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Post by vtrstormer on Jun 8, 2014 13:51:55 GMT 10
Hi all,
I know this is the dark side of this forum but would really like to know your reasons for making the move from your storm to other style, makes and models of motorcycles. I know this will be a personal choice thing like oil and brake pads but was it you just out grew your storm, liked a newer bike or just wanted something different?
please let us all know
thanks
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Post by binny on Jun 8, 2014 14:46:53 GMT 10
The grass is always greener on the other side!  I got rid of my yellow storm when we were buying a house, and it was getting a bit tired. There are so many different bikes out there I would like to try but the bank account disagrees! I did try a couple before I came back though. |
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Post by vtrstormer on Jun 8, 2014 20:30:59 GMT 10
The grass is always greener on the other side! I got rid of my yellow storm when we were buying a house, and it was getting a bit tired. There are so many different bikes out there I would like to try but the bank account disagrees! I did try a couple before I came back though. Yes there is and this I understand. It's just you speak to some and they say that they regret selling their storm and then others just wanted something newer or faster etc.....just an interest topic that's all... |
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bowler
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Post by bowler on Jun 8, 2014 21:52:19 GMT 10
I was having a little trouble with my fingers going numb whenever I rode , and as I got older it became worse. I still wanted a sporty type of touring bike , as touring is what I now mostly do , but I still like going around corners and did not want a cruiser. I contemplated putting motocross bars on the 'storm , but It would still leave me with a 13 yr old bike with limited carrying capacity and fuel range. The thought of ABS brakes was a clincher when I began looking at other bikes. I wanted same or more power , good handling , economy , fuel range and luggage carrying capacity , in a more comfortable and safer package. I found all that in a couple of BMW's , and in the Triumph Tiger 1050. The Tiger ticked all the boxes , was way cheaper than the BMs' and was able to be lowered easily to fit me better. A mate was keen on buying the 'storm as well , so I had a definite sale there. Everything seemed to line up and you can see by my avatar that I bought the Tiger. It has totally lived up to my expectations , with only one regret - the 'storm engine is so damn good with that grunt and character , the Tiger engine as good as it is with more power and better economy just doesn't have the same feel and that part of it is what I miss. If I could get a v-twin motor in the Tiger it would be perfect - KTM might be worth a look for me! The 'storm was the bike I liked the best out of all the ones Ive owned , but I moved on and wont have need for another one. It also gave me this forum and the many people that Ive met thru it , that is the Firestorm's most important legacy to me.
Graham
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Post by vtrstormer on Jun 8, 2014 22:04:31 GMT 10
I was having a little trouble with my fingers going numb whenever I rode , and as I got older it became worse. I still wanted a sporty type of touring bike , as touring is what I now mostly do , but I still like going around corners and did not want a cruiser. I contemplated putting motocross bars on the 'storm , but It would still leave me with a 13 yr old bike with limited carrying capacity and fuel range. The thought of ABS brakes was a clincher when I began looking at other bikes. I wanted same or more power , good handling , economy , fuel range and luggage carrying capacity , in a more comfortable and safer package. I found all that in a couple of BMW's , and in the Triumph Tiger 1050. The Tiger ticked all the boxes , was way cheaper than the BMs' and was able to be lowered easily to fit me better. A mate was keen on buying the 'storm as well , so I had a definite sale there. Everything seemed to line up and you can see by my avatar that I bought the Tiger. It has totally lived up to my expectations , with only one regret - the 'storm engine is so damn good with that grunt and character , the Tiger engine as good as it is with more power and better economy just doesn't have the same feel and that part of it is what I miss. If I could get a v-twin motor in the Tiger it would be perfect - KTM might be worth a look for me! The 'storm was the bike I liked the best out of all the ones Ive owned , but I moved on and wont have need for another one. It also gave me this forum and the many people that Ive met thru it , that is the Firestorm's most important legacy to me. Graham Great post mate. The storm definitely ticks a lot of boxes and I know that they have a lot of weaknesses compared the later model bikes but that engine, torque and character grabs me every time. There maybe a day I buy something else but I think it might be this storms big brother. Either the sp1 or2. Time will tell |
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Post by kenmoore on Jun 9, 2014 20:06:12 GMT 10
Whatever else I buy, recently a V4 Aprillia Tuono that I still have to pick up the Storm will stay.
For relaxation I do a lot of spanner work on friends bikes so I get to ride a lot of different machinery.
I like to play with bikes as a means of relaxation and gain a great deal of satisfaction from my endeavours.
Subsequently I get to ride a lot of different bikes and already this year I have worked on and ridden the following bikes.
BMW S1000RR, more grunt than a feral bunch of pigs, too much for me but addictive fun.
2007 Aprilia Tuono, sort of like a Storm on steroids that stopped as well as it went, great fun!,
2012 Kawasaki Ninja 1000, turbine smooth and almost devoid of character compared to the 2004 that was replaced by it.
2008 Ducati 848, an old friend that is highly strung, but on the right day a whole bunch of kick ass fun.
2013 Aprilia Rsv4 Tuono, mean jeckle and hide machine that has a certain aura about it that is almost clinical in it's execution.
2000 TL 1000 S Suzuki, a scary thing at the best of times that reinforces how much more relaxed the Storm is. This bike belongs to my brother and he obviously has bigger balls than me!
So I guess that I am lucky in some respects that I get to ride a plethora of machinery over a wide range of conditions and having owned 43 bikes now the one that has really gotten under my skin is the Storm.
When my new Aprilia turns up I can assure you that the Storm will not be neglected, quite the opposite, it will be further modified to make it better suited to the conditions that I want to operate it under, and that is a very broad spectrum.
The Storm is unique and nothing else does it for me the way the Storm does!
By the way, my 57 year old ass appreciates the 200 K stops for fuel so range is not a problem for me.
At the end of the day I'm sure that most who have parted with their Storms have a few regrets, and some may even venture back down the line.
I can't imagine life without a Storm, one of the biggest contradictions that I have ever had the pleasure of owning.
Sorry if this is off topic, but I just felt the need to express my opinion in regards to the Storm. I just love this bike for it broad range of abilities and the fact that it can be tailored to almost any need.
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Post by snowcone on Jun 11, 2014 16:40:53 GMT 10
I loved the Storm but it didn't like me and spat me off twice.
I decided I wanted a bike that had better suspension all round but I still wanted a V twin so I bought an Aprilia RSV Mille.
Then I discovered the Mille was too fast for me so I retired. End of story!
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Post by kenmoore on Jun 11, 2014 19:24:48 GMT 10
That's a shame mate, buy another Storm, brace the swinger and fit a USD front end and hey presto you're back on the road!
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Post by vtrstormer on Jun 11, 2014 21:25:47 GMT 10
That's a shame mate, buy another Storm, brace the swinger and fit a USD front end and hey presto you're back on the road! I'm with you mate. Don't let it beat you snowcone. It's a wild beast that needs to be domesticated. Jump back in the saddle and head for the hills |
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Post by griffo on Jun 14, 2014 1:52:12 GMT 10
Ive had probably more than 20 bikes over the years , the majority jap 4s , I sold a bike a Honda VFR1000F (which I didn't really like by the way )to help with the deposit on our house and thought I would grab another soon after , turned out to be 5 years later and I decided if I was getting another bike it would be completely different to anything Id owned before , ie a big twin or single ,and I was looking at TRX850 Yammies , then a guy steered me to my first Buell and older 2000 tube frame model and I loved it , but Id always wanted a Firestorm as well since my nephew let me ride his SP1 and my storm came up with very low k's at the right price so I bought it as an extra bike , but then sold the older Buell , about a year later the Buell I had now became available and I took it for ride and just liked it that little bit more than the VTR to me just a little more torque and character so the Storm had to go to fund it , still loved the Firestorm though wish I could have kept both , great bike .
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Post by Mattjin on Jun 15, 2014 21:09:47 GMT 10
My story is in this section, but maybe a few years back and lost by now.
I moved to the Z1000 for the comfort. The Storms pegs are in just the position to transfer all my generous weight to my wrists, so after around half an hour I was hurtin' big time! Thoguht long and hard about MX bars but itdid not address the peg position for me. I absolutely loved the Storms motor but it was not enough to keep me interested. The Zed has miles better suspension, steering, brakes, more power, economy,and perfect reliability, even if it is a little characterless in comparison.
I also alongside it had my 1400GTR for a while, with plans to tour more. But the more I toured the more I wished I was on my Z1000 instead. Nothing worse than travelling for a day to get to the twisties and then be on a heavy monster of a bike that doesn't handle them too well. Well not as well as the other bike could. I also found I was equally tired on both bikes aftger a full day, and found a Givi top-box mount for the Zed, so the 1400GTR became redundant and sold off.
If Honda simply made the Storm again, but with EFI, update the suspension, and make it a little more comfy, I would be back in. Sort of like the Ninja 1000 that Kenmore mentioned but with the twin.
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Post by snowcone on Jun 16, 2014 17:04:39 GMT 10
That's a shame mate, buy another Storm, brace the swinger and fit a USD front end and hey presto you're back on the road! I'm with you mate. Don't let it beat you snowcone. It's a wild beast that needs to be domesticated. Jump back in the saddle and head for the hills I think I'm over it now. The leathers and boots are somewhere in the shed. I fitted a late model front end and heavier fork springs and I fitted SP1 front calipers but it still wasn't enough to make it handle the higher speeds at safety. Honda had a chance to develop the Storm into a real performer but chose to ignore it completely with virtualy nothing more than cosmetic mods. Decent suspension, better brakes and fuel injection would have seen a real cult bike develop. |
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Post by kenmoore on Jun 16, 2014 18:48:44 GMT 10
I can understand where your at, I too have had times when I gave bikes away. Funny though how I always come back to them and seem to be more involved very time.
I too wish that Honda would reintroduce a modern day Storm with all the latest gear, but wonder if it would allow as much involvement as my current Storm.
The closest bike I have ever owned in comparison to the Storm was my 2001 TRX 850 Yamaha millennium, did 36000K's on it with many mods, but just didn't have enough power,, one of the best sounding bikes I have ever heard and definitely more than the sum of its' parts.
Both Storm and TRX have carbies, funny that eh?
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Post by binny on Jun 16, 2014 19:01:47 GMT 10
The good old TRX was the best sounding parallel twin ever! Actually the only good sounding one at all. So sick of hearing all the ninja 250/300 poo carts with loud pipes on them. They sound farkin terrible!
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Post by Sharpest1 on Jun 19, 2014 22:22:48 GMT 10
Wanted EFI but not a 4 cyl sportsbike, looked at a few alternatives and then discovered the ST1050. A triple, it does everything I want, ride to work, Sat ride with mates and long distance.
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Post by vtrstormer on Jun 20, 2014 18:05:59 GMT 10
Wanted EFI but not a 4 cyl sportsbike, looked at a few alternatives and then discovered the ST1050. A triple, it does everything I want, ride to work, Sat ride with mates and long distance. Nice one mate.... |
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Post by erno on Jun 20, 2014 20:02:54 GMT 10
Wanted EFI but not a 4 cyl sportsbike, looked at a few alternatives and then discovered the ST1050. A triple, it does everything I want, ride to work, Sat ride with mates and long distance. But it keeps braking the rear subframe...  |
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Post by Von Nudenut on Jul 22, 2014 17:36:07 GMT 10
I'd been thinking about travelling a bit further than I could go comfortably on The Thing and had always had my eye on the big BMW GS. I never took one for a test ride because I didn't think I could afford one. Well, long story short. I took this for a test ride and in less than half an hour, I'd made up my mind to buy it!  After 3 years and over 60,000klms I still love riding this bike! I've since sold The Thing to Erno and while I still miss it, I know it was the right thing to do because I just wasn't riding it any more. The BM really is that good. Would I have another 'Storm? Possibly, just not any time soon. I probably wouldn't ride it much. |
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Post by fathead on Aug 30, 2014 16:57:57 GMT 10
because i ate a sheep!  |
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Post by Von Nudenut on Aug 30, 2014 19:49:44 GMT 10
because i ate a sheep! Just one??? |
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Post by bluestorm04 on Sept 12, 2014 21:13:34 GMT 10
I went to the motorcycle expo in Melbourne in October 2004 and a VTR1000 could be had for a rock bottom price. fast forward a month and I bought my blue beast off the showroom floor and took it home to Tassie. Was a part of the 2007 OZFS house of greatness on phillip island (and an OZFS gathering I organised in 2008) where I first met some people who will despite the tyranny of distance, remain great friends. Come 2008 and the mighty twin was traded on a GSXR1000 due to the non availability of a suitable SP2. I treated my storm better than any bike ive owned but in the end its limitations was the catalyst for the upgrade. despite being a crapload of fun, to make it into the bike I craved was going to cost a lot of time and money so it was traded. That gixxer thou is still in my possession along with a Hayabusa which my wife bought me for my birthday 2 years ago but the desire for another v twin is intense. One day I will own another, ducati and aprilia are high on the list but the VTR is an icon of the motorcycle world and sadly it will eventually disappear which is unfortunate.Every time I see one (especially in blue) the memories come flooding back
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Post by kenmoore on Sept 16, 2014 19:31:17 GMT 10
Well, I on sold my Aprillia Tuono V4 order and bought a 2007 Tuono.
Now funnily enough this is going at the end of the month too.
Every time I rode it I kept comparing it to the Storm.
You can only ride so many bikes and the Storm is the one that does it for me.
There is an 848 that lives in the man cave and that is enough of a distraction for me, but I regard the Storm as My bike and keep comparing others that I ride to it for some reason.
The Storm fits me like a glove and I have modified it extensively to suit me and my riding conditions.
I love the way that it challenges machinery that is much more exotic and heaps more expensive.
Doubtless there will be other visitors to the man cave but the Storm stays until I can't get on it anymore.
I have never felt that about any other bikes except my water bottle that I did 96,000 K's on back in the 70's and 80's
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Post by jk on Nov 19, 2014 22:05:05 GMT 10
Truth is I'd probably still be riding my storm if I hadn't hadn't written it off! Loved that bike. I'd still have bought the Daytona as a track bike, but for the road (I commuted, day tripped and toured) the storm is hard to beat for the money
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