Wow, these bikes really sound nice

**Eddieb** · 17th October 2010, 19:29

Originally Posted by pampa

is your africa 650? i thought they were all 750s

The first one, the RD03 was a 650, they're the REALLY cool ones.

**pampa** · 17th October 2010, 21:00

as they say "u learn a good thing everyday "

**twisty** · 18th October 2010, 08:21

Awesome Vids, I didn't realize how much better the Dakar bikes where than Africa's

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/mod...aris_dakar.htm

**Taz** · 18th October 2010, 08:33

They could have made the Africa twin more like the Dakar bikes but that would have narrowed the focus and made the bike super expensive.

**pampa** · 18th October 2010, 08:54

Dry-Weight
125 kg

Originally Posted by twisty

Awesome Vids, I didn't realize how much better the Dakar bikes where than Africa's

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/mod...aris_dakar.htm

**NordieBoy** · 18th October 2010, 09:25

Originally Posted by pampa

Dry-Weight
125 kg

That would be with those "special" scales.

Another page says 160kg dry.

**pampa** · 18th October 2010, 10:14

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

That would be with those "special" scales.

Another page says 160kg dry.

that sounds more like it, not even todays bikes 690/650 are that lightweight ... still pretty good

shame they gave it too many pies on the production ones at 200+kg

**twisty** · 18th October 2010, 22:08

or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxS5tP-KqHY

I hope this embeds right? My Missus won't let me sell my Africa either. She took this tonight, I was curious how sideways I could get a fat AT