^^sounds a bit frech to me...

ok, my AT I bought with 60.000km. Drove another 50.000km and after I started our RTW trip... still doing it. 35.000km later stil driving. IMHO there is no difference between 20 and 40k ...

Check some things at the AT, doesnt matter the milage, something like the rectifier and its wiering (get a new rectifier from Ebay and do the wiering new), the chainkit and the Driveshaft (Antriebswelle).

Put always enough of the correct oil, water, brake pads, tyres and you are fine all the way.

cheers Sascha

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we are on a RTW-trip now with two Africa Twins: (now 58.000km's in the trip)
1993 model now on 168.000km's (uses one liter of oil in 21.000km!!!)
1996 model now on 137.000km's (uses one liter of oil in 5.000 km)

The engine and gearbox are bullit-proof, as long as you keep an eye on the oil levels and do proper maintenance.
Fuelpumps: you need to take a spare with you anyhow.
Rectifier: ours both failed around 70/80.000km's
For the rest: no worries!

Driveshaft: yeah, that can be nasty. The spines can wear of, although this is very rare! If it is okay when you leave, and you only use GOOD QUALITY FRONT SPROCKETS, you'll be fine. Can send you pictures of ours, as I make pictures of the cleaned shaft every time I change the sprocket. After the mileage above, on our bikes you only see a bit of wear which you can just feel with your nail.

Usually the africa twin needs only a fuel pump and a rectifier...
The driveshaft issue is, mainly caused by overtightening the chain.

Hi All,

Thanks a lot for your useful advices. I then decided to go for this 39k bike. The owner apparently took good care of it and it has already several nice pieces of equipment (seat, crashbars etc.).

I wrote down all your advices regarding regulator, drive shaft etc. I will definitely apply those advices when I will be preparing my trip.

Thanks again to all of you! I will keep you posted. Can't wait to get the AT now.

Cheers,

Sébastien.

a lot of people indeed tighten the chain way too much on the AT!

We disconnected the rear shock once to check out the optimal play on the chain, the result:

- Put the bike on the centre stand, so rear wheel off the ground
- Push the chain against the rear edge of the chainslider (lower part). If it can just touch this plastic it is perfect. May need a bit of force to push it against it, no problem.
Seems to work perfect, as both our bikes were bought with around 40.000km's on them... and the driveshafts are still fine now! (only used JT sprockets by the way ;-))

other tips:
- We moved the rectifiers, they are now strapped to the passenger-footpegs on the left. Nice and in the wind, as they are out of the wind and thus cannot cool enough (I think....) and fail.
- Check the clutch-cable: where it leaves the outer part above the gearbox is where it will wear and break. Bend the bracket a bit so that the inner cable does not touch the metal parts of the adjustment rings, and you'll be fine!
- On this RTW trip, we take apart the brake calipers around every 6.000 km's. Clean the pistons, grease them up a bit. They don't really cope well with salt and tend to rust. 1,5 hours work for two bikes now that we do it regularly, but it can prevent a lot of 'shit'.

it will be great if you give all of us a link for photos of your beloved bikes ,or you may can upload it here ,
thats will be very helpful for all of us
cheers and greetings from Egypt

Sorry for the delay Mansour, it's only because there is a relaxed attitude by one or two here to helping out.

The bike is good - no worries. But do take a spare Regulator/rectifier, and also a fuel pump. Or change the pump to a Facet pump. Go to XRV. orgHond a Trail Bike forums for all info. You should also check the condition of the splines on the drive shaft, and again you must go to XRV for all info. This bike will roll on for ever if you attend to these issues.

Enjoy!

just check my website; there are hundreds of pictures of our bikes there! ;-)