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Originally Posted by guzzibob
Is it your 25k or 4 previous owners? For a trip of that length I would personally at least put in new clutch plates, and might even consider pulling it right down to check the state of the gearbox pinions: a mate bought a one owner XT from a friend with similar mileage and had to replace 4th and 5th ratios - it had been geared up for economy on a long trip and driven hard at low revs. By comparison, my 40,000 km, 4 owner imported 1VJ is still sweet (though I'd definitely take it right down before a proper overland trip longer than 3 or 4 weeks.) I'll be giving it a new clutch at least before Morocco next May. I'd fit new wheel bearings when you do the tyres, chain and sprockets, as they're cheap and easy to do. Have a really good look at the fuel lines: the new additives in UK petrol seemsto be disagreeing with some old pipes - my Guzzi sprang a scary leak in Spain last year and the newish hoses were effectively disintegrating!
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yes the gearboxes do go after a while
you prob have about another 10.000 miles on ur gearbox but if ur doing a long multi country trip replace the engine with a xt600'e' engine which is much stronger and less likely to let you down
i too have a 3aj and about the same miles but mine locked in 5th gear and now well its shagged im rebuilding my 3aj engine with 2003 xt600e internals and got a 1993 xt600'e' in it at the moment well once buttoned up and moted itll be back on the road oh how i miss it
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