beated it a bit)
Youtubed plastic welding and repaired fairing cracks and splits galore, yehar gas torch, soldering iron and cable ties (the good black ones as filler rods)
Realigned fairing brackets
Frame aligned (storms are adjustable you know?)
Seat cowl
Yellow 2pak (Bike and driveway)
02 GSXR1000 front calipers
Braided front brake lines
Tickled front shocks and heavier fork oil (ATF)
Made a fork brace
Made Bar ends repaired clipons
6mm spacer under rear shock
Extended the stand with a machined stainless puck (don't leave rust stains no more)
95kg front springs
Multiple exhaust phucarounds... once tried the rear half of a stock one straight on the the collector...yeh, don't do that unless you want pretty impressive economy but a very limited top end. (strangled the poor thing down to 210 but near 300 on a tank)

2018 rebuild

Orange 2pak (NEVER will I paint it again, EVERYTHING in the shed is Orange)
Brake and clutch reservoirs replaced and systems bled
Clutch slave kitted
Pairs removed
Ape CCT's
TPS 518ohm
Dynojet kit
Carb vents fixerated (phase two is f them out of the air box)
Lower fairing. Painted sanded polished bla bla installed... removed, dont like it)
Commodore side light indicators (with snotty led's)
Paint and decals...decision pending on decals (still pending)
Petkok seals
Fork seals/oil
Fender eliminated
USB outlet and voltmeter
Wheel bearings and cush drive
Big high loud custom pipes
Impossible rear pegs (compliance requirement but useless, (don't often two up 4 yr olds)
Glass wrapped primaries (uht paint to lock it on)
Led lights everywhere, fitting rear facing eagle eyes as additional indicators in stock tail lamp
Vent lights (Orange halo's att and a forward spotlight indicator using the silly fairing vents that do eff all
DMR Rear Shock (effin bargain)
15/43 530 chain
Speedo healer
Lithium Battery (cranks fast)
Front and rear camera
Oils, fluids and filters
Electronic flasher

To do list

Air box. (Seal the Card vent holes)
Ear Cannon horn (loudest you can get apparently....still waiting on delivery!!!)
Dyno
Steering damper..borrowing one off my 996
Speed run...Will it pull 17/38 to the blood?...We shall see

Thinking on list
MPH dash face on KMH to increase the usable scale in the city?
Ram tubes.

Greetings

An impressive, extensive and thorough refurb & makeover you've achieved. Any pics of the bike as you first bought it - and well done on including the obligatory bin in the background piccie!

Sorry, none as I bought it, too many phones ago
I've kept a few of the mod pics somewhere but some are on ozfirestorm

I can post more pics of the bin if you'd like...Its pretty stock but does great wheelies....mebbe its a wheelie bin?

These are the earliest pics I can find,probably the night it arrived. Repairs well underway









These are a bit later



Stand extension





Fork brace

I do like that fork brace...
Make me one

welcome along sir, have to say that turned out really well. nice clean lines on it..

love your pipes.

I do like that fork brace...
Make me one

Can do but expensive unless in numbers....interest currently... at one?



welcome along sir, have to say that turned out really well. nice clean lines on it..

Thankyou sir. I do believe angle matter as does matched style. A storm is what it is...until they get it...goood

Welcome aboard

Another one saved
Well done, very nice work

Chris.

PS. Lovely introduction, and with photo's as well

During this last service I have found most of the original rubber (seals hoses filters etc) have seen their day. Dont know if it's the fuel here in nz or just time. Petkok seals seem to be a common complaint in Oz. Mine were not doing so well either.
The CV breathers into the air box fell out as dust, leaving the clean side of the airbox open to unfiltered atmosphere. I fabricated replacements but a pair of little k&n's and seal the airbox is probably a better idea.

Saving a storm? I was asked when I planned to replace mine..

When honda re release it I guess?

It's not my only bike, 996 is probably a better bike everywhere... except in the shed, waiting for parts.
The taillight should be a red breakdown triangle.

Thankyou for the welcome
Viva la firestorm!

We had our own TT... NZ Tourist Traps over the past week

Along the way we spent a few days at the Palmerston North stock car teams title. Saw the GB team get pasted...and they were!


Just another fizzer


Lakers


Found a bigger tank for the VTR


Had to put the boot in


Jetty we fished and swam off as kids


Boaty is waiting for us


Dogs breakfast


Almost a color match

Good to see the photo's

Thanks for sharing

Chris.

Nice job , like the rear indicators

Front and rear are the pretty standard OZfirestorm mod. VT commodore side lights. Front clip into the stock fairing holes, rears went in recently when I raised the pipes