The Africa Twin thread

[shortikus]

Very nice bike Tiggs,
AT on bikesales.com.au simply incredibly. My friend who live in Perth WA searching for AT last few years but he's always empty hands so he bought GS 1200. I'm just curious, what is a value of AT in good condition?

[Squily]

Originally Posted by Squily

I've got some JE high-compressy pistons in at the moment and am pretty sure they are 82mm. And Honda Hawk 650 pistons (3mm oversize) = AT 750 pistons (1mm oversize). That's around 760cc.

How big can you go without cutting the crankcase? What's involved with cutting the crankcase?

This back from JE:

"Hi John,
We could just make you a set of customs. We have a 4 piece minimum on custom orders and, without knowing anything else about the part, I would say 4 pistons with rings, pins, and clips would cost you about 750.00 plus shipping.

Thank you for choosing JE Pistons!

Tj"

[Tiggs]

Originally Posted by shortikus

Very nice bike Tiggs,
AT on bikesales.com.au simply incredibly. My friend who live in Perth WA searching for AT last few years but he's always empty hands so he bought GS 1200. I'm just curious, what is a value of AT in good condition?

Yes, I sometimes browse through Bikesales.com.au and I saw it was just newly advertised so I was quick to make a deal with him. They dont come up very often. I paid $5500 but I've been told this is a cheap price for one in this condition in Australia.

[yeljac]

My new to me 1996 AT 12800 mile on the clock when I got it in May 2012.

[Kenyon]

It`s a XRV 750 RD04 from 1992. The weight is 190kg inluded Gasoline. Front and rear are from a KTM 620 LC4. Tank and Seat are from a XL 600 Transalp PD06. The rear Fender is from a Yamaha TT600 and the front fender is from UFO.

[GSPD750]

Originally Posted by yeljac

My new to me 1996 AT 12800 mile on the clock when I got it in May 2012.

The AT population in Canada is rising every day it seems with RDO7eh's. What a beauty!

[GSPD750]

Originally Posted by Kenyon

It`s a XRV 750 RD04 from 1992. The weight is 190kg inluded Gasoline. Front and rear are from a KTM 620 LC4. Tank and Seat are from a XL 600 Transalp PD06. The rear Fender is from a Yamaha TT600 and the front fender is from UFO.

It looks like it has some 'jump' to it.

[Squily]

Annual "feel good" fun.

grandpa xr and granddaugher cr. hope you can keep up today old man...


Romy had to cancel on short notice as they were short-staffed at the restaurant. That left Layton without a date and all he had to play with was Romy's octopus. Being a Yammie man, his 1st ride on a real bike (i.e. HONDA) left him with a big smile...


Some time to catch up and shoot breeze wduring the line up at the racecourse


Mick and Kelly saddling up for the run. There's daddy's girl...


Being on standby and not being able to go more than 10min away from town, I had to duck out of the throng and miss the "loop", whihc is about 36km of which more than half has no mobile coverage. Layton said he'd keep me company- thanks dude. Plenty of good scenery during the wait for the guys.


Not all fun and games in paradise- business calls!! In some ways moblie phones are making our lives so easy. In other ways, they seem like a chain and ball...



And here they come:


http://s692.beta.photobucket.com/use...96453.mp4.html


Yeeehaaa That was fun, wasn't it Minnie?


Bit of a break at West beach before hitting the main drag and showing off to the local crowd


Peter's beast- A guzzi with hanging tits...




Ending a nice morning with coffee and cake at Ocean Blues- Sorry you couldn't make it Romy- now where's our coffee???





Now what do we do with the rest of the day?

[Kenyon]

Originally Posted by GSPD750

It looks like it has some 'jump' to it.

YES But I have now the Conti Trail Attack as Tyres, to make more Supermoto as Motocross. Look here:

I make this picture on 24.11.2012. Wasserkuppe/Rhön

[Schelbi]

Hey Kenyon,

you wanna see one more picture of your Twin:



It's a screenshot from the video I took following you on the Suhl motocross track this year.


Schelbi.


btw: do you see the decal on my front screen? It's ADV

[Kenyon]

Coooool, send me more Schelbi. And it was this year :-)

[Barbarin]

Just 8000 km ago I replaced one of the front discs of my RD07, and now is bended.... Now is time to replace the other one plus the rear too, and just dont feel like spending 700 € on the Honda original stuff, but I will if that is the only relaible option.

I dont ride fast, but two up and fully loaded.

Can you recommend me any source or brand?


Thanks in advance.

[Ladder106]

Check to make certain the pads are located correctly in the calipers.

There are small metal parts that snap into most calipers to allow the pads to slide in and out. Often these do not get reassembled correctly.

If your calipers use removable pins to guide the pads, check to be certain the pins are not worn with a groove that will fix the pad in place and not allow it to slide.

New discs should not warp if they are of reasonable quality

[tattewell]

Originally Posted by yeljac

Anybody know which crash bars these are?

Thanks.

[CLANTECH]

Originally Posted by Barbarin

Just 8000 km ago I replaced one of the front discs of my RD07, and now is bended.... Now is time to replace the other one plus the rear too, and just dont feel like spending 700 € on the Honda original stuff, but I will if that is the only relaible option.

I dont ride fast, but two up and fully loaded.

Can you recommend me any source or brand?.

I have these ones here: http://www.braking.com/catalogue/intro.php?lang=EN
Model: HO18FI

Less problems with heat building up, much cheaper and definitely worth the money. Did a trip around world with these and was happy all the way.

Greets
Claudio