Tue Jul 29 10:30:24 1997 - Message No. 1197
From: "MARCO KOST"

Subject: African Queens-Products


Hi there!

A friend of mine got a 40l-tank on his RD04 and he got big problems 
to put it on his bike. He had a lot of work until this part fitted 
his bike. But now it looks perfectly. The tank is painted like the 
original one. A big problem is that the plastic parts are pushed 
outside, because the tank is broader than the original, and so you 
could get problems with vibrations killing your panelling. Also you 
can't use your crashbars anymore. You have to build your own ones or 
you weld some "distant pieces" into your old ones. I try to add a 
picture of this bike on my homepage (approx. next week). 
Inside the tank you have a kind of foam to keep the fuel from pushing 
left and right. You need two devices to switch between normal and 
reserve (Benzinhahn, does anybody know this word in English?!), 
'cause the tank is lower on both sides than the original. 
The mechanics of my dealer told me about the rear tank for the RD04 
that it won't fit, because it was originally engineered for the 
XRV650, which has a different "rear frame". So you have to modify it 
at a RD04. 
So not everything that shines is gold (my feeling of Africa Queen 
parts). If you have mechanical skills, you shouldn't worry. @s with 
Africa Queen parts look really great!
Every year, Stephan Jaspers invites to a Africa Twin Meeting, which 
is held near Holzirchen, which is located approx. 25 km south of 
Munich.
Also, his bikes can be seen at the IMOT, a motorcycle exhibition in 
Munich (Gewerbegebiet near Frankfurter Ring).

CU

Marco

P.S.: Sorry for my bad English!
 
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Marco Kost
Am Antritt 27  83727 Schliersee 
Tel.: 08026/4139
email: makost@nw80.cip.fak14.uni-muenchen.de
Homepage: http://www.cip.fak14.uni-muenchen.de/~makost
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