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instigator
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PostPosted: 11:04 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Ouch, my ear drums... Reply with quote
5 hours on this bike last night (I'm saying 5 but I really took the wrong way and went up by Newcastle instead so it was QUITE a bit longer)

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2000 Firestorm
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Twin 'I have to sell these, they are far too loud' ART Cans

Got it for £1900 from a nice chap down in Witherinsea, near Hull. Thumbs Up It's my 4th 'can you end this ebay auction, I have the money' purchase and I'm pretty damn happy with it.

I can see it lasting at least 3 weeks. No, really, it'll be a lot longer I'm sure.
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PostPosted: 11:05 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
***DISCLAIMER***

I take no responsibility for those so disgusted at the purple, anodized screws that they throw up and ruin their keyboard.

Goes for the stickers too.

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PostPosted: 11:07 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice bike, liking the exhausts Smile Need a full system now mate, I have a full WRP for the SV and it sounds gorgeous
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PostPosted: 12:10 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very Nice i like it! Will need to pop up at some point and check it out and listen to the sweet noise of it. Thumbs Up

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PostPosted: 12:27 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Gonna let me have a go when i go to uni. Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil

Nice cans by the way, i bet they make you ears bleed. Cool
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PostPosted: 12:30 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice! Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 13:12 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well nice Very Happy Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 13:34 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
NICE bolts! Cool Wink
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PostPosted: 14:57 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
My head hurt after riding behind one of those with silly loud cans on for five minutes, so after five hours I really have to pity you! Laughing

Personally I prefered the TL's exhaust note though, the VTR was a bit harsh. How many tanks of fuel did it take to make the journey? Wink

Big black V-twins always look very menacing, in a sort of 'I want to rip your head of way'. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 15:24 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
mchaggis wrote:
How many tanks of fuel did it take to make the journey? Wink


I was getting roughly 45mpg back on the motorway, after doing 95 miles I'd fill up with about £7.50 of unleaded Thumbs Up That was it's best anyway.

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NICE bolts! Cool Wink


Laughing Sell them to you for £2.99 & P&P each. Wink

18_stuart_88 wrote:
Very Nice i like it! Will need to pop up at some point and check it out and listen to the sweet noise of it. Thumbs Up


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In all seriousness though, I do want cans with removeable baffles. I like loud but it's too antisocial for my liking, I'm jsut asking to get tugged. And the thing is, you can't ride it quietely. Either its a deafening roar or a low down, deep grumble. Confused

Really though, the only folk that I talked to on the way back up commented on how loud it was. The said it was a nice bike. Laughing And that was just idling away. Sad

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PostPosted: 17:11 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
instigator wrote:

In all seriousness though, I do want cans with removeable baffles.


If you do get it rejetted!

I put a wolf removable baffle can on my Daytona and it knocked the power from 110bhp down to 80bhp! Shocked

Removed the baffles and the DB killer, and it went back up to 112bhp! Smile
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PostPosted: 17:22 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very nice, how's the insurance on that then?
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PostPosted: 18:29 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
£50 more than the ninja.

£484 TPFT with 1NCB at 21 on a restricted license. Smile
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PostPosted: 19:55 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
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£50 more than the ninja.

£484 TPFT with 1NCB at 21 on a restricted license. Smile


Wow, not bad. Thumbs Up How many bikes do you get through these days, is it a weekly thing? Not that I'm jealous...
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PostPosted: 20:17 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dom wrote:
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£50 more than the ninja.

£484 TPFT with 1NCB at 21 on a restricted license. Smile


Wow, not bad. Thumbs Up How many bikes do you get through these days, is it a weekly thing? Not that I'm jealous...


Had the er5 for 7 months, hornet for about 4, sv for 1.5, ninja for 4 weeks so far (selling)

I figure no point keeping a bike you're not totally comfortable on! Especially when you sell for profit though.
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PostPosted: 20:19 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
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£484 TPFT with 1NCB at 21 on a restricted license


Whos that with then?

Been looking at cagiva rapter's, 21, 3yr ncb and full license. cheapest quote so far is about £1.5k
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PostPosted: 20:32 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
instigator wrote:
Had the er5 for 7 months, hornet for about 4, sv for 1.5, ninja for 4 weeks so far (selling)

I figure no point keeping a bike you're not totally comfortable on! Especially when you sell for profit though.


Can't argue with that. Makes me think about selling the SV. Razz Thinking
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PostPosted: 20:43 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Whos that with then?

Been looking at cagiva rapter's, 21, 3yr ncb and full license. cheapest quote so far is about £1.5k


CIA Insurance. The bike is garaged and alarmed but they didn't know that until I got a 2nd quote which was the same as before. Confused

Dom - Get a quote to see what it would cost to change the bike insurance Very Happy Thumbs Up I really liked the sv but it lacked just that little bit of power. The VTR makes up for that and THEN some!
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Did you not mention the garage then, as there was no difference anyway?

Very nice bike, I saw a Firestorm earlier, they sound beefy. Twisted Evil

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PostPosted: 23:05 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Dom - Get a quote to see what it would cost to change the bike insurance Very Happy Thumbs Up I really liked the sv but it lacked just that little bit of power. The VTR makes up for that and THEN some!


If it was as simple as me fancying an affordable roadbike I'd probably get rid of the SV tomorrow. Problem is after a blast round on Sparks' KTM the other weekend the only kind of bike I fancy would be of the dirt variety (and I do still fancy a Tuono, but I think that might be a little out of the question Neutral). But then I'd be screwed for actually going anywhere. Laughing Sadly I think the only solution is some of these: Pound Coin Pound Coin

Look forward to seeing some nice bulletcam vids of the Scottish twisties with a V-twin soundtrack though. Wink
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PostPosted: 23:22 - 10 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
As do I. It'll be a couple of months before that happens though. Laughing

Going to look into fitting it correctly on the bikesomewhere over the next few months, go through a trial and error stage where I can get the least amount of vibration and wind buffeting.
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when you say youre on a restricted licence do you mean a 33bhp restricted one? im just wondering cos i thoguht i might be pushing the boundaries a bit with my zephyr 750, but if youve got a firestorm insured then i might have to reconsider...........(im assuming its not restricted)
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PostPosted: 00:40 - 11 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
edd wrote:
(im assuming its not restricted)


You may or may not be assuming correct.

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Let's jsut say, it's a lot quicker than my 33bhp restricted er5 was. Laughing
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Sorry Greg, just noticed this thread.

And you are a cunt. Nice bike Thumbs Up Wink
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PostPosted: 12:17 - 13 Dec 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Greg...
Are you a lawyer or something mate? I swear all these new bikes... Where the hell do you get the money... or is that the wrong question to ask? Rolling Eyes Wink

On a serious note,
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Thumbs Up Shit hole aint it Laughing

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Edit: Almost forgot, Nice Bike! Laughing Cool
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