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Old 16 Apr 2002
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2000 adventure- suggestions?
retired from work, traded in my ZRX for the adventure (3000 miles)and am about to head out for (hopefully) the next year from boston ma down to s. america- been preparing for a while but didnt settle on "the" bike till recently and so have done little to prepare the bike- any suggestions would be greatly appreciated-
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Good on ya Dan,

I would probably reccommend reading most of the posts here as they contain good info, then post your specific questions as per your model.

Good choice though.

James

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thank you james

and thanks to JNTaylor for your invaluable preperation list-

i'm not clear on the sidestand mounts- does it really require the removal of the centerstand?

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Re mounting sidestand and mainstand. It depends what year your Adventure is. If it's a 2000, a blue one distinguishable by its all blue seat, then you can mount both as there's a separate bracket for the sidestand, at least there is on mine.

I believe, for the 2001 and 2002 silver ones, it's either one or the other, as the sidestand uses one of the brackets used by the mainstand, though watch this space.

There's a lot of interesting Adventure info at http://www.reiseenduro.de/users/carl.../ktm/index.htm

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Your right.
I had to choose on my 2001.
I chose for the sidestand.

easier with luggage.

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thanks Ian-
mine is a 2000, so won't have to choose-

any chance they offer the site you suggested in english?

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It's easy enough with the pictures and dictionary - maybe you could e-mail Carlo.

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For translations try Google's engine:

http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en

Use the 'Transalate Beta' and 'translate a web page'. It may not always make sense but it sure helps.

Here's a sample from Sommer for all the bits you really need (which I hope works):

http://216.239.37.120/translate_c?hl...g_en%7Clang_fi %7Clang_de%7Clang_it%7Clang_ja%7Clang_no%7Clang_es %7Clang_sv

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Hi Dan,

JNTaylor and James are one and the same!!!!

You're lucky if you have the option of both centre & sideatands on the 2000 model. Watch the sideatand as it is weak.... I've have 3 welds so far (18,000 k's to UK to Oz). I would reccommend getting a welder to strengthen the joint - dirt cheap in Eastern Europe & beyond... (15p (10ec) in India!.)

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Hi Daniel!

Congrats for your trip to S.A.! :-)

If your model is a 2000 (like my former KTM, now I own a 2001 model), please notice that you "can" mount both sidestands, but the kick starter will stop working proprly when sidestand is up. I'm very tall so I had no problem with main stand, but I mounted a sidestand too... when my electric starter had a failure in the middle of nowhere I had to unmount the sidestand in order to start the engine again, so be carefull and carry with you the right tools! ;-)

Have a nice and pleasant journey!

Bye

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