Greetings to All, from the New Guy...Sydney

[yellowstorm]

Greetings all,

Thanks for having me on board..

I am not really new to bikes, but am very green to navigating these boards, so if I post in the wrong areas, please forgive me...
Well like you all, I have great tastes in bikes, I love my Storm,  I bought it as a Stat right off, it was an 02 model ( never to be re-registered). The bike looked bog stock and never played with. The bike was straight and had bugger all damage. The damage consisted of a blinker ,mirror, a slight scratch on the muffler and a slightly bent sub frame. No  idea why it was a stat

Anyway the long and short of it all, I got a 97 frame and converted all parts over onto it. I straightened the sub frame and replaced the mirror, lever and blinker. That was almost 3 years ago

To look at the bike, it almost looks new. Now it is officially a 97 model, but I don't care. (less time to wait for classic bike rego ) lol.

Unfortunately I ride the bike far less than I should. I work only a few minutes from home. It takes far more time getting the bike uncovered, unlocked, out of the shed, geared up and away.... (I am at work in less time in the ute).

So anyway last weekend, my mate came around with his new bandit. I got the bike out for a long deserved ride, I spent almost 5 hours on the seat, up  the old Pacific hwy, pie in the sky ( great curry pie). we ended up at the car show at The Entrance.. What a great day... I am hooked all over again.

Although I have been riding on and off for more than 30 years, I would have to say I don't think I am a great rider. I get on a bike, ride it and deal with its quirks .I  just basically accepted the bike for what it was when i rode it.

So anyway after my last ride, I now want to get the more out of my bike. I want to set the bike up better ,I feel it could handle better. It feels a bit hard in the suspension and a bit springy...

So basically I went looking for answers to setting up my bike and chatting with like minded people & ended up here..

So once again, hello everyone

[Von Nudenut]

Hi yellowstorm, welcome to OZFS. You'll find heaps of the info you're after here. Don't worry about being new to forums, people around here won't bight your head off too easily!

[vtrstormer]

Welcome mate please feel free to have a look around and ask any questions if you need help. There is a few things that can be done to get here to handle and break better. Basic mods from the 6mm shim in the rear to upgrade shocks and springs. Brakes range from upgraded calipers (cbr600f4i and as lines) is what I have but there are heaps of options just depends on what dollars you want to spend.

[bowler]

Welcome to the board mate !
The 'storm benefits from a fork brace , springs to suit your weight and valving changes to suit your riding style and requirements. Suspension set up for our poor road surfaces and your weight makes a big difference to how the Firestorm performs on road , and is probably the best money you can spend on yours . Good luck with it.

Graham

[erno]

Welcome and what Bowler has mentioned

[steve400]

Welcome mate. I'm in Sydney too, I'll rig up a 5mm shim for your rear shock if you'd like one (6mm seems to be preferred but I don't reckon I could tell the difference to be perfectly honest, and the washers I have are 5mm thick which makes them free, a much cheaper price than the shims on eBay...). Made a huge difference to the handling of mine, steering is much sharper and the bike much more willing to tip in to corners. Best and cheapest mod I've done, and wasn't too hard to install on my own - would be a piece of piss with two people.

I've lined up some ohlins 85kg springs for the front forks and am getting them installed and the forks revalved next service, and I'm on the hunt for a fully adjustable rear shock now. As the boys have said, suspension is the best way to improve this bike so have a read around this site and see what you find. There's a lot of very knowledgable and helpful people here and you won't have a lot of trouble transforming your forestorm no matter your budget.

[vtrstormer]

Yeah the shim ( I used 6mm) is one of the best budget mods you can do to these.... if it was the only mod you did it would be a great improvement

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