My first road bike in a while..... VTR Firestorm

Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

That's right, I'm back on the road!! Picked this up tonight, it's my first road bike in years... looking forward to some casual evening rides in between the stunt riding!!! (and no this bike ain't getting stunted Laughing

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It's a 1999, its only got 12,000 miles on it and has been used mostly/if not all in dry conditions, it's practically mint, just needs a clean as it has been left outside for the past few weeks or so.

Scorpion race cans sound absolutely AMAZING

I'm very happy so far, haven't ridden it far yet but it feels so nice to ride, very fast ( I swear this red one is faster than the silver one I rode last time Laughing

they do say red is the fastest colour Wink

) corners well too but I think it needs a 6mm spacer under the rear shock as it did seem to understeer a bit.

Will get some decent pics soon, but for now, here's a couple of snaps.. it's awaiting a bellypan, undertray, hugger and maybe some carbon cans in the future Mr. Green

https://www.sparksfreestyle.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/myvtr1.JPG
https://www.sparksfreestyle.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/myvtr2.JPG

p.s thanks Louise for coming on the road trip Smile

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Al · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Karma :

Looks cool, my work mate used to have 99 one like that in Yellow with Scorpion cans, it sounded evil Twisted Evil

Ps- is your sig from a Fort Minor song, I got there album ages ago really liked it then lost it a week later.
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quacker_boy · Cuddle Bitch Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Karma :

Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

AL, yeah Fort Minor Very Happy

Remember the name

Quack, you know me Wink

I just added it to my insurance, only £85 for remainder of the policy and £120 for the full year next (altho I'll ring around)

I must be getting old Embarassed

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quacker_boy · Cuddle Bitch Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Karma :

Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

Been riding it around a bit today... seems to draw a lot of attention when riding and when parked! Cool

quite suprised tbh how much interest its got and I only went to a couple of bike shops...

It's so much fun to ride, I had a slight incident on the way home though, did a kill-switch backfire to see how loud it was and then as I came up to the next corner the bike just cut out Neutral

couldn't get it to work, the alarm had immobilised the bike and nothing seemed to fix it.... had to push it home Laughing

but eventually un-immobilised it and it's all good now Laughing

I fuckin hate alarms!! not one person tried to stop me when I was pushing a bike along with the alarm going off, I guess it'd be a bit too blatant to be a theft though really...

btw quacker, I didn't last a day Laughing

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garth · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Karma :

Good stuff mate. Hoonage soon?
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Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

Looking good. Cool

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