Sun, 8 Feb 1998 19:14:14 +0100
- Message No. 2119
From: "Agostino Faggiotto"
Subject: Re: buying a used @
My best compliments for the replies of Marcello (Marcel Sieling) to the
questions asked! I could not agree more completely; plus, I appreciate that
the answers were truly straight forward, objective and unbiased. I would
only like to add that buying a used @RD07 gives you the added valuable
gadget of the Trip Computer, which I find very useful, even if only for fuel
comsuption and clock. I would like to ask: "Has anybody altered the colors
of the @ to make it more personal and maybe a little more "serious" (who
likes, really, those flames out of the fuel tank?)". Since I am almost
fully convinced that I will keep my @ for the rest of my life, I am
personally thinking of having my favorite horse repainted perhaps with only
one color, maybe dark, like blue (metallic?) or sanded post-nuclear black, I
don't know. My crazy brother has repainted his bike - and I mean
completely - with a simple black termo-resistant spray and keeps bugging me
that I should do the same. But then, how much would that depreciate the @?
I'll be following asynchronouosly the chat. Ciao, Ago.
-----Original Message-----
From: Marcel Sieling
To: xrv@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de
Date: domenica 8 febbraio 1998 5.13
Subject: (XRV) buying a used @
>Hi,
>
>some short answers:
>
>>* The bike has to cost no more than 12,000 DM ($6666) [1] including a
>>big fuel tank. Which @-model with how many km on the odometer would be
>>realistic?
>
>Two years old with 8000 km or one year with 12000 km. Take the RD07, not
the
>older RD04. The RD07 has a better frame. If you get an '97 model or younger
>(RD07b), then you have some significant improvements on the carburetor (a
bit
>less consumption and better starting after long periods of standing still).
>
>>* What defects may occur at that age?
>None. ;-)
>
>>* Are there cheaper big tanks than the Touratech one?
>No, they all cost around 1700,-DM. There is a shop called Africa Queens,
but it
>sells the same tanks (same fotos in their catalogue) and they cost the
same.
>
>>* What's a `must have' add-on for an @?
>I have a big windscreen and a main stand. For desert use of course a big
tank
>and some other airbox, which solves the well known sand-in-the
>air-filter-problem and a GPS is recommended.
>
>>* Is the bike credible?
>Yes.
>
>>* How hard is the mainainance? In contrast to a BMW R80GS, it seems
>>difficult to maintain (lots of plastic, water cooler, ...)
>Yes that's right. Could be better. But standard maintenance (Oil, air
filter
>and chain) is easily done.
>
>>* How much fuel does it consume?
>6 to 10 Liters /100 km, depends on riding style and kind of ride
(street/sand).
>
>>Which kind of fuel?
>Unleaded, the cheapest one (91 ROZ).
>
>>* I know of the Tesch and the RMS aluminium box systems. Are there any
>>other _robust_ ones for the @?
>I ordered the Touratech boxes (1,5 mm Aluminium), because they are very
>professional made and good looking. For hard off road use you should better
use
>the Tesch Boxes (2mm Aluminium) or the Hein Gericke Tuareg (very heavy and
very
>expensive, but very stable, up to 3mm Aluminium!). Don't take the Goetz
ones.
>
>>* Can you think of anything else for advice?
>For hard off road use the @ is too heavy. But if you want to have a big
>travel-enduro, it's the bike of choice among Super Tenere and BMW (my
opinion).
>For hard enduro use you should use the KTM LC4 (of course). But IMHO it's
no
>good for long rides (30.000 km).
>
>take care - Marcello.

dipper@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de