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I might add there are quite a few companies selling accessories for the transalp, Crash bars panniers & frames etc.
I would reccomend changing the original sumpguard as it's made of plastic and it leaves the water pump and sump exposed.

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Aftermarket screen
... I should also add that I replaced the screen, as I found the stocker inefficient and just too darn noisy.
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hi there Keith
I was just wondering what are the make of those side carrying boxes of yours? They fit my desire well. I too have a TA and I'd like boxes like that.

Hey when you head up through Europe, I'd be glad to offer you a relaxing waypoint before hitting your last staight up to Calais. I'm in Nevers, heard of it? Bol d'Or, Magny-Cours, France. Drop me a line and we can plan that for when you pass through. Have a good trip, dude. I'm a fellow southern hemispherian only I'm from South Africa as to OZ, but hey all the same I say.
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My TA...
....has only 400ccm, made for the Japanese market. It's old, a 1995/96 model with more than 40.000km down. Bought it used, and what can I say...no reason at all to complain! Great gas milage, easy maintenance, very good to handle, ok, I have to agree that I did not go on a RTW (so far), but it took me all the way up to Hokkaido and back to Shikoku (something like 4.000 kilometers) and I DID enjoy it! I am using a set of Hepco&Becker paniers, ordered from Germany with the frame (because even with the postage it was cheaper than over here). No other changes, everything original. For pics check out my homepage, just go to the touring pages, there are also pictures of my old KLE.

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Hi Patrick / ta-all-the-way

The side hard luggage is standard Givi stuff - 41L Keyless Monokeys Fitted onto Givi Wingracks.

CAUTION: BUT IMHO these plastic boxes are not the most ideal carriers for a long haul; I found this out when I dropped the Trannie, at speed, on an unpaved gravel track 30km outside Te Anau township, South Island, NZ. They damage easily, of course. See the following pics. I’m currently in the process of having them re-sprayed - and shall completely replace them with something more robust like Metal Mules or maybe something similar (cheaper?!), before leaving New Zealand’s / Australia’s shores.





Thanks for your kind offer of a waypoint when in France. I have travelled through your area several times over the course of the last 15 years or so. As I live in the far southwest of England (county of Cornwall) I normally cross the channel via the ferry ports of Plymouth <~~> Roscoff, Brittany, so Nevers would be directly en route for me from the Alps.

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Ok Keith, I'll keep watching this space for your progression, Happy New Year.
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As a note, things for me kind of worked out bike wise. After searching for a BMW GSPD for the best part of 8 months, I found a 1988 transalp for $3K. Pretty rare in aussie, and I do like this bike. It has a few ks and needs a little work, but still an easy 3.5K less than R100 BMWs (which also needed work!!) and half the price of new TA..........of course you get what you pay for - but fingers crossed, it (with me on it) will make it to europe and beyond.

I set off from aussie in early April and I simply can't wait .
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