lloydie's vtr
 

this is my vtr1000f (firestorm uk)
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Owner: Me lloydievtr (lloydiecbr)-uk

Year: 1998

Colour: fast black

modifications are .

suspention / brakes

5mm rear shock spacer
1992 fireblade forks with weighted springs .
1992 fireblade yokes (trees)
renthal ultra low bars will bar clamps
cbr600f41 front brakes hh pads
braided brake lines front and back
braided clutch line

cosmetic
triumph roulette green paint with black number boards
fireblade race front fender
renthal grips
stubby brake and clutch levers
r1 mirrors
bubble bubble light smoked screen
hugger
belly pan
under tray
seat cowl
titanium generator caps
head light kit 100/90 bulb
led stop/tail bulbs
mini indicators
didgi gear indicator
lots of stainless steal nuts and bolts

performance

quick action throttle
return throttle cable removed
lightened flywheel
2-1 exhaust with scorpion race can
cbr600 stick coils
fully modified air box
doctor honda velocity stacks
k&n filter
dyno jet kit
-1 tooth front sprocket
manual ccts
r1 reg/rec
tps set to 430 ohms

Looking good bud :)

thanks mikstr ;-)

Good looking bike! Did you anodize the frame/swingarm?

You will put a chain on that beauty, won't you?

thank you ,
doh i knew i for got something (chain)lol
the frame was painted satin black (couldnt get the engine out to have it powder coated .
swing arm/both subframes and other brackets were powder coated satin black

Nice;)
Its gunna be a pain to keep those rims clean

I gotta say that is a pretty cool looking VTR.

thanks guys .
i wont be getting it dirty so no need to clean lol

You might have wanted to go with a brighter color (or is that colour....;)) You might blend into the background on that thing....

Nice bike :thumbsup:

Lookin' a bit like one of dem derr Cowasakis..... :)

Good looking bike Lloyd, I thought it was all black not too long ago? :)

thanks guys
it was a black one till a few weeks ago then i had it painted in triumph roulette green
not quacki green lol
hers an older picture before the paint job
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My guess is you were going for this? Nice bike, very close to what you ended up with!

yeah, a pretty close likeness there. You chose a good model anyway. Looks good Lloydie.

I had white wheels on the 88 hurricane I sold to get the hawk and they weren't too bad to keep clean. OEM wheels are easy to clean compared the pic above and my carrozzerias which are a bitch, fortunately black. You ain't gonna have to worry about gettin it dirty without a chain anyway. ha

Yep that's the one I wanted to reproduce the paint from :-)
I had a 95 blade with the 6 spoke wheels in white they were a pain to keep clean .
But this time I've gave the wheels ample coats of wax and will continue to untill it's back on the road .
This should make it easier to keep clean (I hope)
I'm still yet to fit the chain as I know I can't ride it until I do so its not going back on till the weather improves in spring lol

this is when you need an ill-weather bike, in my case the venerable xr650l, to ride anytime it's remotely possible; and when it's not, i start to perpetrate stupid shit like making snow chains out of dog leash.

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Nath, get some of these.
:p

http://motorang.com/tauerntreffen200...g/IMG_7744.JPG

they look alot better than the ones i made. No surprise there though huh! I usually claim the function over form argument and milk that as far as possible.ha

Riding in the snow isn't too bad with chains, the problem is falling off and then trying to pick the bike up before you get run over. Ha

I try real hard to discipline myself to not ride when inclement conditions deem it unsafe. The problem occurs when those conditions persist longer than my self control.:D