Tuareg Rallye 2013 - The Next Adventure

[Mudguts]

Love your work Tony it's coming along , you will have it insisted before I finish mine ,I only have exhaust and bash plate to go ,

[Muecke]

Originally Posted by 640 Armageddon

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Tony, a word of caution with the lights, I have used the lights from ADVmonster as well, they are indeed very bright and the setup was similar.



Having used the normal light supports first, they cracked on my first ride. I know the 640 vibrates a lot more than the Yamaha but better safe than sorry. John from ADVmonster sells also heavy duty supports but they are easy to manufacture from 2mm SS plates ...

Looking very good and the KTM tower looks

D.

can you give me a link where to see technical data of the light and where to buy?

[640 Armageddon]

Originally Posted by Muecke

can you give me a link where to see technical data of the light and where to buy?

http://stores.intuitwebsites.com/hst...StoreFront.bok

Vendors thread
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=607184

D.

[Muecke]

Thanks

[PackMule]

Have fun, Tony!

[Muecke]

Any more updates ?

[schattat]

Originally Posted by Muecke

Any more updates ?

Calm down, clam down
Finished those damn exams last week, got to work a little more on my bike this weekend. Have to have it done by the 27th, when I have to drop it off for transportation to Tunisia. Luckily it's just a 300km drive to the drop off point, not 1000km!

My order of tires arrived for myself and Ed:


Mounted and ready to go:




Little problem with the low front CF fender. The Yammie doesn't have the "standard" mounting positions for the fork guards, so I will have to make an adapter somehow, or just use the normal high fender:


Footpegs now nicely fit. Also a new shift lever:


Cockpit shaping up nicely. The fairing is just held there by a piece of wire to test the position.








Small light switch:


Extra thick padded seat (not so much monkey-butt) with suede cover and big rallye pouch for the time card:




Acerbis 13L front tank:


Rear right side alu tank from the Yamaha rallye kit:


Nice shape and build quality:


Upgraded the fragile plastic lids to a billet one, cable tied to the tank:


Bolts on to the stock location of the exhaust:






Perfect fit to the subframe and plastic:


New exhaust header that runs under the frame:






Fixes to the bottom of the frame nicely:

[JMo (& piglet)]

Loving that new exhaust routing Tony!

Jx

[Dakar Dan]

Great to see a steel-framed WR still cutting the mustard. Nice development page. Good luck in Tunisia!

[schattat]

Originally Posted by Dakar Dan

Great to see a steel-framed WR still cutting the mustard. Nice development page. Good luck in Tunisia!

Thanks This will, however, most likely the WRs last outing with me. Post Tuareg I plan on upgrading

[manuellucchese]

You're the best Tony!!!! Can't wait to follow you during Tuareg Your bike looks great i still remember when i saw it at the Baja 300 it looked awesome!

[topo]

Hey Tony, hope you dont mind me asking but whats tuareg going to cost you v's comming back and doing the aus safari with their free shipping?

Bike looks great by the way, interested to see how your going to secure the fairing at the sides.

[Mudguts]

Topo the big problem with the yanks ,brits & euros doing Aus safari is they lose there bikes for 16+ weeks so they end up missing rally's over there ,

Unless they have spare bikes or hire a bike set up down here ,
So although the free shipping is good there is the 8 weeks each way for shipping

Once I finish my 690rally , ill start building the 500EXC rally lite , which I might hire out or the 690
Depending on which one I like bestv

[JMo (& piglet)]

Just to let you all know that I shall also be attending the Tuareg Rally myself next month in a press & PR capacity, and will be supporting Tony with a Personal Media Service - including daily updates direct from the bivouac on his progress (and results), photos and even audio interviews!

I have started a dedicated Event Coverage and Media thread for the Tuareg Rally here: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=865985 and will be updating there daily with all the news, together with Tony's personal press releases which I shall also copy here of course!

Please subscribe to the Media thread for the very latest info, direct from the bivouac!

Jx

[schattat]

Quick update. Got the bike done Wednesday, when we also dropped it off for transportation to Tunisia.

One we go! Since I'm running both front and rear tanks, I obviously need a fuel tap to switch between the two sources. This little unit it standard on quite a few Yamahas and costs used under 40€ (not like the KTM model for a few hundred €'s).


I then fabricated this little bracket...




To be able to mount the little bugger on the 2 screws that hold the lid of the electric starter gear:


Meanwhile, Ed was updstairs in the living room completing his ride with the help of my brother, Tim:




Flexy bars for him:


10L rear Safari tank plus 13L up ront, let's hope it's enough for the 2-stroke


Back to my bike. The left rear tank was still unmounted. It mount to the stock location of the radiator catch tank on top:


and a bracket that goes through the chain roller:


The top side of the tank has a bracket fitted that is fixed in place by rubber grommets:


The bottom side has threads welded inside:


Neat fix:


View of both tanks:


To help get the fuel to the carb, I needed a fuel pump. Only good solution is a vacuum type from a Yamaha XT. Yet again, I fabricated the necessary bracket on the left:


Fixes nicely to the stock location of the reg/rec:


Since I was in a rush after all these parts there aren't many pics unfortunately, but here is the end result:


I couldn't finish the side part of the fairing in time, so it's just the front face on there. We'll think of it as saving weight


And finally the box is all sorted. I stuffed my boots in there to save some weight in my luggage when flying down:


See you in a few then guys, Jenny will keep you guys posted and I may chime in given the chance