Hey guys,
most of you should now me by now (
http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/tr-650-terra-from-germany.85981/ ,
http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/tr-650-terra-from-germany.1195413/).
In the past few month while doing adventure riding and stuff, I found some essential things I want to change on the Terra to make it even more perfect for me.
And then the idea popped up to offer you guys the parts I develop along my journey to the perfect Terra.
I photoshopped the bike how I want it to be.
Just have a look at the picture and all the details. Afterwards, I'll explain what I have in mind exactly.
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Rally Fairing including Nav Tower:
I wanted to construct some rally fairing a longer time ago. I looked through different fairings offered by some of the bigger names in rally accessories. But the stuff is expensive as hell and there's no plug and play kit for the Terra. Recently, I stumbled across RadeGarage from Czech Republic. He designed a rally kit for the 690 KTM and the Husky 701 (along with some bigger KTMs). It includes a nav tower (which attaches to the steering head without being clamped down between the bearings), plexiglass windshield, fairings made of carbon or fiberglass, and two LED headlights to fit the nav tower. The whole kit is under 1000€ (
http://www.radegarage.com/parts/ktm-701-fairing-kit/). In the picture above, you see the windshield and nav tower for the 701. For more detailed views, please check out the kit for the 701 in the link above. And please note: The yellow frame around the headlights is just a optional sticker.
I had some closer looks at his mounting ideas for the nav tower and thought that this should be adaptable to our bikes. There are some changes which need to be done, but it's possible.
My basic idea now is to order the KIT for the 701 Enduro and then change the needed things along with fabricating new mounts and side fairings (I want to do them with ABS plastic).
After everything is done, Rade gets the CAD files from me and then he'll produce the new, plug&play kit for the Terra. Because he doesn't want to sell the stuff without him riding it on its own, I'll be selling the stuff with him as parts deliverer (He offered that). Of course, I'll test the hell out of my prototype.
After testing, you'll be able to buy the kits. That's one of the reasons I'm posting all of this. I want to get an overview if you guys are interested in stuff like that. If not, I'll just build the stuff for me and thats it.
There will be more details further down the text. Let's get to the next point.
Handguards:
I recently got myself Barkbuster Jet guards, so that point is settled. Although I fabricated some mounts to fix them to the triple clamp. That way they could hardly move in a crash.
If there's interest, I could offer them to. The ones which are currently on my bike are just a solution for the moment, so you'll see some nice ones milled from aluminium in the future.
Custom Decals:
I just designed something which came to my mind. After figuring out the rally fairings, I'll do some measurements. I already have contact to a decal producer in germany. They use very thick, durable motocross decals, so that's what we want for adventuring.
It then would be possible that I design your decals with you. Afterwards, I'll ship them to your place.
Taller Seat:
There are basically two options for taller seats.. That's the touratech tall seat and the one from seat concept. The touratech has to many steps for my liking and the seat concept one is to wide in my opinion. Because I bought and used the lower touratech seat a while ago, I still have the original one around. I'll open it up and then form some new seat with a new cover to my likings.
Again, if there's interest.. just tell me.
Smaller Rear End:
I have a very small license plate holder compared to the original one. Still, I removed a lot of the plastic around the brake light including the lock for the seat. Now, there's just the lock cable which I tied down in a corner under the seat. Easy to operate without needing to remove the key from the ignition lock. My plan is to fabricate a nice new set up for the lower part of the rear end. Basically the black plastics under the frame. This will include some nice small brake light.
Single Exhaust:
I thought about this for a longer time now. I don't really like the offerings from GPR because as far as I can tell, they clamp an extra catalytic converter to their single exhaust system before mounting the exhaust can on top of that. Looks pretty ugly. My plan is to search for the right size akrapovic or leovince can. Then I'll contact an exhaust builder to build me a new exhaust pipe from header to can including a cat in the pipe (that's possible and often used in modern cars). Of course, this setup would save a lot of weight compared to the original setup.
You would be able to order the pipe and then get a can of your liking.
Crash Bars, Bash Plate and Offroad Tires:
Well, I already have bars and plate. Currently, I'm running Heidenau K60 Scout which are not satisfying for me. I need something more agressive. Would love some Michelin T63, but you just don't find them in germany.. So, we'll see...
One more thing is the suspension.. I'm planning to get cartridges for the front and the one from touratech for the rear..
Yeah guys, so thats it for the moment. The only future idea I have is maybe constructing additional fuel tanks in another spot than the big ass safari tanks. Rade Garage also did some for 690 and 701, so he has the know how and someone to produce them.
I'm very interested in your questions, ideas and of course in your opinion about these ideas.
If there's serious interest, please share.
If we reach a small group of people, my idea would be the following:
You would be able to preorder the stuff for a deposit (around 10-20% of the parts price). That way, I have the possibility to buy all of the stuff, develop, test, produce and so on (From next februar on, I'll be studying car technology.. so lots of spare time for stuff like that). To thank for your trust, there would be percentages off for the parts you preordered. Of course, the stuff would still be available afterwards.
Alright guys, hit the keys!
Until then..
Greetings from Germany,
Flo
