Hey all, allready half year i'am owner of my xrv, in a past 4-6weeks i had few issues, leaking carbs, leaking petcock, leaking front forks, rear bearings, front bearings etc etc
For now i have to replace stearing bearings
After all this, i think after season we will be restoring this xrv.
Hi everyone, never posted on the forum, so here goes.
I have finally acquired an AT here is Australia, as they were never sold here. It is a '97 RD07a.
I am hoping to restore it, and customize it to be at least aesthetically more like the 1987 Cyril Neveu Dakar winning factory bike, which IMO...
As part of my rebuild I am overhauling the choke plungers, Honda now want a staggering £62 each for the kit of plungers, springs etc. I managed to get the plastic threaded parts out OK however the springs were badly corroded and one was broken and very weak. Sticky chokes are a common problem...
Your help is called on to solve this annoying issue!
A few weeks ago, my 2001 RDO7 (19,000 miles) developed a handlebar shake and a 'pogo' stick type motion in the handlebars at around 50mph. You could actually see the bar go up and down, not by a huge amount, but enough to be an issue.
To try...
Hi guys
I’m sure this has been discussed million of times.
The original workshop manual for the xrv (1994) seem to be something of a myth.
I got the Haynes manual but it’s not as detailed as the Honda original. (I have it for my blade and it’s so much better torque values etc)
Doing a full...
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