Prepping for Round the world help please.
 

Hi All,
We are prepping two XTR's for our trip and although we are not new to big trips we are new to XT Ownership - had ours 8months.

Any one got any advice on spares we should take apart from the usual service items?

We are replacing fork seals before we leave, any idea how far OE seals should last?
New brake pads all round, new chain and sprockets.
Re-pack all bearings and clean and grease all electrical contacts etc.
Full service before departure.

Spares that we plan to take are,

1 x spare K&N filter each
3 x oil filters each
1 x set inner tubes each
1 x set cables between us
1 x set brake pads between us
1 x spark plug each
1 x set leavers between us
1 x set wheel bearings between us
1 x reg/rect between us
Misc - fuses,nuts and bolts,cable ties,duct tape,rad weld,liquid metal etc etc.

Does the XT have any seals - gaskets - relays or any other issue that crops up over high mileage?

Bike one is on 8000 miles and bike two is on 3000 miles and our first eg is to OZ so about 15000 miles needs to be factored in.

Also how strong are the stock wheels - any probs?

Thanks in advance every body.

Paul and Angie

crossing deep water seams to be a problem air box snorkels quiet low .maybe change the handle bars and get a louder horn

Cheers Tricky, done the bars, Renthals and the horns are on our very long TO DO LIST.

Thanks for the reply, i will research the snorkel thing.

Just make sure to check all the nuts and bolts before you leave and also every week or so. Did some off roading in mid England over easter and had both the bolts that hold my RHS exhaust remove themselves and therefore bye bye exhaust.

I just had my RHS fork seal let go at around 38k miles. Ive done 4 full days off roading, plenty of wheelies and alot of fast/rough riding so i think they should last long enough.

The wheels are ok but not the best, as long as your not racing along they will take the knocks and rattles ok.

The engines, clutch, gears etc all seem ok the main problem i had with mine have been electrics and bearings in the wheels/rear sprocket.

Depending on the amount of off roading your planning on doing i would either bring another set of front pads ie 1 set each then a set of rears between the two of you.

Apart from that the usual, bash plate, foldly brake and gear levers, new rubber and plenty of petrol. Done:notworthy[1]:

My fork seal went at 20k so I also fitted fork gators while the forks were off to protect the seals better. Most off road bikes have them, they came from M&P and were a cheap investment I think.

Thanks Max and Bart, the folding leavers and fork gators are both solid ideas and i will do both.

Great news on the longevity of parts, if we can get to OZ without needing much work it will be a big load off.

Thanks

Paul and Angie

ps we will post our bike prep details with pics in about a months time.

if you.ve got wheel adjusters stripped down blast some cavity wax up inside the swinging arm its a bit of a rust trap on the xtr.s if you can get it wurth sells cavity wax in standard size arasols sit it in some warm water first and it.ll spray better good for all the non seen bits as well like under the tank and sump plate

Tape or cable tie your spare cables on to the existing ones, saves time if you need to do a quick roadside swap and you can remove the damaged original at your convenience, also stick a bit of solder (you can melt it with a lighter/match) and some heatshrink tubing into you tool kit.

I don't know if this applies to everyone who does long trips, but I'm going through the rigorous process of safety wiring most bits on my bike. I've done it on all my sport bikes, not the XTR though.

http://www.sportrider.com/suspension...ues/index.html

All advice is good, thanks