A new member from the Varadero clan !

[2112]

Hi folks, as the header says I'm a convict er no, er convert ! Hailing from darkest Northumberland I will be found mostly around the Scottish borders on sunny days ! Sold the (very heavy, but comfy) Varadero last year and have picked up a (lovelly and light, relatively) GT model and 'pottered' on with it over the winter. Higher bars, 25mm jack up kit, stiffer fork springs, tall seat option (£80 well spent, at 6'2" it gives much better legroom), tall MRA screen (excellent), engine bars and sump guard , 43 tooth rear sprocket, removed the secondary throttle butterflies, K&N filter and a pair of Quill carbon ovals ! First few rides have shown it to steer sooo much quicker than normal with no loss of stability - bring on the summer !

See you all out there, regards, Bry.

[Neville]

I'm a convict from darkest Northumberland

  to the forum anyway.

     

[Catballou]

hello  

[Piglumps]

Welcome!  

[Fat Rat]

[mechcanico lee]

 to the site Bry hope you like it, if you don't mind me asking how much did you pay for your quill cans ? I am looking at getting some cans soon and looking into different types, hope I can find some soon before the excersise gets to EXHAUSTING.......................AAAARRRRGGHHHH  oh my, shall I get my coat mr piglumps ?

Loads of good info and helpfull members on here  , hope you enjoy it Bry  

[KLV-Rider]

Hi mate,   to the forum....

[minkyhead]

Hi folks, as the header says I'm a convict er no, er convert ! Hailing from darkest Northumberland I will be found mostly around the Scottish borders on sunny days ! Sold the (very heavy, but comfy) Varadero last year and have picked up a (lovelly and light, relatively) GT model and 'pottered' on with it over the winter. Higher bars, 25mm jack up kit, stiffer fork springs, tall seat option (£80 well spent, at 6'2" it gives much better legroom), tall MRA screen (excellent), engine bars and sump guard , 43 tooth rear sprocket, removed the secondary throttle butterflies, K&N filter and a pair of Quill carbon ovals ! First few rides have shown it to steer sooo much quicker than normal with no loss of stability - bring on the summer !

See you all out there, regards, Bry.

hi  2112   were you on the varadero site          ...I'm the only varadero member    with a v strom    
I aggree the strom is a better bike    but the vara was     a real good bus      
  main thing is were on two wheels          

enjoy the bike    
  northumberland has some great roads     show us around somtime    

By minkyhead
you can probably tell  I'm a function over form kind of bloke    ......160 quid cee bailys off a gs   chopped up    with two door wedges    
 madstad  would make a  fortune if they figured out the vara  
worked bloody well    after the addition of the stylish door wedges      
prototype        ..... :wtf:
ps   the raising links are    the danglys      I agree    

By minkyhead

[Heebeegeebee]

[badger 1050]

[jeyre60152]

Hi

[stinky]

Welcome fellow convert. I have also swapped from Varadero this year, have to agree Strom is a better bike overall.

[2112]

Thank you all for the warm welcome, I'm sure the forum will fulfill my needs, however special.... Cheers, Bry.

[Eric The Viking]

Hi &  

[2112]

Wow, doesn't time fly when you're having fun ! I can hardly beleive it was as a year ago today I took my first tentative steps onto this forum. Since then I have learned about my V-Strom, helped others with their V-Strom's, had a laugh, bought & sold things and generally mucked about and enjoyed myself (and managed over 1000 posts in a year). I hope this continues for may years, mostly because I couldn't find anything suitable to replace the 'Strom but mostly because I enjoy the 'crack' on this very forum, cheers everone, Bry