Honda XL600V Transalp (1987) MOD. 

What do you mean by "except" ? Isnt that Remus beautiful? :)

Thanks Marcin. Passion is a perfect word to describe this mod. The motorbike did not become any better, the original black engine died and was replaced with 98 one. But after all it was interesting to play and see whether different parts fit or not.

gracias

Hey, it depends on what you want to do. If you want to replace the shock only (without changing the swing-arm) - then I can not answer your question. The mounting holes fits without any problem. What we did - we have changed the swing-arm to Africa's one. Also have changed linkage from XLV to XRV, however, there was no need to do it, because XLV linkage fits to XRV swing-arm like a charm. BUT, using XRV swing-arm, linkage and the shock - we had to remove some metal from linkage (see video 1:30), make new U-form connecting point (see video 1:43). Some changes must be done (minor, mainly removing some metal from the parts, making it smaller), because, in our case, the XRV shock gave as too much clearance.

Hi Alinel, unfortunately I did not weight them before the swap. Thus, I cannot answer your question. What you could do, is to look for shipping weight from ebay for both, RD04 and pd10 swingarms. From what I remember, I would not say that there is much weight difference. The RD04 swingarm is beefier and made of aluminum rather than steel. This already gives some advantages over the PD10. However, the difference it is not like day and night and I would consider the swap more like fun work to do than the major improvement of the bike. Good luck!

thanks a lot for the reply ! I will surely weigh them and share them when I do the swap. The reason i asked was, i swapped a xr200 steel swing arm from an older 1986 xr250 aluminium and it was half the weight, and we shaved 7 kgs weight from the bike. I am doing the swap to mostly because i live in a coastal city and everything rusts here, and maybe i will swap the front with rd03 forks with single disk and again save from weight and gain some ground clearnace. thanks again for your reply, cheers and all the best.

Hi Alinel, exactly! As you have said " i live in a coastal city and everything rusts here". In your case the swap is more justifiable. About the clearance - yes, it increased somewhat, however, now I have a problem with a chain guard. Because the swingarm angle have changed (clearance increased) the chain is more likely to etch the slider. If I do not lube it properly or drive in sand extensively, the chain starts scrubbing against the aluminum of the swingarm pretty fast... Nevertheless, with all this struggle after the swap, I find having some air in the cross track more ensuring than I would have had with old the configuration. Good luck!

do you think the swing arm angle will change drastically if I use the TA600 linkage along with stiffer springs in shock ?

I would not say drastically, but it will certainly change (clearance will increase). Interestingly, the spring from RD04 shock was much softer than the spring from TA600 in my case. I finished up using the spring from TA600, which to be honest, is too stiff. Fully loaded (side boxes+top box + passenger) its just right, but if I drive alone, there is basically no dampening. The linkage between TA600 and RD04 is the same (as far as i remember). Another question - do you use shocks from TA or RD04? Since the swap happened couple of years ago, I can not 100% remember the small details (whether the shock length was the same, etc.)

Pirmyn! Nežinau kiek verti tie tobulinimai - bet, kad smagu, tai faktas!

Sveikas, parasyk cia kokie klausimai domina - pameginsiu atsakyti. Galbut dar kam pravers.

@@KEcAzZ1 Mano matai 1996 yra. Galvojau ar tiktu iskart stabdis prie xrv sakes? Rato aseles ilgis ar toks pat? Beje minejai xrv ir TA linkage toks pat yra? Beje kiek mocas pasikele nuo zemes ? Kodel kodel linkage slifavot strigo ?

@@bikerwolf1812 Sveikas, 600? ar 650 pas tave? Pazystamas 650 konversija dare (su Afrikos galine dalim, ir Honda CR sakem). Problema tame, kad visos sios modifikacijos yra labai specifines. Pas mane KTM sakes stovi - todel as nezinau ar stabdis nuo Transalp tiktu ant Afrikos sakiu. Ant KTM sakiu netiko - reikejo laikikli darytis. Asies storis taip pat netiko - reikejo dary spacer'ius, kuriuos iklijavom (2:54 min video). Transalp asies ilgis i KTM sakes is bedos tiko (taciau reikejo varzta tekint). Ar tiks is Transalp sakiu i Afrikos sakes - manau kad taip (nors nesu 100% isitikines). XRV linkage yra siek tiek masyvesnis (storesnis), jis telpa ant Transalp, taciau jam lankstantis aukstyn zemyn atsiremia i sutvirtinimo elementus ant remo (todel reikejo siek tiek nuslifuoti ir atlaisvinti, kad jis ten judetu laisvai). Taciau galima buvo palikti ir Transalp linkage, nebutina buvo keisti. Dar problemu buvo su akumuliatoriaus deze, nes idejus XRV martyza galini, jis netilpo. Reikejo mazinti deze, kad tilptu martyzo balionelis. As jau nekalbu apie triple clamp, galinias ir priekines topu slangeles (jos pasidare per trumpos, reikejo per naujo vedzioti), ir t.t. ir pan. Motociklas nuo zemes pasikele gerokai (per gera sprindi). Taciau su tuom pasikeite ir jo valdymas - moto patapo kur kas sunkesnis, nes svorio centras pakilo gan aukstai. Apibendrinant - viska galima padaryti, taciau klausimas ar to reikia. Pas tevuka yra toks pat, taciau nemodifikuotas Transalp (tu paciu metu, viskas tas pats). Pravaziavom LGKS, Col del Sommeille, ir kitus passus tiek as su savo modifikuotu tiek jis su savo standartiniu Transalpais. Kitaip tariant - moto visvien liko gan sunkus, jo pravazumas nepadidejo ant tiek, kad butu galima pajusti dideli skirtuma. Gan atvirksciai - sunkiai siekiant zeme kojom yra kur kas blogiau nei standartines sakes ar amartizatoriai. Jei nori keliauti zvyrkeliais, lengvais misko keliukais - nieko savam nedaryk. Jei nori lekti akmenim, pelkem ir per rastus - pirk hard enduro. Modifikacijas siulyciau tik tuo atveju, jei patinka dirbti garaze labiau nei vaziuoti ;)

@@KEcAzZ1 sorry turejau pamineti klausimas buvo apie galine sake ir stabdi. Del priekiniu sakiu dar neapsisprendziau galvoju gal tik spyruokles darytis specialiai. Mano 600. Matai Mano galine sake supuvusi juodai. Galvoju but geras modas xrv sake ideti aliumas vis del to. Amortika rd04 afrikos turiu jau senai gal tik reiktu siust restauruoti. Motociklas siuo metu iki pliko remo isardytas Pas mane darbe.

@@bikerwolf1812 OK, XRV majatnikui asis nuo Transalp netiks - nes grandines itempimo principas skiriasi (XRV eina su menulio formos itempeju ir grandine tempiasi is vienos puses, kai tuo tarpu Transalp yra pora varstu abejose pusese). As pirkau XRV galine sake kartu su XRV stabdziu cilindriukais ir asim. Su stabdziu pas mane buvo isvis katastrofa - galinis stabdis buvo bugninis. Galiu paklaust draugo, kaip jis dare su 650, bet jei tavo 600 tai nieko tas neisspres. Siulyciau per ADV forumus pereit su uzklausa "transalp modification". Kiek pamenu, tai siokios tokios info ten buvo.

thanx. Most of the work was done by my father, former motocross rider, who was used to build such things in the past.

Hey, yes, it does. It fits to 1987 year transalp without any serious modifications. You might need some minor spacers. Much bigger problem is the rear brake. In old transalps there is drum brakes. However, you can fit it quite easy. Search for info in the internet (in ADV rider).