From: Old News Club
The history of the XRV750 Africa Twin is inextricably linked to the Paris Dakar rally. Yet Honda’s legendary V-twin dual sport has a history that pre-dates its 1989 launch by quite a few years.
In 1983, the Honda XLV750R was a red, white, and blue bombshell. Most on/off-road motorcycles of the day (remember the dual-sport tag wasn’t used then) were small, lightweight, single-cylinder machines.
Along came the 750cc V-twin monster with long-travel suspension, lots of ground clearance and a go-anywhere do-anything attitude. The bike featured hydraulic valves, shaft drive, a single rear shock and was unfaired except for a tiny headlamp nacelle.
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... also wikipedia
The choice of which motorcycle to ride can often be very subjective and you end up with a dualsport, GS or something from before you were born - you can read about how we got our bikes.
We've chosen the XRV 750's so we can do most of the maintenance our selves because they only have
So they are mostly mechanical in every other way and therefore we plan on doing maintenance and everything on them our selves.
This includes
The page below is for our adventures into maintenance and up-keep
Offroad riding in Europe is best done using the T.E.T. or TET https://transeurotrail.org which is an awesome site for getting great trips.
They have GPX files for GPS (and GPS apps) to follow to get the most adventure from your bike.
The pages below are from our TET travels