Hello from @ Newbie

[barryw33]

Hi, just got my first @. Been after one for years its a 96 p reg(quite old i Know) but only has 15000 miles on. Any advice would be great. I am 5' 11'' which means that I have a bit of a stretch for the floor(inbetween tiptoes and ball of foot).paid 2499 from a dealer (traded in the missus's 125 cos she's pregnant ans 1000 cash). full mot and service. Bit pricey i know but the 125 was a spanish import(i used to live in Spain) and saved me the arse ache of having to sell it. my history of bikes so far is suzuki ts100er, suzuki vl125 intruder, honda deauville, and a BMW F650. one main question is can the bike be lowered, I am happy as it is but an inch lower would be perfect. cheers for any advice in advance.

[Chad]

you could quite easily have the seat modified to suit your needs losing an inch of would be no problem , and would save any hassle and potential to ruin the bikes handling

you will find plenty of info in the links section and some other members will be along shortly to tell you what mods they've made to there seats

welcome aboard dude enjoy the site they are a good crowd here

[barryw33]

one question i have and it may sound silly but what it the big square plastic panel on top of the petrol tank for, I dont pick my bike up til next saturday so havnt had a chance to investigate

[YEN_POWELL]

one question i have and it may sound silly but what it the big square plastic panel on top of the petrol tank for, I dont pick my bike up til next saturday so havnt had a chance to investigate

Undo the 4 crosshead screws in the plastic cover, lift it off and that is the airfilter, just lift it out to change it.

[Chad]

one question i have and it may sound silly but what it the big square plastic panel on top of the petrol tank for, I dont pick my bike up til next saturday so havnt had a chance to investigate

Undo the 4 crosshead screws in the plastic cover, lift it off and that is the airfilter, just lift it out to change it.

being so high up is what gives the AT its legdenary ability to go very deep in water

[barryw33]

I see that there is a lot of mention of RD04 RD07 etc. I gather these are model numbers. Cna you tell me what model mine is being a 96 p reg bike

[Ralph]

Welcome aboard, I recently joined after also picking up a very nice 96' on a P plate. Got it a couple of weeks ago after looking for months.

What colour did you get?

Heres mine in a very nice grey colour scheme with my daughter at the helm.



One thing to check when you change the tyres, are the insides of the rims. My rear is quite badly corroded around the valve hole even though the outside looks fine.

Enjoy the ride & the wealth of knowledge to be gleaned from the members of this site.

[barryw33]

Hi, Mine is the standard tri colour red white and blue. I must say that yours looks mint. Here ids the picture of it in the dealers

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[barryw33]

How do you upload an image, I have done the link thing and it works if you click on it but doesnt show the image in the message

[barryw33]

I'll try again