Ha yes they are an underrated bike indeed easy to work on and after a few modification and a little tuning they feel great.... Love the exhaust sound... And we love old sports bikes way more fun 🙏

I bought a bright yellow 98 firestorm with 23K on the clock a few months ago. To be honest the oldest and highest mileage bike I have ever bought. It is such a blast, mine came with MCCT's, Rebus GP Cans and a decent rectifier. It also benefited with the addition of a quality full pyramid belly pan in black, with black powder coated wheels. I love riding it despite my back catalogue being mostly in line fours, mainly blades and gixxers. A very underrated bike in my opinion and a torque monster.

Nice I do actually like the yellow colour the best It stands out more I do want to buy another and totally customise it with a great paint job

I haven't seen any of them about at all since this video they are actually getting rare

That's awesome 👌 I am so glad to help that's what the videos are for ... thank you for your time.. Regards. Paul.

Yes it all depends on what you expect from it most people just expect it to be a superbike but there is so much more to it... It does ride smooth especially in traffic but also if you want to ride it hard and fast it will perform despite its basic suspension set up... So it's quite a surprising bike

Yeh I do think they did come as standard on some models

​@@PXCBIKES I wasn't aware of that. I don't they ever came with one in the UK, not including the small front exhaust guard, rather than a full belly pan.

Yeh, this was an import bike from Japan, so maybe you got more over there 🤔

It steers well because of short wheelbase , the wheelbase ,rake and trail are a exact copy of the 916 specs, the bike is like a 916 with budget suspension and street ergos and a better more powerful and durable motor.

Hello I sold the VTR but It was just the standard gearing so change the front sprocket go up one tooth

Awesome Karl 👌 get some race exhausts...open up the sound and scare people

Oh I'm sorry it was depressing 😳.... Yeh I mentioned it needs open silencers on it... Really don't know why Honda put these silencers on them it's a little much.... 😬

Haha I can understand RC51 is a great looking bike for sure.. the Firestorm is way cheaper but does require alot of care

Ah well its not for everyone eh 💁‍♂️

I'm 6' 3" and find the Storm perfectly comfortable, I love it. And it's silver too, best colour by far😊

You have a silver bullet too 🙌

@@rob.1963 I don't think I even put my feet on the pegs, it was the seat and bars that put me off immediately. Bought a TL1000S instead. Unpredictable bitch of a bike but even after a series of RSV's and my current RC8R I still miss the hooliganism of the TL.

@@PXCBIKES I do indeed, with a Maxton shock and fork revalve.

I changed the stator the RR and still does the flickering then goes blank and dies

Oh no that's annoying.... OK so have you fitted a new battery?.... It is hard to diagnose a problem without the bike being in front Of me but how the electrical charging system works is.... Power from the battery turns the starter motor then the AC power comes from the stator and hits the regulator rectifier........ Then the power goes to the battery for charging...... I think on the VTR the power from the Regulator rectifier goes to a fuse on the starter solenoid then to the battery...... It does sound like you have a faulty battery or a bad ground from the battery and when you ride the bike it just runs the battery down and dosent recharge....... Yes this could be a RR fault but you say the RR has been replaced then I would swap the battery and check the ground wires..... It just sounds like the battery is not holding charge

The riding position absolutely yes perfect... However the fuel tank is small so fuel consumption is not good but you can install a larger fuel tank if you can find one 👍

@@PXCBIKES Brilliant thanks for your response and input. When I say touring I mean between 100/120 miles a day. Does this still make the VTR a good buy for the job ?

@@mooncat.787 Oh yes I would say so 👍

@@PXCBIKES Thank you Sir for your valued input. VTR it is then. I'll keep you updated of my purchase once I get my grubby hands on one. Many thanks again.

You do that 🙏👍

It is indeed 👍

😳 What the heck is happening there 😳 must be a glitch with youtube thanks for letting me know it didn't do this when I uploaded it.... I have messaged KZfaq it could take a few hours to re process it 🙏

Just brought a VTR can't find out much about the exhaust the silencers are called V-Force, It sounds very nice can't find much out about them. Have now found on Google search some slip ons called Dominator they are exactly the same in appearance and the measurements are the same 400mm long. They sound deep and loud and not too expensive at £212.

Well that's cheap 🤔 I didn't know you could still buy exhausts for them 👍🏁

😂😂😂😂😂😂 Nooooooooo!