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Such a new bike, surprises me you had a bad stator.
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G'day girls!

Such a new bike, surprises me you had a bad stator. I would demand Yamaha replace it ....oh, wait, these bikes are still under factory warranty,
right? If that is the case, why not let Yamaha deal with it and ask to watch and ask questions during the repair?


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Hey Patrick!

Our little darlings are 16 years old - 30,000 miles on the clocks... don't think Yamaha even know they still exist!

(We wanted older bikes to keep it as simple and "bush mechanic" proof as possible!)

Yes - the stator was tested - it only put out 2 thirds of what it should - and only intermittently.

When I took it out, it looked like the connections were soldered by a two year old. and the varnish/insulation was pitted and poor - it wasn't a happy stator.
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Good luck with all of it and keep us posted.
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My apologies!

I could have sworn you had done your Africa trip on NEW XT's.


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LOLOLOLOLOL!!

Patrick, you are out of practice...!!

No-one blames you, and you dont have to apologise - its hard to keep up with the XT Girls... !!


We DID do an Africa trip on new(er) XTs... but... that was just a WARM-UP trip... for the REAL THING...

These new XTs are now sitting in Cape Town. Basking in the sunshine - waiting for anyone to ride them. (fancy a trip?)

You can look on them, as the equivalent of a 'beach house', which we only use for holidays - and lend out to others for fun.



In LONDON, we have our REAL bikes which we are prepping for the REAL TRIP.. which is a LONDON to CAPE TOWN trip... the LONG HAUL...

Here is a picture. To remind you.

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I hope you have good breakdown cover - the thought of you two doing roadside repairs' frankly scares me!!!

Good luck all the same

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Would ANY rider here ride past two stranded women without stopping, getting out the cape and y-fronts and fixing all their problems? I would stop in the UK let alone in Africa and generally the poorer somehwere gets the more people help each other out - breaking down in the arse end of the middle of nowhere wouldn't be a problem.

Plus from what I have seen the girls have been pretty good at making mistakes (lol), and we learn from our mistakes very well indeed. The best advice I could give anyone is to get your big trip bikes in advance, get old ones and fix them up, that way you know more when you need to, by the time they I would bet money on them being some of the most experienced and knowledgable overlanders out there. Don't forget that a lot of people in the last few years have decided that all they need to guarantee a trouble-free trip is a brand new GSA with a load of touratech bike porn bolted on!
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LOLOLOLOLOL!!

Patrick, you are out of practice...!!

No-one blames you, and you dont have to apologise - its hard to keep up with the XT Girls... !!


We DID do an Africa trip on new(er) XTs... but... that was just a WARM-UP trip... for the REAL THING...

These new XTs are now sitting in Cape Town. Basking in the sunshine - waiting for anyone to ride them. (fancy a trip?)

You can look on them, as the equivalent of a 'beach house', which we only use for holidays - and lend out to others for fun.



In LONDON, we have our REAL bikes which we are prepping for the REAL TRIP.. which is a LONDON to CAPE TOWN trip... the LONG HAUL...

Here is a picture. To remind you.
Gorgeous bikes, they look lovely, ....... btw , what top box plate is that on the one behind? Is it a Givi, what model no is it.... I havent got the cash for ally panniers yet.....
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Gorgeous bikes, they look lovely, ....... btw , what top box plate is that on the one behind? Is it a Givi, what model no is it.... I havent got the cash for ally panniers yet.....
Er.. is a Givi, but dunno what model... but you can buy it / swap it for a kidney or something else useful!
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Er.. is a Givi, but dunno what model... but you can buy it / swap it for a kidney or something else useful!
PM is in your box love! You wouldn't want one of my kidneys, do have a USB charging bluetooth GPS receiver that is 50 odd-channel that I am not using......very good, Holux 541.

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