Thu Mar 6 14:36:56 1997 - Message No. 490
From: Jorn Ronnow

Subject: Re: AT history (XLV, NXR, XRV)


At 08:13 97-03-06 +0000, Pierre wrote:
>I suppose that you're talking about the secondary transmission
>when refering to shaft/chain drive ? 

Yes.

>Now a question Jorn, what do you now about other similarities/differences
>between the XRV/NXR (frame/suspension/brakes ...) ?

I don't think there where any similarities at all. I only know of the frame
of the 1986 NXR: That was a bit like a Super Tenere frame with a single
upper frame tube from the steering head (?? the part where the front fork
goes into the frame) leading back under the tank. The XRV 650/750 had a much
better frame with two upper tubes from the steering head and back, so NXR's
later than 1986 probably also had better frames.

Something that's fun about the street vs. racing Hondas and @ vs Super Tenere:

Honda didn't change very much to make a production Paris-Dakar racer.
Fork/suspension was different, of course, but apart from that it was mostly
small things like moving the air intake (higher up!), bigger tanks etc. And
many privateers ran with modified standard Hondas. 

But the Super Tenere simply wasn't good enough offroad, so Yamaha's YZE 850
racer is a totally different bike from the XTZ 750. Frame and everything is
different, only the base for the engine is the same. So I guess we picked
the right bike to buy :-)

Keep sliding
-Jorn



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