neoz
Pack Dog
GOT MY HANDS ON AN XRR (WITH 18 900KM ON THE CLOCK) THREE WEEKS AGO BUT IT IS PROVING A BIT OF A CHALLENGE TO FIND MOST OF WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR, GOOGLE JUST KEEPS SPITTING OUT OVERSEAS SUPPLIERS FOR ALMOST EVERY PART!
WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO GET PARTS FOR THE XRR IN SA?
IS THERE A COMPREHENSIVE ONE STOP SHOP THAT CATERS TO THE XRR OWNERS WHERE I CAN FIND PLASTICS, BAR RAISERS, ETC, ETC?
THE HONDA AGENTS SEEM TO BE NUTS WITH THEIR PRICES FOR THIS BIKES SPARES AND ACCESSORIES SO I WAS HOPING FOR A SUPPLIER WHO COULD GET PARTS AND EXTRAS FOR THIS BIKE AT A MORE REASONABLE PRICE.
TOOK THE BIKE FOR MY FIRST REAL RIDE TODAY AND I WAS IMPRESSED.
I WILL BE RIDING ALL KINDS OF TERRAIN WITH THIS BIKE IN THE FUTURE AND SO FAR I THINK I WILL BE NEEDING HANDLEBAR RAISERS AND MAYBE THE LARGER TANK, I AM GETTING 145KM FROM THE STOCK FUEL TANK UNTIL IT RUNS OUT OF GAS, THAT IS EVEN THE RESERVE IS EMPTY.
I HAVE A STOCK FRONT SPROCKET AND A 42 ON THE REAR, I THINK 48 REAR IS STOCK?
I CAN GET 140KM/H NO PROBLEMS, PROBABLY MORE IF I PUSHED IT, BUT WILL RIDE AT 120KM/H AT A MORE ACCEPTABLE RPM ON THE HIGHWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THE 48 ON THE REAR BUT WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAN I EXPECT FROM THE STOCK FRONT AND REAR SPROCKET SETUP? WILL 120KM/H STILL BE POSSIBLE AT ACCEPTABLE RPM FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OR WILL I BE IN THE HIGH RPM RANGE?
I HAVE BEEN WANTING AN XRR FOR 10 YEARS SO THIS WAS A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING FOR ME, I RIDE A KTM 950 ADVENTURE BUT THIS XRR IS THE BALLS, RODE WITH A MATE TODAY ON HIS 950 SUPER ENDURO AND ALTHOUGH IT HAS MORE POWER IT JUST CANT RUN AWAY FROM THE XRR ONCE WE LEAVE THE PAVEMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXPERIENCE A TAD MORE POWER FROM THE XRR AND THAT IS WHY I AM TOYING WITH THE IDEA OF A 48 REAR SPROCKET AND HOPING IT WONT COME AT THE COST OF HIGHWAY SPEED, AS LONG AS I CAN RIDE AT 120KM/H FOR LONG PERIODS (WITH A DEAD BACKSIDE) I WILL BE HAPPY WITH A 48 TOOTH.
THERE IS ONE ISSUE WITH THIS BIKE I CANT SEEM TO PINPOINT, IT RANDOMLY STALLS.
IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN MOSTLY WHEN I AM COMING DOWN THE GEARS TO STOP AND THEN IT JUST CUTS THE MOTOR, LIKE IF I AM CHANGING DOWN AND BLIP-PING THE THROTTLE BETWEEN SHIFTS THEN A SORT OF A MISFIRE AND IT CUTS.
STARTS RIGHT UP AGAIN WITH ONE OR TWO KICKS AND THEN IT IS FINE, AFTER A WHILE IT WILL DO IT AGAIN, HAD IT AT THE AGENTS THE OTHER DAY AND THE MECHANIC RODE IT FOR ABOUT 20KM IN TOWN BUT THE BIKE REFUSED TO DO IT WITH HIM, ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE AGENTS IT DID IT AGAIN TWICE! GO FIGURE.
ANY IDEAS WHERE TO START LOOKING WOULD BE A HELP TO ME.
WELL THERE IS MORE TO ASK BUT I WILL STOP THERE FOR NOW, SURE IS GREAT TO FINALLY HAVE MY OWN RR IN THE GARAGE!
:ricky:
WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO GET PARTS FOR THE XRR IN SA?
IS THERE A COMPREHENSIVE ONE STOP SHOP THAT CATERS TO THE XRR OWNERS WHERE I CAN FIND PLASTICS, BAR RAISERS, ETC, ETC?
THE HONDA AGENTS SEEM TO BE NUTS WITH THEIR PRICES FOR THIS BIKES SPARES AND ACCESSORIES SO I WAS HOPING FOR A SUPPLIER WHO COULD GET PARTS AND EXTRAS FOR THIS BIKE AT A MORE REASONABLE PRICE.
TOOK THE BIKE FOR MY FIRST REAL RIDE TODAY AND I WAS IMPRESSED.
I WILL BE RIDING ALL KINDS OF TERRAIN WITH THIS BIKE IN THE FUTURE AND SO FAR I THINK I WILL BE NEEDING HANDLEBAR RAISERS AND MAYBE THE LARGER TANK, I AM GETTING 145KM FROM THE STOCK FUEL TANK UNTIL IT RUNS OUT OF GAS, THAT IS EVEN THE RESERVE IS EMPTY.
I HAVE A STOCK FRONT SPROCKET AND A 42 ON THE REAR, I THINK 48 REAR IS STOCK?
I CAN GET 140KM/H NO PROBLEMS, PROBABLY MORE IF I PUSHED IT, BUT WILL RIDE AT 120KM/H AT A MORE ACCEPTABLE RPM ON THE HIGHWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THE 48 ON THE REAR BUT WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAN I EXPECT FROM THE STOCK FRONT AND REAR SPROCKET SETUP? WILL 120KM/H STILL BE POSSIBLE AT ACCEPTABLE RPM FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OR WILL I BE IN THE HIGH RPM RANGE?
I HAVE BEEN WANTING AN XRR FOR 10 YEARS SO THIS WAS A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING FOR ME, I RIDE A KTM 950 ADVENTURE BUT THIS XRR IS THE BALLS, RODE WITH A MATE TODAY ON HIS 950 SUPER ENDURO AND ALTHOUGH IT HAS MORE POWER IT JUST CANT RUN AWAY FROM THE XRR ONCE WE LEAVE THE PAVEMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXPERIENCE A TAD MORE POWER FROM THE XRR AND THAT IS WHY I AM TOYING WITH THE IDEA OF A 48 REAR SPROCKET AND HOPING IT WONT COME AT THE COST OF HIGHWAY SPEED, AS LONG AS I CAN RIDE AT 120KM/H FOR LONG PERIODS (WITH A DEAD BACKSIDE) I WILL BE HAPPY WITH A 48 TOOTH.
THERE IS ONE ISSUE WITH THIS BIKE I CANT SEEM TO PINPOINT, IT RANDOMLY STALLS.
IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN MOSTLY WHEN I AM COMING DOWN THE GEARS TO STOP AND THEN IT JUST CUTS THE MOTOR, LIKE IF I AM CHANGING DOWN AND BLIP-PING THE THROTTLE BETWEEN SHIFTS THEN A SORT OF A MISFIRE AND IT CUTS.
STARTS RIGHT UP AGAIN WITH ONE OR TWO KICKS AND THEN IT IS FINE, AFTER A WHILE IT WILL DO IT AGAIN, HAD IT AT THE AGENTS THE OTHER DAY AND THE MECHANIC RODE IT FOR ABOUT 20KM IN TOWN BUT THE BIKE REFUSED TO DO IT WITH HIM, ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE AGENTS IT DID IT AGAIN TWICE! GO FIGURE.
ANY IDEAS WHERE TO START LOOKING WOULD BE A HELP TO ME.
WELL THERE IS MORE TO ASK BUT I WILL STOP THERE FOR NOW, SURE IS GREAT TO FINALLY HAVE MY OWN RR IN THE GARAGE!
:ricky:
