Another @ on Tard Me- This time an RD04

[Padmei]

Good on ya bubbs. I'm glad it's local so I know where to pinch it from..(oops I mean see it occasionally on outings..)
Don't go mental on it - yet.

[buggsubique]

oh no, much too treasured to be going mental on it ... yet. That said, I'll find the limits of this 200kg+ machine I'm sure. Once my pocket money pays her off I might be finding myself wandering back to my roots...we'll see... but for the forseeable future, she'll remain mostly as-is but with some offroadable tyres.

Padwan, I've got a spare one in the shed for you...just a little smaller.

[Padmei]

oh no, much too treasured to be going mental on it ... yet. That said, I'll find the limits of this 200kg+ machine I'm sure. Once my pocket money pays her off I might be finding myself wandering back to my roots...we'll see... but for the forseeable future, she'll remain mostly as-is but with some offroadable tyres.

Padwan, I've got a spare one in the shed for you...just a little smaller.

Oh you tricker!
That bike looks beaut - as for mine... Do you think I could fit a full size screen on that?

[buggsubique]

the bigger one's a custom - Italians are big on em and often cut the body up for a more off rd / big trailbike look.

Not sure about the screen on the little one - motor might struggle to overcome the drag. I think you could do 2-up though.

[BMWST?]

the bigger one's a custom - Italians are big on em and often cut the body up for a more off rd / big trailbike look.

Not sure about the screen on the little one - motor might struggle to overcome the drag. I think you could do 2-up though.

well done was pretty keen on that myself!

[buggsubique]

hey thanks, sorry if I cut yer grass... if it wasn't that I think it was gunna be back to another DR-Z if I couldn't get a cheapish XR 650 R, but yeah sold the DR-Z to wait for one of these to come along...

[Underground]

Welcome into the fold Buggsy , I knew you had it in you , drop round and we'll see if we can do some jumps on it .

[buggsubique]

Easy there wise one who will educate me in the ways of the XRV!

...although apparently they can be done... Can they be landed too?

Will be way keen for a ride. Have Army stuff in Nelson next sat so if I ride over I'll pop in on the way home..if yer round and depending what time etc blah.

[JATZ]

Well done there Buggs, I woulda gone and picked it up for ya, ya only needed to ask

[Underground]

Have Army stuff in Nelson next sat so if I ride over I'll pop in on the way home..if yer round and depending what time etc blah.

Forget the army stuff (see my post in Nelson rideouts) no ones going to start a war theres a recession you know

[XRVrider]

Cheers matt.

Glad the bike is going to a good home. Yep they can get off the ground, but it takes a fair ramp... never tried it before though, honest ;-) Hope you get as much pleasure out of it as I did. Favourite bike by far, and might find it hard to let go tomorrow.

It'll be really good on long trips, just keep any weight carried on the back low or you get steering wobble. These love winding roads, if there's a few bumps as well you'll leave most bikers behind. Have fun mate, all the best.

[buggsubique]

Well she's here and parked up in the garage...after two test rides in as many hours. Whoppin big bike compared to what I used to ride. The weight I felt making it want to oversteer. Slight adjustment of the bars for a bit more height and forward positioning puts her a bit more like I'm used to. Bit of a vibration going through 4-4.5k rpm, but shed loads of pull and stable as hell on the road. New tyres on the cards to survive winter tho and help hold it upright!

Ride and farkling reports to follow!

B

[Padmei]

Good on ya son

[Underground]

Good stuff Buggs , you will most definately need bar risers to get a comfortable standing position ,I rolled mine as far foreward as possible and its about right for me .
Oh and if it doesnt have already ,shout it some 10w fork oil (cheapest and most effective mod available)

[buggsubique]

Well here she is, in all her early 90's colours, ha.

It's taken a bit of getting used to like I said, but I think I cracked it tonight when I took her off road in one my the local river beds (with bald road tyres, yikes).

Kinda a bit twitchy to start with, but often speed helps smooth out the bumps so fang it I did and she really came alive. Very responsive to the wrist, suspension plush enough to take the small drop offs and ruts (will put 10W in the front end though). So yeah, short answer was "ride it like a trailbike"....albeit a 220kg one.

Picked up zeRax and went for a spin 2up, piece of cake.

Required mods as time and $ allow:

-replace fork oil
-new gravel biased tyres
-new shock boots
-75 to 100w bulbs if I can find the right replacements or custom up a standard set. (who the f*ck specifies 35W bulbs up front!?!?? esp with the 360W alt)
-new bar risers and alloy high rise bar
-cut windscreen down (currently throws it straight into your face, v noisy).
-fault check / replace temp guage
-refoam & recover seat


Ideal mods down the track

-remove all stock fairings and plastics, slim & trim it all down with aluminium side plates and rear fender (need to relocate coolant overflow tank)
-remove front fairing and all its claggage and rewire to a trailtech vapor & dash.
-custom dual headlights, cutdown plastic front fender onto lower clamp
-Swap out stock tank for smaller XLV tank, custom fab rad shrouds / braces.

Keep all the stock stuff, but basically trim the fat off the girl.

So yeah, bugger I won't be around for the twin peaks this sat, but hopefully get over Nelsin way soon for a decent haul!

Cheers, B