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    Africa Twin owners and wannabes thread

    Just thought I'd start a thread for Africa Twin owners to discuss the awesomeness of our machinery and help each other with our (minor) problems.
    There must be more than the 3 owners I know of using this site and I've bumped into at least 3 keen wanabe's ,so make yourselves known .

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    I'm Buggs and I have been known to put Zerax's bike in danger by jumping my @ near it.

    And I have carb balancing, fuel mix and alt/reg power issues, all of wot I'm trying to work through.
    There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't. We should come home from our adventures having faced their perils and uncertainties, endured their discomfort and beaten the odds, with a sly acknowledgment and revitalised solidarity of character.

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    I don't think I'd count myself as a wannabe (yet LOL!) but definite to you guys for owning one great lookin classic adv bike!
    Cheers, Dave

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    I would, RD03's rock.
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    If you don't already frequent the below site you will find all your answers there, while I had mine I never had to travel further than its forums to find the answers I needed.

    http://www.xrv.org.uk/forums/africa-twin/
    In the words of Juan-Manuel Fangio "Brakes they only slow you down"

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    Quote Originally Posted by dmc View Post
    If you don't already frequent the below site you will find all your answers there, while I had mine I never had to travel further than its forums to find the answers I needed.

    http://www.xrv.org.uk/forums/africa-twin/
    yeah a lot of good info there, plus my haynes manual. Fuel economy can wait, just this damn electrical...battery isn't boiling. Would have tested it again tonight but cooked tea, herded kids, now wife going out. *&^^$*&()%$
    There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't. We should come home from our adventures having faced their perils and uncertainties, endured their discomfort and beaten the odds, with a sly acknowledgment and revitalised solidarity of character.

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    They do have that issue and alot of the guys change the rectifers which pack up, I put a decent Yuasa sealed battery in mine and all the problems went away.
    The cheap old battery that was in it use to get really hot and wouldn't hold a charge but then it was a lower power battery than the factory recommended, the good news is the RD04 has an odd ball battery and they are a bitch to get hold of , but on the upside once I put a good battery in the bike it started much better, ran much better and didn't get anywhere as hot as the old battery.

    I just modified the battery box on mine to make a RD07 Yuasa battery fit but there are some other brands that should have a battery to fit that's not a cheap and nasty.
    In the words of Juan-Manuel Fangio "Brakes they only slow you down"

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    cheers for the tips. Bike came with a spare reg which tests ok. About to disappear out to the batcave now that the sproglets are tucked up in happyland. Battery is a Yuasa maintainable (ie not sealed) and seems ok. Didn't think about the odd size...might mod it if the time comes...

    For now though, back to checking for grounds and bad connections etc.
    There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't. We should come home from our adventures having faced their perils and uncertainties, endured their discomfort and beaten the odds, with a sly acknowledgment and revitalised solidarity of character.

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    If you like Africa Twins, you'll love this ride report: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=407209

    Somone else on KB found this and posted the link - I read the 38 pages in one hit and wanted more.
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    Great bikes - maybe when I am rich enough to have a collection of bikes who knows...

    Will be following this thread with interest.

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    nope, still both my fitted and spare reg/rect test fine, alt has output on all 3 phases, reg outputs to battery + and - have fine continuity...hmmm.

    Have now fitted my H4 bulbs (see mod here) but now they are pointing waaay too high. great light from twin 60/55W rather than the old 35/35W which were just diabolical to ride with at night! but yeah, just the aim to sort out, and at the moment it seems I have done all I can with the aim adjusters...

    Underground? Heeeeeeeellllllllllpppppppppp!
    There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't. We should come home from our adventures having faced their perils and uncertainties, endured their discomfort and beaten the odds, with a sly acknowledgment and revitalised solidarity of character.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dmc View Post
    If you don't already frequent the below site you will find all your answers there, while I had mine I never had to travel further than its forums to find the answers I needed.

    http://www.xrv.org.uk/forums/africa-twin/
    I should have titled this thread 'and has-beens' ...at least you've gone in the right direction ,I also aspire to own a 950 but not until I can afford one without selling the @.
    That forum is awesome alright ,it's answered a few difficult issues for me.
    Buggs , if theyre aiming too high lose some weight and if too low get a pillion
    I just fitted H4's straight into mine, just a matter of a straight bulb swap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pete376403 View Post
    If you like Africa Twins, you'll love this ride report: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=407209

    Somone else on KB found this and posted the link - I read the 38 pages in one hit and wanted more.
    I keep waiting for someone to post up about how they should have left the wives behind and it's not a real adventure if they have got 4wd's with them

    I'm only at about page 12...

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    Quote Originally Posted by pete376403 View Post
    If you like Africa Twins, you'll love this ride report: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=407209

    Somone else on KB found this and posted the link - I read the 38 pages in one hit and wanted more.
    Yep, that was me that posted it. I was drooling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NordieBoy View Post
    I'm only at about page 12...
    Caught up now...

    Hmmm...
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