I am a motorcycle enthusiastic and a musician who loves to travel on two wheels. My aim is to get to know as much places as I can and meet other people who enjoy all aspects of travelling on a motorcycle. The aim of this channel is to open a small window of these places and to show everyone out there what beautiful world we have and to encourage anyone to start discovering it on two wheels which i think is the best way to travel. And also to share my experiences by giving tips and advice which i think worked so far for me. There are so many magnificent places, people and cultures out there, so get on your bike and start the adventure!
Greetings, As always another brilliant detailed video production 🇺🇲🍾🎉🇺🇲 Would you provide me with the link to purchase the led light bulbs and the Chinese rack and keep producing more videos about the DR
Excellent, I've had my DR 650 for a couple of months and we're on the same path. Tremendously happy with the performance and I think it will be my last bike, it does everything! Subscribed to your channel,I will soon upload my modifications so you can see my channel, greetings from CHILE.
@@badyride909 Greetings from Ireland! Thanks for your comment and your subscription. The Dr is the real unicorn! Please do upload I would like to see. All the best!
@@kalpetkoff Well I can see your point. It’s not the easiest tire to replace but on the other hand it’s a great tire. This is my third one now and I really like it. I have changed all the three of them myself and after a while you get the hang of it. Now I never had to do one on the road on bad weather or freezing cold which I guess you will have a point but again in such circumstances. Any tire would be a pain in the arse to replace. 👍
@@44degreesmotorcycleadventures I'm about to install a set of these on my T7. I hope, I will not have to change a flat on the road. Thanks for the video!
@@44degreesmotorcycleadventures I just installed my set of Mitas E07+, and I have to admit they are great tires. Much better than the Pirelli Scorpion Rally ST.
Kudos for pulling this off! I've been trying to remove the rear tyre since Sunday with no luck. Used hardware are 2 spoons from Eastbound, and for 'software' a lot of lube and soap as suggested, and no, I don't have a heated gun (but it is 34C/93F out here for compensation). With the 2 spoons I managed to break the bead and get just a few centimeters of the tyre over the rim, but as a result the tension in other parts of the tyre is now so tight I'm not even able to get the spoon underneath the edge of the tyre. I have a feeling the edge of the tyre moved to the center of the rim, also making it hard to get too. All of the soap and lube making everything slippery isn't helpful. I'm out of options......other than finding someone with the right tools :)
@@SKLSNAPS hey sorry to hear you having issues getting the tyre off the rim. It can be a really pain if the tyre is too old as the flexibility of the rubber is pretty much gone. Also it depends on the type tyre as well. Mitas E07+ enduro for example has a really tick side wall making it a really pain to remove or put it one. My suggestion is put the wheel on a piece of wood so the rotor does not touch the ground and kneel on the tyre and using your knee to put pressure on the tyre as you work your way with the levers. Don’t try to put the lever too far apart from the one that is already inside of the tyre because you won’t have much leverage to insert it. When you have the second lever in, use your knee to hold the tyre down as you remove it from the tyre. Then again insert the lever close to be next one and slide it a bit. Hope this makes sense. The main thing here is to move the lever in small amounts while holding the tyre down with your knees. Hope this can help All the best
@@44degreesmotorcycleadventures Thnx for the encouragement and suggestions, much appreciated! I think you're right, and I'm stupid not to think of the option the tyre (indeed a Trail Enduro +) is just worn out and has no flexibility left. I don't work with wood but use a stiff road tyre underneath so I can work my way around it. Usually when a tyre is off the bead and you put pressure on one side of the tyre, the other side lifts up to the edge of the rim. As soon as you stop the pressure the other side comes down again leaving the gap it creates between the tyre and the rim when its of the bead. To emphasise your point the tyre reached its end of life; it didn't come down and leave a gap which made me think it connected to the bead again, and I actually took the spoons and bead breaker to check, but it was still off the bead. I always take small amounts and even stood with two feet on the tyre to create extra room for the spoon to get behind the edge of the tyre, but the tyre wouldn't have it due to the lack of flexibility. As soon as I have it off the rim this whole process will repeat itself, because the new tyre is the same :).....lucky me......
@@robrob9050 I got the first acronym but can figure out the last 😂 I had had others in this channels mentioning how bad the gas mileage of the TA was. On mine one I did not find that bad she did about 150, 160 miles which came close to most reviews out there which is basically 45mpg She is a heavy mama so I suppose that does not help. I guess it also depends on how one rides it . I am a 60mph kind guy so that could explain the mpg. Thanks for your comment and all the best
@@44degreesmotorcycleadventures I drive now 60 km/h like grandma going to Massoutis (Supermarket in Greece) and burning of fuel is minimal, definitely does not help if you drive fast, MBT like (Main Battle Tank) fuel burning haha
Hi there the best way to find out is to try it ou if you can. I don’t think it should be an issue for you if your inseam is 31. I am 5.11”/ 180cm and my inseam is 32 I can almost flat foot. Again I have set the preload of the rear shock to be a be stiffer so in your case to can always soft it a bit to get a little bit more saggy on the rear shock. The seat of the xrv is a bit wide so that would spread your leg a bit more apart so it will make if feel a bit taller. So my advise is to try it out and ask the person that you buying from if any mod has been done on the rear shock like adding preload or stiffer springs because that will make the bike taller. Good luck and hope you get one they are great bikes 👍
Next time put the tube in the new tyre and inflate a bit the push the vavle through the rim ,and push the first bead in place may need a rubber hammer . Deflate the tube and lever on the tyre . You need to raise the rim not the tyre off the ground . It needs to fallover the rim instead of being level
I hate changing the Mitas you did. So hard sidewalls. But they're great tires when fitted. Good job, and when you're out in the woods, you know you can fix a puncture yourself.
@@janra8653 Yes they have. A trick that I learned through the years changing them is that if you are doing at home you can use a heated gun to warm them up. That makes fitting much easier. 👍
Hey buddy! Sorry don’t know from the top of my head but I have shared the link of my manual and you can have a look. All the best drive.google.com/file/d/1UV-71AQZelz_YDNcv_VhV9uaFaexxnjv/view?usp=drivesdk
Well done. Do you ever feel lack of power? I had a rd04, switched on ankym LC8, but it is too violent. Rd07 has more torque of rd04 I suppose. Love the sound of engine
Hey there. To be honest I don’t. It has more torque than the Transalp and been lighter it feels more agile. Of course is not as machine that you are going to be doing wheelies but it can handle well. I am at the moment travelling back from the ABR festival to Ireland, full loaded with camping gear and it is handling really well. Thanks for your comment and all the best to you
Read the description before the 30 seconds, knew it was a DR650 before I even saw it, great bike, welcome to the vintage family. PS: I'd argue, like Fortnine showed, that Honda still makes great bikes. The Transalp 700 is a great contender for this one, if a bit expensive. Then again, NX650/XR650 exist where you guys are so there's that oldie as well. Great ride.
Hahaha I gave it away! Yeah I am enjoying this bike so much. It’s a great machine. The Transalp is a great machine but is on a complete different level All the best! Thanks!
I get it. I'd swap my transalp 700 for an AT XRV any time 😃it's just that around here in Austria they're unreasonably expensive. I'll keep followingy you 👍
Transalp is a more comfortable bike specially on the pavement. But I prefer the AT as a more do all bike. For me it has a better riding position for my height and it is a more agile bike. Both bikes are great bikes to own but to me AT win for me.
G'day, Great video, I am taking delivery of my XRV750 RD07A ( 1997) in May, I run 35 litre Givi Canyon soft bags on my GSA1250 Trophy and been on many trios around Australia with them, love apart losing one the handles that tore off.my question is I am wanting to purchase crash bars like your because they look like they protect the upper half on the body work, can let me know where you purchased them from? Many thanks
Hey there. Glad to hear that you’re getting an AT! I got the bars from heavyduties which is a company in Romania. They were very helpful on my purchase but I am not happy with the finish quality of bars. I always keep my bike in the garage dried all the time and they already have rust spots on their weld joins. I have a GIvi crash bar on my Transalp for about 7 years now and they have had not a spot of rust on them. So I am not sure how long this one will last. Regarding the protection they are really good as I dropped my bike one day and the bar took all the blunt without any damage other than a few scratches on the bar. Plus the design is good to protect the upper fairing. At the moment I have coated the bar with ACF50 rust spray which might help. Another option would be to respray it with a better protection paint. Good luck with your AT and let me know what solution you decided to go with.
Hi there to be honest I would not know. The manual calls for removing the breather and seal the gap with provided plug but what I did was I just plugged the hose instead. You could do the same if you want to keep the hose in place
Thanks, that was quick! 👌👌👌 Some genius simple and inexpensive solution. I like it. I've tried using some of those generic phone and GPS holders from Amazon which you put in the mirror bolt. But they're too far from the middle and I find it irritating to look to the side that much. Also, of course they move with the handle bar, which is annoying as well. I like your construction. Cheap, easy to make and therefore easy to try out. And since you've used it for a couple of years with a large phone, it should hold up well.
Your rubber cushions were positioned wrong. They should be like a saddle over the metal ridges, the small section on one side and the large section on the other side. It is very common for the thin elastic band that connects the two sections to be cut but you can still fit them and stay in place. Smart move freezing the bearings to go in easier! Nice video.
Hey there! Your phone holding setup looks interesting. It's self made isn't it? Could you provide a picture of it or a description? Thanks a lot ❤ P.S. I love all the additions you made to your 700 and that you provide these videos 🙏
Hello there! Yes indeed is self made. I could not find any mounts for a Transalp 700 so I decided to make my own. This is made by using two IKEA brackets that was left over from a unit that I had. Both are held in place using the existing screws on the dashboard near the windshield. then I used a bolt to attached them both together and a RAM ball to attached the phone holder. For a phone holder I am using the Ultimateaddons phone holder. I am away at the moment but as soon as I am back I will take some pictures to show you the whole setup. Thanks
I watched so many videos of yours before I bought my Transalp XL700V 7 days ago, , and now Im disappointed in you that you changed to the African Twin xD
You shouldn’t not be disappointed. You got a great machine that you will enjoy for a long time. Yeah I got a AT after all these years with my TA but there was not a single day that I opened the garage fire her up and I was not happy. And by the way…. I still have it Good luck with yours! 🤟
Olá greetings from Ireland! E Honda parou de fabricar lá em 2012. Mais não importa qual o ano se ela for bem mantida ela pode durar muitos anos. Honda lançou a nova transalp 750 neste ano na Europa não sei chegou aí. Abracos
The thing is that this part should not wear under normal conditions. There could be two resons why the retainer woreout this fast. This can be either your rear wheel is missaligned to left so the chain tries to pull sprocket out of the engine. Second and much worse thing is the wear of the output shaft teeths. They tend to wear unevenly, more on the outside then the engine side. The teeths are thinner on the outside. This creates a slope, which pushes the sprocket out of the engine while transfering torque and creates a load on the retainer. Unfortunatellt outputshaft replecment requires complete engine dissassembly and is quite costly (at least 500 eur in parts if you use Honda oem). Im doing mine in next month unforunatelly...
Hello my brother how are you? My name is CJ just last year 2023 in February. I flew to England from the US to buy the exact same bike that I see that you have. It’s a 1996 exact same color everything that’s wonderful man and it’s great to, see your channel to see what you’re doing. It’s very helpful I see the pioneers that you got nice. They look nice on your bike. I was thinking of getting the loan ride pets for mine. The bike is still in England because that’s the reason why I bought it to leave it there originally I’m from England but I’ve been living in the US over 40 years, I ride a GS a BMW here and I just thought that I would buy another bike and leave it in England so when I want to ride Europe and other places on that side, it works out good so I wanted to know if you looked into the loan rider pets for your bike, if they would fithit me up. Let me know what you think. I’m watching your videos very helpful. I’ll probably do some videos myself later down the line but nice to meet you man can’t wait to hear back from you.
Hello there! Great to hear that you got the same one. I am really enjoying mine! Hope to release more videos on XRV soon so stay tuned and thanks for watching. It’s a great idea to have one in Europe I was thinking of doing the same in Brasil. No I have not tried the panniers that you mentioned as I went for Givi as I got a really good discount from Carpimoto in Italy for both panniers and rack. They are really good and I recommend them. If you ever in Ireland let me know. Good luck and all the best Adriano
@@44degreesmotorcycleadventures when I got my bike the first ride I did was to Wales. It was fantastic. I guess I do have plans for Ireland . I have checked on a lot of websites and places that sell parts for the African twin in the Netherlands. I ordered parts from I have a house in Italy in the south Calabria plan to ride down there. I’m gonna stop there and pick up some parts. On my way. I will look on your channel. I hope you have a website but I will stay in touch and also send you some pictures bye-bye thanks for replying take care.
Hi man . Thanks for the video. I was wondering if you know why the tankbag has that frond strap . I noticed that you cant remove it or do anything else with it exept to cury the bag ,but for that job there are two more options . Do you have any idea ? When the bike is rolling what are you doing with it ?
Hi there. Sorry to hear that. Maybe try to put back the plugs that you replaced and see if starts again. If it does then you might have the wrong set of plugs. If not, try to see if you have a spark on the plugs. Its easy to do. Put the plug into the cable and attach it to a metal place into the bike. Starting the bike will give a spark. If does, then that is not your issue, if does not then it is. Hope you get sorted. All the best!
