Africa twin

[diggermanbob]

New to me very happy with my Africa twin , fancied one for a long time and couldn't resist this one

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[chunky butt]

Wow nice one Bob, looks sweet.

[Tramp]

Good job you've only one wife as you swap and change bikes enough....the xrv650 is better....

Hello

[diggermanbob]

Good job you've only one wife as you swap and change bikes enough....the xrv650 is better....

Hello

Thanks Russ and hello , I still have the other bikes just added this one to the fleet , nice and smooth to ride on my own or two up , it's probably going to be fitted with a stabiliser wheel soon ,like this one but the chair on the other side

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[mark vb]

That's great , can you tell us a bit more about it? I have a bit of a soft spot for the XRV.... here's one of mine, complete with Ural chair which I added a few years ago. May see you on XRV.org which is probably the best place for XRV related stuff.

[diggermanbob]

Have you still got the outfit Mark

[mark vb]

Yes, very much so, it's a keeper.... I've had the bike from new and put the chair on it 5 yrs ago for a bit of travelling around S America and then Europe (before Covid pretty much put a stop to all of that!)

[diggermanbob]

Interesting, did you fit the chair yourself ? Where are you based Mark ?

[mark vb]

I didn't fit it myself as it needed a steel sub-frame to be fabricated and fitted between the bike and the Ural fittings, due to the mostly square section frame. Unlike say an RE or Bonneville, the necessary 4 connecting struts couldn't be simply clamped to conventional round-section frame tubing. I went to Watsonian to discuss the options etc. and to take a look at various outfits they had in their shop/workshop. They were really helpful and advised against leading link forks on a relatively lightweight (!) bike like the AT, all they recommended was the fatter 19" front wheel.
I'm based in E Kent - you're welcome to take a look at it if/when you're in this neck of the woods.

[diggermanbob]

Sent you a PM mark