Hi People

**vifferman** · 6th October 2004, 10:34

Originally Posted by Teflon

It's a 97, done 105,000 k's.

That's a good mileage (or is that 'kilometreage'?

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Originally Posted by Teflon

Mods- 5mm spacer, 15 tooth sprocket front, and 43 rear, aftermarket fork springs, droped the front about a inch, just fairings belly pan.

Man, with that gearing, it must wheelie like a mofo! Although the spacer and fork drop would help in that regard. I've done just the front sprocket and fork drop (dunno what springs are in there, but they're fine except 2-up). The belly pan would improve the looks over the stock one.

Other mods to mine from when I bought it (it's a 97 too, but I bought it last year) :
Braided front brake lines (second set)
A.P.E. manual camchain tensioners.
TPS setting changed to 500 ohm
Unifilter airfilter
Dynojet kitted (supposedly)
Bafflectomy and plugs
Iridium sparkplugs
Softer SBS brakepads
Fitted a clock/voltmeter/laptimer/battery charge meter
Upgraded R/R, mounted on left side subrame rail
55/100W headlight (was 130/90, but blew bulb)
No rear mudguard (previous owner cut it off)
Fitted vacuum nipple to front cyclinder, with 'permanent' vacuum lines for balancing carbs.

**vifferman** · 6th October 2004, 10:35

Originally Posted by Bazza

105,000k is impressive, I have just bought a new one so looking forward to another 104 plus k's!

Hi, Bazza!:spudwave:
Welcome to KB. Hope you enjoy the 'Storm, and get a good run out of it. Need any advice or answers, feel free to ask me.

**Teflon** · 6th October 2004, 15:14

Originally Posted by firestormer

A.P.E. manual camchain tensioners.

Hey firestormer, who stocks these tensioners?.

These original tensioners are making me paranoid with the amount k's i have done.

Only problem i have had so far is starter clutch. Changed the cam chain @ about 80,000.

**vifferman** · 6th October 2004, 15:29

Originally Posted by Teflon

Hey firestormer, who stocks these tensioners?.

These original tensioners are making me paranoid with the amount k's i have done.

Only problem i have had so far is starter clutch. Changed the cam chain @ about 80,000.

When you changed the camchains, did you put new tensioners in? After having the APE ones in a while, I think maybe it would've been less hassle to leave the new CCTs in, and take my chances with things going "Ping! Rattle! Bang! SKReeEEEcH!!"

No-one stocks them, as far as I know. There is an agent for APE in Hawkes Bay or somewhere (can't recall now) who will import them to order, for a mere 100% or so markup.

I got his name by Googley searching, contacted him, and asked how much the ($US50) CCTs would cost, and when they'd be available. He replied over a week later, quoted summat like $165, and said they'd take 3 weeks, and I'd have to pay up front.
Got some from a guy on the FireStorm forum in the UK a week later for cost price.

Best idea is if you have a contact in the US, and get them to buy some for you, and PayPal them.
The part is: HT1000VTR and you need 2, plus the gaskets if your OEM gaskets are ferked.
APE's site is here: http://aperaceparts.com/
And the relevant page is: http://www.cbrzone.com/sprockets.html

I might be able to do it for you, but I'm not making any promises (I have both a PayPal account, and friends in the US).

**Teflon** · 6th October 2004, 19:35

According to my mechanic the tensioners were mint.

Think i read some where that they fixed the tensioners in the latter models, so i'm hoping the previous owner got the update, which is most likely.