Hi Jasper
Flawed? I think there is something wrong if you only got 12.8 km/l. I am guessing but most of your trip must of been on tarmac? With bad petrol etc. you should expect 20 km/l. As Steve says if these numbers are for sand/loaded then maybe it isnt too bad.
My wifes first bike, about 6 years ago, was an 79 xt500 and she used to get 25 km/l comuting to work and also on the longest trip we did to Slovakia.
As for the electrics... perhaps running seperate earth wires on all the indicators and rear light may help, but I think most people have the same sort of problems you had with the XT. One of the reasons she moved on to a transalp.
Advice for your next trip, well I got very sick of adjusting the points and timing and would go for electronic ignition myself.
Still have the Xt and love riding it on day rides, its a bit too heavy for our type of riding other wise we would have them for travelling.
There must be lots of info on the web for these bikes for travelling, if you can read German, that is.
I would love to read more about your mods getting ready for the trip.
Andy
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