Fri Nov 22 10:10:35 1996
- Message No. 179
From: boeckmann@fokus.gmd.de
Subject: Re: new here...
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> From: d.heinrichs@key.GUN.de (Dirk Heinrichs)
> Subject: new here... (XRV-LIST)
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> Hi!
>
>
> I'm new in this mailing list and I think about buying an XRV750 next year.
>
> Actually I have a Honda NTV. It is a good bike, very reliable, low
> maintenance costs, but it is not very comfortable on longer distances,
> the chassis (Fahrwerk meine ich ;-) is not the best and it has no wind
> protection.
>
>
> So I have some questions:
>
> -What are the biggest disadvantages of the AT in your opinion? It has no
> cardan ;-) OK, but what else?
>
> -I have two GIVI-cases (38l Monokey) und I would like to continue
> using them. But I fear the bike gets very wide and a bit difficult
> to handle, especially if they're fitted very far outward and
> heavy loaded.
Last sommer I drove about 8 000 km down to tunesia with my AT using
2 GIVI-cases (34l Monokey). For normal driving it was OK!
Only driving with this combination offroad it wasn't too good. After 300 km
of driving offroad at a pist in the sahara, one bearer of the case broke
( Hein Gericke).
This happens because the case was to heavy and to far outside of the chassis
(at the right side you have the exhaust pipe). I thing this is one of the main
disadvantages of the combination AT and cases.
For my next offroad trip I am thinking of buying saddle catchalls (Satteltaschen) or weld my one case bearers.
>
> -What about power? 60PS are not too much for such a big and relatively
> heavy bike. Do you miss a bit more cubic capacity or power?
>
> -Till 9/97 I've only the 1a driving licence - 34PS instead of 60...
> Has anyone of you experiences with a throttled XRV?
Well, my throttled AT works fine. Biggest disadvantage for me is that there
is not enought power there during speeding up at speeds around 80-120 km
for example driving at the hightway and trying to overtake someone.
(For my trip down to africa, I removed the parts which reduce the power
of my AT...... :-)
>
>
> Thanks for answers!
>
>
>
> Gruß,
>
> Dirk.
>
> What are you waiting for? Christmas?
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