whadda ya think???

[Badcat]

Beautiful bike, Ken. Great colour !!

yep - it's the repsol orange from the NSR.

k

[Badcat]

I believe that the TransAlps, Revere 650 and Bros 650 all share the same engine (shaft-drive notwithstanding) but the Bros has a higher state of tune. I did this research when I looked at buying one.

yep - the revere (shaft) is a lower tune.
it's a great torquey smooth v-twin with 3 valves a cylinder.
the africa twin has a 750 version of the same motor.
m4 do a great pipe - and a couple of 36 flatslides wakes them up considerably.

ken

[ducatilover]

yeah, orange is a good colour if i must say myself ignore the dying man i put it there cos it looks cool........

[ducatilover]

when i go to see it would some one come with me who has a bit of knowledge or knows what to look for, as i said its in welly....

[Nutter34]

Go ahead. It's a good purchase.

Had fun with mine. They go okay. Handle well.
Very good for fettling, if you are so inclined......

A few mods done: Fitting the fuel pump under the tank, allowing the trimming of the plastics under the battery box. Lowering the headlights, clocks, etc around 12mm, if I remember correctly. Raised the rear of the seat unit by adding 10mm into the subframe. Removed the pillion pegs. Did the rear brake line through the swingarm (braided brake lines ). Not forgetting the Buell style pipe. Lots of sweat went into that one......

Another link for you....
http://www.hawkland.de/beatty/HawkGT.html

[zadok]

I can vouch for the NTV650. Had mine almost 14 years and 119,000km with no problems. The chain drive version does look nice.

[Badcat]

Go ahead. It's a good purchase.

Had fun with mine. They go okay. Handle well.
Very good for fettling, if you are so inclined......

A few mods done: Fitting the fuel pump under the tank, allowing the trimming of the plastics under the battery box. Lowering the headlights, clocks, etc around 12mm, if I remember correctly. Raised the rear of the seat unit by adding 10mm into the subframe. Removed the pillion pegs. Did the rear brake line through the swingarm (braided brake lines ). Not forgetting the Buell style pipe. Lots of sweat went into that one......

Another link for you....
http://www.hawkland.de/beatty/HawkGT.html

man - that pipe looks like a LOT of work!
what does it sound like now?

ken

[nudemetalz]

Sent you a PM, Dukelover.

[thehollowmen]

poor mans ducati??? well i have to get it then, it should sound good, cos i rode a yamaha srv250 which has the same vtwin as the virago and that sounded like a beauty......i think i'll check it out though, and its only in welly so......i will have to ride it over the taka's to get home....

Yeah, sound almost the same with some slip on carbon fiber mufflers...
Can't remember if ya seperate the exhasts though.. I'm sure someone will tell ya

[nudemetalz]

A 52 degree twin has more of a rumble noise than the bark of a 90 degree v-twin like a VTR1000 for instance.

[Sniper]

Well dome mate, go 4 it.

[ducatilover]

Sent you a PM, Dukelover.

got it. thanks everyone i'm now selling the gn for $2100. i've received more help than i expected honestly, now all i gotta do is look at it and hopefully buy it before the gn's rego runs out[28th this month] dependent on how much cash i have i'll probably sell the gn to a dealer if this person is desperate for cash oh, its a KBer thats selling the bike by the way, i just forget her name......