Wed, 20 Jan 1999 18:32:55 -0800 - Message No. 4801
From: "Nuno Sena"

Subject: Re: Tankschutzbuegel


   ...   Hye Martin Franz, my name is Nuno Sena from Lisbon -Portugal .

   ... Caught your message going by in the africa twin mailings and canīt
help but tell you that I know exactly how important it is to make the right
choice before buying the crash protections.

   Before the Africa I had a Transalp on which I mounted the Honda
"all-round-engine crashbar", and that soon was completely damaged, along
with the plastics on the bike. Wasted big bucks fixing it like 5 times!!!!

   This is obviously because of the offroad that I go out and do with these
big trails together with 5 or 6 other friends, and that we so much enjoy.
   It has enabled us to get to know countrysidePortugal well (by the way,
going to Morocco, Erg Shebby and Atlas Mountains in March, money and time
willing of course !!!)

   Anyway, just bought a new white XRV750@98 in september98 and
Yahooooo,    Whoopieee,        what a beauty, she flies low and is
absolutely beautiful handling offroad (letīs not forget that I am comparing
her to Suzuki DRīs, Honda Dominatorīs, and Transalpīs, some of the big
trails (dual-purpose) that I know very well.
   Obviously, I could not enjoy her potential without Michelin Deserts,
Yoshimura Carbon Exhaust (the sound helps me keep up the adrenaline,hehehe)
and the "RIKY CROSS" CRASHBARS !!!! In that sense they are more than paid
for, believe me, they are Fantastic ; I have summersolted over the bike,
fallen sideways tens of times, crashed into rivers and they still hold !!!!!
,  not even slightly bent, ie: the bike has some tree scratches but it
enables me to take her to work every Monday !!!! In this group of friends 4
of us have @ and all with the "Riky Cross" crashbars
     Check them out, "Riky Cross" is the brand name and they have 3 separate
parts for the Africa Twin :
   1- the Side crashhbars ...
   2- the front crashbars ...
   3- the light protector, a metalic grid that protects lights from oncoming
Stones due to the damn XRīs, CRīs that sometimes come with us ... and
obviously,stay ahead !!!
   Hope you consider my suggestion, in Portugal I paid around 250 euros for
the 3, and if you ever consider coming around to this great and welcoming
country Iīll be most glad to show you around, bye Nuno.
   KEEP SLIDING ... !!!!!!
          ...I really enjoyed this expression, saw it one of these days in
this mailing list !

-----Original Message-----
From: martin.franz@netway.at 
To: xrv@atic.org 
Date: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 8:37 AM
Subject: AW: (XRV) Tankschutzbuegel


>Hi Axel,
>Please post in english next time.
>
>Translation:
>/START AXEL
>Hi everybody,
>who can give tips about crash bars for the rd07.
>
>which ones are good ones, which ones are bad ones. how many different
>mounting possibilities are available.
>which problems can occure ?
>is it of any use ?
>/END AXEL
>
>Reply from me:
>IMHO one of the best available are the MOTADS. Bad ones where imho the five
>stars, cause they kill the cooler.
>A common problem is, that the two front mountings (those, which also hold
>the engine protector) tend to fall off. If you want to avoid it, you can
>use the method Sakis did describe: get rid of the original mountings and
>weld a single piece of metal on the frame.
>Telling from some experience, a GOOD crash bar is VERY usefull, to avoid
>damage on the "smaller" crashes... One thing more, MOTADS definitly look
>cool :-))
>best regards, martin




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