I brought a TTR from the IOW, a few years ago, spent a small fourtune getting it all ready for an overland trip. Took it down to Morroco and back on a two week trip around 5K, realy great fun, great in the mountains and good ground spped on the black stuff..

Good luck and enjoy.

Hope you enjoyed your trip! did you get that bike from a dealer. if so, was it Dave Death Motercycles ?

Hi all,
i will try to answer all questions in one post....

As for the OTR pannier system.
I used Touratech panniers on my bmw r1150gs (crashed, total-loss) and r1200gs (sold it last week after 47kkm), and the off-the-road panniers are same or less thick aluminium. I must admit that the the TT panniers feel more solid, especially without cover, not sure if it is the construction or the material. But with the lid on, the OTR rack and pannier mount system is very solid, but not more than TT. The fit and finish are certainly not metal mule (they are expensive!) or TT or Hebco&Becker level, but so is the price...

To be honest, i bought the OTR system from the website, and next time i probably would spend a bit more and buy Hebco&Becker panniers with it. on the other hand, spending a bit over eur. 600,- for a pannier system AND luggage rack of this quality is not a bad deal.

In my experience OTR need some improvement on the aftersales part. But the owner is an experienced TTR owner/driver. currently they develop a very nice XT660R rally version (big $$). But the perfect overlander me think.

As for oil consuption: zero, nada, nothing. Being a bmw 1100/1150/1200 boxer owner, this is really something i have to get used to , bike has 5000km on the clock. So far i did some long highway stretches and some allroad/offroad tracks. No experience in very hot weather yet. Before i go i have a few weekends with long distances and some offroad tracks.

As for the tires: i had an off-road trip and got these worn out tires from a friend, don't know the make/model, but they are scary on tarmac . Few weeks back i changed them for MT21's with heavy duty inner tubes. It was my first tire swap ever (bmw driver...) and it took me about 6 hours for both wheels, and three puctures in the rear innertube . I really thought i needed to do this once before leaving. (lesson learned: there's a trick for everything and brute force not a good thing )

Next time i probably get T63's, more durable, bit less on wet tarmac compared to MT21 (not from personal experience). I got the MT21's because i liked them on both tarmac and gravel (I drove with a group for three weeks in Peru on a XLR650, loved the bike!!)

Also not sure if i keep the heavy duty inner tubes, they are very hard to put in the tire, imagine this on a wet, muddy dangerous road somewhere out back.... need some advice on this, there was a threat a while back about slime stuff you can put in the tube. I need that so i can always keep on going and go to a save place to repair tire (good advise from a friend and experienced overlander).

I bought the bike and tires before i decided to quit job/ lease my appartment and GO. Wanted to use it initially for the occasional all-road/offroad trip. Turns out that the bike isn't a bad choice.
(at some point i probably regret the kickstart only....) but i see no point in start all over again for an XT, f650 or KTM lc4 Adv. and it saves a lot $$ in parts, shipment, insurance, carnet etc.

Too bad honda XLR650 (first choice!) or Suzuki DR650R are not available in Holland.

Cheers,
Sander

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Hi Sander

Thanks for all that i just sent them an email for a price on that setup !

I pick my bike up on tuesday...

Regards
Shaun

hi Shaun,

let me know how it goes. mounting the rack is a bit of a headace, i'll be happy to share my experience.

as for other bits, parts and pieces: KEDO - Performance Products is a good one.

have you any thoughts on an extra windscreen? i'm still looking for one.

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hi can you tell me what sort of fuel consumption your getting on and off road thanks steve

In terms of economy, I get between 20 and 24 kpl. Mine uses a bit of oil now (50,000 km). I would go for the OTR rack as it is 20mm tube, one piece, has pillion peg mounts and bolts directly to the rider footpegs. My set up has done approx 80,000 km no problem (I have TTR + TTRE, wife has TTRE.)

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Hi Sanderd

I got an email a couple nights ago from a guy about a windshield for a TTR, I’m at work at the moment so I’ll update this post when I get in. thanks for the KEDO link

Regards
Shaun

update

NationalCycle.com screen and Acerbis Rally Brush Guards and Spoilers

This is the txt from john

nationalcycle.com and I got it from M&P in UK. I forget the model. Obviously it wasn't designed for the bike but it worked. It was OK on the road too but it did cause a bit of 'lift' at 80 mph in the wet on the autobahn - enough to have an aquaplane. That was probably down as much to the high front mudguard and the lake on the road though.


For slower touring and offroad it was fine and the screen can be angled far enough up so your chest does not hit it when standing. It also a 'pop off' so if you go over the bars you don't impale yourself. About 60 quid as I recall. A bit of faffing to make it fit but it worked fine and saved paying stupid money for the pukka thing.

...have seen that one before. i think i saw this TTR on the german ttr site with pictures of the ttr meeting 2007. i hope this meeting wil be held in 2009, would be nice to meet other (international) TTR owners.

screen looks good, although a little high. transparant is good also.
Kedo sells MRA screens with dark grey color (don't no how to call this in english).

i'll try to build something myself first.... still got three months before i go... .

cheers,
Sander

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