Africa Twin owners and wannabes thread

**NordieBoy** · 2nd January 2010, 18:59

Originally Posted by Underground

it even lands more gracefully.

Not something you usually hear in conjunction with AT's

**JATZ** · 2nd January 2010, 20:08

Originally Posted by Underground

it even lands more gracefully.

Hmmmm..... wonder if they do a set for the BIG

**Padmei** · 2nd January 2010, 20:48

Same size forks as the standard DR?

Good stuff Underground. After Fing round with mine so much I 'm glad I did -they're pretty good.

**Underground** · 2nd January 2010, 21:33

The one thing I found that I wasnt expecting is that I have a gate on a hill and comming downhill I would kill it in gear ,put the sidestand down and do the gate ,well it used to lurch up and down on and off the front brake and be kind of hard to manage , but now it just sits there nice and steady like this staunch thing ready to leap back into action...if you have to get on and off a big bike on a downhill you will know what I mean. how do you get smilies on this new KB thing ??

**JATZ** · 2nd January 2010, 21:59

Originally Posted by Underground

how do you get smilies on this new KB thing ??

Go Advanced, bottom right corner of the box yer typing in

41mm forks Padmei BTW

**Padmei** · 3rd January 2010, 18:57

Originally Posted by JATZ

41mm forks Padmei BTW

KLR intimernintorors may fit. Just have to check inside dia. If you paid me enough you could try mine for size.

yay found my smilies (didn't know you were a comp geek as well)

Hey mr geek how do I get back to the main adv forum without going back to the top & going thru all the bs

**JATZ** · 3rd January 2010, 19:23

Originally Posted by Padmei

KLR intimernintorors may fit. Just have to check inside dia. If you paid me enough you could try mine for size.

yay found my smilies (didn't know you were a comp geek as well)

Hey mr geek how do I get back to the main adv forum without going back to the top & going thru all the bs

I havn't met any terrain the Big can't handle YET, it's mostly operator error when things go pear shaped, so I won't bother with intermunternatorerthingamywhatsitshoodackeys at this stage

Go back to the top ya lazy beggar and click on Forum Motorcyclesubtypes Adventure/Dual Purpose Bikes Africa Twin owners and wannabes thread
the red one

**buggsubique** · 24th January 2010, 19:13

Nothing special, just the usual Molesworth / Rainbow loop this morning with Jeff and Kyle. Bloody good thing Jeff came along otherwise it mightn't have been such a rosy end to the ride...rear wheel felt a bit looser than normal...then a bit noisier, then it kinda went crunch crunch for a bit then started squealing...

Long story short, there is an RD04 sitting about 20km north of Hanmer springs on the Rainbow side. Cheers to Zerax for bringing the wheel out and mega thanks to Underground for the stylish 2 Up tour of the Rainbow

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Back down tomorrow from Blenheim to fit the rebuilt rear wheel and ride her out (with the kids taking turns). sigh.

**NordieBoy** · 24th January 2010, 19:33

It's an adventure all right

**dino3310** · 24th January 2010, 20:05

Originally Posted by buggsubique

Long story short, there is an RD04 sitting about 20km north of Hanmer springs on the Rainbow side.
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shite you couldnt post that if it were up this end of the country.

**Underground** · 24th January 2010, 20:32

That was a nice little outing (for some of us)
I left home (French Pass) at 6am and got back at 7.15pm clocking 670km , It makes a good round trip from here with lots of gravel roads .
I almost felt sorry for my @ with you on the back Buggs , you are a lot heavier than my usual pillion.
Got some pics on the camera , I'll try and post them tomorrow

**Underground** · 24th January 2010, 21:19

Someone borrowed a bolt to punch the bearing out with but the bearing just busted so we took the whole wheel .
What do you think of Zerax's cool 3 wheeler ?