Hi can you email me a couple of pics of the luggage set to spyro_55@hotmil.com


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okay, thanks for the websites, some good info on there.

have sent some emails to various tour and hire operators but in the meantime ive been looking a bit more into doing it independently.

the rental of a f650 would be just over £3k and a gs1200 would be £3600. but it seems you can pick up some nice f650s for £1200 on bike trader and im sure it cant cost more than 1800 to ship it over so seems more economical. My partner has family in cape town so we're thinking we could stay with them, change the plates, and sell the bikes once we're finished to save having to bring them back too. fuel shouldnt be more than £1k for the trip either and if we camp it should mean we could be able to get by on the 5k budget.

 My dad reccommended using an XT 600 since its air cooled and simple to fix. not sure if this would have as good a fuel range as the bmws though?
but it may be more feasable for me (5ft 5)

Its just the border crossings we are dubious about and general security. has anyone here had experiences of borders in africa?

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Yam UK just said the reccommended time was 11.5 hours, but didnt say there was a 'book' like you get with car work.

Ive asked a few people i know from other independent garages for quotes, which if more realistic i could use as reference to ask why the yam dealer are charging so much, but obviously they wouldnt be able to do the work.

when i asked southampton why it was so long, they said 'ohhhhhhh, well, there can be problems taking it apart if anything is stuck.....'

think it came out as £66ph labour (which is bad enough) and the rest was charges for consumables (of which i'd most likely provide myself)

£1700 was the estimate from the dealership that i asked them to work out for my own curiosity, of which 370 needs to come out of my pocket potentially.

this is Crescent Yamaha Bournemouth. I'll maybe give Southampton a call tomorrow.

I usually wouldnt mind stringing it out to get the best price but i need it back on the road.

on a seperate note - does anybody know if they automatically do the shims while they're in there?

Hi guys

so this has happened to me too. the nut and tab washer has come off, allowing my inner sprocket to damage the drive shaft (or something like that)

i went into my local ymaha dealer and after much too-ing and fro-ing they have come back to me saying that because i am still on the original chain and sprocket and theres no proof it has ever been tampered with (which as far as im aware it hasnt, even at 24000 miles) that yamaha will supply all the new parts and 11.5 hours labour out of 'courtesy' (not warrenty - they liked to make this clear)

now the garage is telling me that 11.5 hours is not enough time and they require 16 hours labour for the engine rebuild + consumables, and at dealership prices thats coming out at a £370 bill for me, though they estimated if yamaha didnt contribute it would be £1700!!

I just want to ask how many hours labout it has taken for anyone else to have the rebuild and if they had to part with any of their own cash because of it - to make sure they're not trying to fleece me to get something for themselves out of this.

cheers
JD