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Old May 11, 2008 | 02:36 PM
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Difference between FireStorm and SuperHawk
As the title says what's the difference?

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Old May 11, 2008 | 02:38 PM
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The Firestorm has 10 more horsepower.














































No, not really.
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Old May 11, 2008 | 02:51 PM
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stickers.....and.....um..........more stickers.
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Old May 11, 2008 | 03:03 PM
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Think about it.. Firestorm... if you were a SUPER Hawk, you would be the one bird out there, besides maybe a Phoenix, to survive a fire storm (storm of fire) while flying around.



Just a thought



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Old May 11, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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Stickers, a few smog item's that we Europeans never bothered with and a larger tank in the 01 onwards years... That's about it...
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Old May 11, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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Yummmm.... larger tank. Yes, please!
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Old May 11, 2008 | 04:32 PM
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I also hate having a small tank, so I converted the back tire into an aux tank. Works out well until it gets about half empty. Balance gets kind of sketchy after that.
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Old May 11, 2008 | 04:35 PM
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Well have fun looking...

They go for up to 500€ used on German or UK eBay... That would be around 750$... plus shipping... (About 1000$ new here in Sweden)

That is if you through a small miracle happen to find one... I have been looking for a while now...

I'm thinking I'll go for a VFR one instead... that's even bigger plus it's a lot easier to find and cheaper...
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Old May 11, 2008 | 06:36 PM
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I have UK spec carbs on my bike.....has a simple "X" head on the air mix screw and requires no special tools or drilling to get to. A great $175 spent!
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Old May 11, 2008 | 06:58 PM
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If you've got $1800USD to burn...
then get your 6 gallon tank here:

http://kiyowatanabe.com/vtrpage.htm#vtrtop
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Old May 11, 2008 | 07:01 PM
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No offense, but it would seem to me that it would be a little bit more, um....economical to just buy the Euro mixture screws and have them sent across the pond.
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Old May 11, 2008 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by LineArrayNut
then get your 6 gallon tank here:

http://kiyowatanabe.com/vtrpage.htm#vtrtop
Do it for A LOT LESS but more work:

https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...ead.php?t=6983

and check out Kai Ju's VFR tank in this thread:

https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...ad.php?t=10509
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Old May 11, 2008 | 07:56 PM
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i don't have the urge to mod like that, don't have 1800 bones, either lol!
it's *somewhat* inconvienent to fill every hundred, but not that much...

nor this much: http://www.eti-fuelcel.com/VTR.HTML

5.3 gallons $1235
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Old May 12, 2008 | 07:52 AM
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No running lights on the front signals on the Firestorm.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 07:59 AM
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performance of VTR varies between Europen acountries as well---from 78kW to 81kW..don´t know why
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Old May 12, 2008 | 11:52 AM
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Usually for insurance purposes... Some countries had in the late 90'ies rules that made it a lot cheaper to register and insure a big displacement "sportstourer" once it was restricted... the only difference is a small ring in the carb rubber inlet...

Also some rules regarding what licence was required to operate a restricted vs non-restricted bikes in some countries...

In Sweden many of them came factory restricted to 72kW...
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Originally Posted by rbrais
No running lights on the front signals on the Firestorm.
No running light at all in European bikes...
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"No offense, but it would seem to me that it would be a little bit more, um....economical to just buy the Euro mixture screws and have them sent across the pond."

I wish I'd thought of that
I had a problem removing the cap on my emissioned carbs.The drill slipped and gouged out the carb casing. I looked for a parts broker.....and 2 days later a set of almost new carbs at my door step in Newquay, Corwall, England. Linkage,hoses, and boots included.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 05:45 PM
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um.... did anybody mention the stickers are different?
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Originally Posted by Fish
"No offense, but it would seem to me that it would be a little bit more, um....economical to just buy the Euro mixture screws and have them sent across the pond."

I wish I'd thought of that
I had a problem removing the cap on my emissioned carbs.The drill slipped and gouged out the carb casing. I looked for a parts broker.....and 2 days later a set of almost new carbs at my door step in Newquay, Corwall, England. Linkage,hoses, and boots included.
Ah, so you were already in the UK. Got it.
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