jeepguy
XS650 Addict
XS750's never had fairings
hey gentlemanjim, i think i sent you a pm about possible carb cleaning wondering if you still dable in that.
XS750's never had fairings
My 83 Heritage with Mike's sport seat and Superbike bars is more comfortable than my 1200 Bandit. The Bandit has me riding sidesaddle in 1.5hrs. I did 3hrs on the XS and felt perfectly fine. Less likely to get tickets too.
I am with you Bill on riding position. My bike is set up very similar but with European Style Bars. Unless a person has physical problems that does not allow for long sittings, anyone may tour with this set up. A small detachable fairing to keep the bugs off you is prefferable.
I hear that all the time and it annoys the fuck out of me.... I refuse to believe that people buy a touring bike only to require a stop BEFORE the Reserve gets opened.I changed to Streettracker bars and still run the stock '83 seat and find that most who follow me on rides complain that I ride too long between breaks.
But I spent a lot of years trying to get comfortable in all the wrong ways.
After reading all the posts I do believe that I'll be touring this year with no sport in mind.
i bought this last year and love it.
2010 Kawasaki Versys. Always gets awesome reviews!! I am putting some more dirt oriented tires on it (sold the KLR). Good ground clearance, Great power at about 65HP for a parallel twin, comfy as hell, runs my heated gear and i bought the matching GIVI hard bags for it.
did 2 weeks and 7500 kms to Vancouver Island and back in summer. No way would i have done it on my XS. It does it all!!!
SOOOO close to buying a Triumph Tiger 800, but the dealer network here is sparse...That and the Versys is so much bang for the $$$$$$
Gondive, is that a fairing off an xs 750?
This may not be the best thread to ask but I just cannot find the answer I am after.
I have been reading in the forum about this 5th gear overdrive. Just how much difference does it make? Somebody said 15%, but does that mean when I am currently running at 4000 RPM the same speed could be obtained with this overdrive at 3400 RPM? That is a BIG drop in RPM's. Is there any specs on this overdrive? It looks like a major job to install it. Is there a utube or something that describes the process?
I know I can change sprockets and get some more top end but that is at the expense of the bottom end. I wonder how much sprocket size adjustment would be equivalant to the same benefit as the overdrive.
I think my idea is of little potential. I did a basic cost analysis and by the time I got the parts need to make the conversion I could buy a number of used bikes that would suit my need for a lot less. Nice Yamaha FJ600, 1100, 1200 or a Honda VFR700, 750 or BMW K75S sell for around 2-3k
Thanks all for your suggestions.
KeithB - not really planning on doing any true touring, just want the look and some wind and rain protection for a 100-200 day ride. No doubt this is not the platform for long distance cross country rides.