Honda XRV750 Africa Twin 2003
| Owned 2007-2011 |  |
| Manufacturer Honda Motor Company Ltd | |
| Assembly Hamamatsu, Japan | |
| Color Black | |
| Engine type Water cooled 742cc 4-cylinder SOHC V-Twin | |
| Engine power 60bhp (44.1kW) @ 7500rpm, 62Nm @ 6500rpm | |
| Transmission 5-speed, multi-plate wet clutch | |
| Frame Tubular steel | |
| Front suspension 43mm teleskopic fork, 220mm suspension travel | |
| Rear suspension Pro-Link with stepless preload setting, 214mm suspension travel | |
| Brakes Front: double 276mm discs, 2-piston calipers. Rear: Single 256mm disc, single piston caliper | |
| Wheels Front: 21" aluminium rim, Rear: 17" aluminium rim | |
| Tyres Front: Michelin Anakee 2 90/90-21, Rear: Michelin Anakee 2 140/80-17 | |
| Fuel capacity 23 litres | |
| Oil capacity 2.4 litres | |
| Seat height 860mm | |
| Dimensions LxWxH: 2320x905x1430mm | |
| Weight 205kg (torrvikt) |
The Modifications aka The meaning of life
| MRA Variosceen tall windsceen |  |
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| SW Motech crash bars | |||
| Acerbis hand protectors | |||
| Motrax LED indicators | |||
| Garmin 660 GPS | |||
| Touratech lockable GPS mount |  |
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| Remus race exhaust | |||
| Kappa 40L panniers | |||
| Givi 45L top box | |||
| Givi side carriers | |||
| Oxford Products HotGrips heated grips |  |
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Details
Tyres: This wasn't a very educated choice at this point as I really had no eperience at all. The Anakees did pretty much what I wanted them to do but they where definately very asphalt biased.
MRA Varioscreen tall windscreen: Got if off eBay. OEM windsceens are genrally crap and Honda is no exception. It got the job done without ruining the look of the bike.
SW Motech crash bars: A sound investment. It was a heavy beast with a high centre of gravity and now that it's sold and exported I can admit that I had it on its side more than once.
Acerbis hand protectors: Vanity, nothing else. The OEM protecors aka Micky Mouse ears where ugly as hell.
Motrax LED indicators: Sure they gave better visibility than the OEMs but I would be lying if I said it wasn't about the look.
Garmin 660 GPS: My third Garmin unit. The first I had on this bike was a Zumo 550 and compared to that the 660 was a huge upgrade.
Touratech lockable GPS-mount: Ok, so some of Touratechs products are ridiculously overpriced and some you could even debate the justification for at all. That is not the case with the GPS-mounts, there is nothing on the market that does it better.
Remus race exhaust: It is and always will be about the sound but I did get the carbs rejetted and had it on a dyno and it did get a little bit extra grunt as a result.
Kappa panniers: They where already on the bike when I got it but they where ok on this bike I think although I'd never go back to plastic panniers again.
Givi top box: Since I already hade the panniers I had to get a top box in the same styling. It definately didn't look very good but it had a lot of room. I also built a LED break light for it.
Givi side carries: On the bike when I got it.
Oxford hotgrips heated grips: First batch I got and have used them on both this bike and the XC, it's a nice bit of kit with better output than most if not all OEM solutions.