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Rubberchicken
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Nice collection. 
soho
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Well, 150 odd miles today.
Handling brilliant on road at speed and wonderful balance at walking pace.
Brakes good (smaller Nissans than an AT but bigger disks & it works well)
Finish - pretty shite in some areas, cheaply covered ill fitting seat, exhaust system real tatty ugly affair. Swing arm welds are good but some of the frame welds done by a trainee monkey robot ?
Wind noise from lower fairing drowns out the week sounding silencer
Cheap feel and look to the levers.
pillion pegs can't be removed because they also hold the silencer bracket
some of the wiring looks a bit ugly, wound in black tape. Coolant pipes don't have a decent finish either.
The suspension settings on dry off-road rough stuff was great straight out the box, but without a sump guard you don't want to get silly.
Not a review, just some of the things I've noticed on my first day and nothing that can't be sorted.
Trouble is ,I'm making comparisons with a very well built and finished 701 and an ever better built Dragster.
The reason I bought this bike is because it's a Honda. I know it'll just go on and on back and forth across two counties to my old mums care home.
The Dragster is back at the dealers after another tantrum, The 701 seat and my arse won't talk to each other................ I rest my case !
( the AT is for sale, but It'll get much more than it's actually worth Steve. You don't want another one like this, It's not as sweet a bike as us old XRV'ers are used to.)
Handling brilliant on road at speed and wonderful balance at walking pace.
Brakes good (smaller Nissans than an AT but bigger disks & it works well)
Finish - pretty shite in some areas, cheaply covered ill fitting seat, exhaust system real tatty ugly affair. Swing arm welds are good but some of the frame welds done by a trainee monkey robot ?
Wind noise from lower fairing drowns out the week sounding silencer
Cheap feel and look to the levers.
pillion pegs can't be removed because they also hold the silencer bracket
some of the wiring looks a bit ugly, wound in black tape. Coolant pipes don't have a decent finish either.
The suspension settings on dry off-road rough stuff was great straight out the box, but without a sump guard you don't want to get silly.
Not a review, just some of the things I've noticed on my first day and nothing that can't be sorted.
Trouble is ,I'm making comparisons with a very well built and finished 701 and an ever better built Dragster.
The reason I bought this bike is because it's a Honda. I know it'll just go on and on back and forth across two counties to my old mums care home.
The Dragster is back at the dealers after another tantrum, The 701 seat and my arse won't talk to each other................ I rest my case !
( the AT is for sale, but It'll get much more than it's actually worth Steve. You don't want another one like this, It's not as sweet a bike as us old XRV'ers are used to.)
Rubberchicken
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It's a Honda, but if it's anything like the old Transalp you might want to consider ordering a new zorst this week, so it has a chance to arrive in time before the old one rots through. 
soho
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I've got an old AT Remus Titanium hanging on the wall, I really need to get rid of that piss awful sound.It's a Honda, but if it's anything like the old Transalp you might want to consider ordering a new zorst this week, so it has a chance to arrive in time before the old one rots through.
Steve T
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Thanks for your straight forward honesty Nick
Is it the last one you bought - the rather shonky one?