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  1. Africa Twin
    Hi All, I have a W plate RD07 and it is not a well machine. I have owned it for 12 years and for 2 of those years it sat unused due to work and family commitments. I got it back on the road 2 years ago with the helps of my usual mobile mechanic friend but after a year it started to lose power...
  2. Transalp Technical Specs
    Hello , just bought my first transalp va8 , Picked it up today from Birmingham (uk), Great bike , ride home was cold , but hay , had a smile on my face all the way,, bit of a wheel shake , looked and found that the balance weights on the rims were missing , so that's my first job,, But overall...
  3. Africa Twin
    Honda Africa Twin XRV 650 RD03 - Home
  4. Bodgers Corner
    I wanted to get rid of the sticky spray lube for the chain and intended to build my own chain oiler.<br> My main objectives were: low tech, independent from motor vacuum or electricity/electronics. full manual control of the amount of oil being applied, depending on road or weather conditions...
  5. Dominator / FMX
    Out on a cold, wet ride today. Nearing home my indicators started playing up - lights come on but don’t flash. Same whether indicating left or right. Hopefully just a bit of moisture in the flasher unit and will right itself when it dries out. Anyone here experienced something similar? Sent...
  6. Member Classifieds
    I am thinking of selling my Dommie as it doesnt get the use it deserves.:(:(:( What are these bikes selling for these days? My spare time will be taken up riding my latest project next year so I would l like to find a good home for it.:thumbup: It just needs a pair of new tyres and the...
  7. Africa Twin
    Hi, I am Catweasel's brother, here as I've inherited his 91 RD04 - Tim had a heart attack whilst cycling near his home in Vienna on May 14th. Sadly he never regained consciousness and officially died on the 16 th aged 49. I have just brought his RD04 back from Ausria and will be registering...
  8. Transalp
    Hey all, My clutch cable snapped last week (luckily once I was home and parked) and I just swapped it out the other day. It took me longer than expected to free the old cable, purely because there was a little cable clip on the rear of the main upright. Difficult to see or feel, but once I had...
  9. Africa Twin
    I bought and rode home 130 miles this xrv750 it ran great, if anything it's a little over fuelling as it's popping when you ease off the throttle, when I picked up it had very little fuel in as I just manage to get to the garage as I had to switch over to the reserve, When I got home...
  10. Bikes For Sale / Wanted
    hi all, first post on this site ;) so i bought a transalp from a guy who bought my tiger,i stripped most of the body work off inc fairing ,clocks, luggage rack, indicators etc, I've kept all the parts. it was serviced just before i bought it , starts on the button mileage is 39k (only took...
  11. Transalp
    Hi, new to forum. See attached pics of mine and 3 friends; all 650 Transalps, blue, silver, red, black! Recent seaside outing and the 2 adventurous ones went for a paddle in a river on the way home..
  12. Dominator / FMX
    Well it had to be too good to be true, 44 miles in to my day off first shakedown run and STOP. Bit of background, she passed the mot yesterday and i got a quick 30 miles run before home. So far so good, today i planned running south to Larne then up the beautiful Antrim coast road home to...
  13. Off Topic Lounge
    I know some of you are thinking it but far too polite to say it...:D:D:D My son called me today with some bad news about the carb he was going to ultrasound clean so I headed over to his work place and took my cylinder head with me to see if he could clean it before I strip it down to see whats...
  14. Off Topic Lounge
    I found an imperial measurements socket set for sale here in Denmark for £20 Its make is USAG which I have never heard of and its has 21 sockets from 3/8" up to ! 1/4" which is a bargain in this part of Europe that I call home.. While I was talking to the seller I asked if he had any other tools...
  15. Transalp
    I am hoping to buy back my old 2001 Transalp in the next few weeks, not for me, but for my Nephew as his first "big" bike after getting his Test. Total mileage now is around 30k miles I sold it after owning it for 6-7 years and only moved it on because of a knee problem at the time :-( The guy...
  16. General Honda XRV Discussions
    Hi, So today i installed an aftermarket exhaust onto my duke, and after getting it all setup with some exhaust paste too applied to the inside of the linking pipe and the pipe that connects to the slip on exhaust, i noticed that there is a small blow coming from the clamps, on the linking pipe...
  17. Transalp
    2006 Transalp. I got work but when I tried to start it, going home, it was completely dead. As if the battery wasn't there. Got it started from a battery pack someone had. It ran roughly for a few minutes and the rev counter was working intermittently but after a few minutes it ran fine. As if...
  18. Varadero
    Hello friends, just been arrived from a 3200kms trip arround pyrenees. When I got home after 800kms with arround 36degrees, my battery went almost flat. Ive been following the electrical fault-find pdf and the stator at 2500-3000rpm, two phases give me 55volts AC and one 75AC... Also, when I...
  19. Member Classifieds
    Hi guys first can I say how happy I was to come across this site because I have eventually got the ride of my dreams (no that was 30 years ago when I met my wife ) I should say the bike of my dreams .I collected her looking very forlorn chained to a drainpipe No not my wife the bike where she...
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