Hola de nuevo, a la espera de ver el vídeo con el cambio. Estoy de acuerdo con poner el cierre de clip en vez de remache para estas motos (yo tengo una 650), al respecto me pareció interesante un consejo de otro motero de YT: rtwPaul, poner el clip por la cara interna de la moto, así evitamos en mayor medida que un roce con piedras, o ramas pueda soltarlo. Saludos, V´s a 52º.
Pues lo del clip por la cara interna parece buena idea, lo malo es montarlo cuando la cadena es nueva, que cuesta un poco, y más por ese lado, pero parece interesante.
I've just bought my first KK, 15t for my xl600v. In the past I avoided JT pinions because they are supposedly harder steel than Honda, so not gentle on the shaft. Also not as wide.. that's what internet says somewhere), your experience seems different. I always clean the shaft and use molybdenum grease, I can imagine what dust and rust can do there, especially paired with a chewed pinion retainer ring.
Fortunately, the Transalp 600 doesn't suffer the countershaft problem of the 650 and 700, but it still can wear on the long term due to high mileage or heavy abuse. So putting a larger sprocket is definitely a good idea to prolonge the life of the axle.
@@coastrider8881 Well it does, it is not different, earliest models from the 600 family had it even worse because had less splines. Even Africas are not without this problem. Personally I don't think Japanese engineers were completely stupid. It looks like for the long distance tourer they wanted easy sprocket change without big breaker bar. BUT the retainer ring has to be changed as well and ideally the splines cleaned and lubed. Not a greatest design though, I agree.
The thing is 90' bikes usually had odometers that only read till 99.999kms/miles. I still see Transalps 600 or 650 that are being sold with "only" 30 or 40K kilometers despite having had half a dozen of owners. Yeaaaahhh, rrrright, a 20+ years bike that was only used for 1.500kms every year all his life... I ride that in less than a month. The countershat in the Transalp 600 was perfectly fine, but because these bikes are extremely reliable, most of them are well over 100K or even 200K and still look good and work amazingly fine, but the wear on some parts is still going on. Some years ago I bought a Honda CB 500 (PC32), the most reliable bike ever, it was anounced as having 80.000kms, but the bike looked brand new. It was very cheap, so I took a train and rode it home. After tracking all its history with old MOT's and previous owners, in reality the bike had 280.000kms and spent most of his life as a courier bike in a big city. The bike still looked in perfect condition and was mechanically perfect, so I wasn't even mad. One of the best purchase of my life. I did 50.000kms more on it and only sold it because I was bored and wanted something else. A few years later I bought another one with 110.000kms and sold it with 140.000kms. Only basic maintenance. I could have said the bike was only 40K when selling it, because it looked in perfect condition, but I'm an honest person. My rule of thumb is a bike is used for at least 5.000kms per year, except in very cold countries where I estimate 3.000kms (750kms per month for 4 good weather months). Maybe it's different for a 40.000€ Ducati, but nobody buys a Transalp to keep it in a warm garage and just admire it everyday whithout using it.
@@coastrider8881 That's a nice CB story! I bought one as well, for my girlfriend, because i had good memories from the moto school plus I've read the article where French Moto Revue crew bought an old one, rode it to Senegal(?) and dismantled at 300.000. Ours was Italian PC32 so some details and finishes not the Japanese standard (as my 1993 TA600) but an excellent, lively bike with a sporty heart. I miss it, it was nice addition to couch-like TA. I wanted to track my Transalp's history as well but it has a shorter VIN and it seems like so search accepts it. Anyway, thanks for your reply and I look forward to your 250 Djebel video )
I'd like to see you replace them as I plan to do mine soon.
If several viewers are interested I'll publish a summary video of the transmission kit replacement.
I second this!
Yep, me as well!!
I would love that vid as well 😊
Hola de nuevo, a la espera de ver el vídeo con el cambio.
Estoy de acuerdo con poner el cierre de clip en vez de remache para estas motos (yo tengo una 650), al respecto me pareció interesante un consejo de otro motero de YT: rtwPaul, poner el clip por la cara interna de la moto, así evitamos en mayor medida que un roce con piedras, o ramas pueda soltarlo.
Saludos, V´s a 52º.
Pues lo del clip por la cara interna parece buena idea, lo malo es montarlo cuando la cadena es nueva, que cuesta un poco, y más por ese lado, pero parece interesante.
I've just bought my first KK, 15t for my xl600v. In the past I avoided JT pinions because they are supposedly harder steel than Honda, so not gentle on the shaft. Also not as wide.. that's what internet says somewhere), your experience seems different. I always clean the shaft and use molybdenum grease, I can imagine what dust and rust can do there, especially paired with a chewed pinion retainer ring.
Fortunately, the Transalp 600 doesn't suffer the countershaft problem of the 650 and 700, but it still can wear on the long term due to high mileage or heavy abuse. So putting a larger sprocket is definitely a good idea to prolonge the life of the axle.
@@coastrider8881 Well it does, it is not different, earliest models from the 600 family had it even worse because had less splines. Even Africas are not without this problem. Personally I don't think Japanese engineers were completely stupid. It looks like for the long distance tourer they wanted easy sprocket change without big breaker bar. BUT the retainer ring has to be changed as well and ideally the splines cleaned and lubed. Not a greatest design though, I agree.
The thing is 90' bikes usually had odometers that only read till 99.999kms/miles. I still see Transalps 600 or 650 that are being sold with "only" 30 or 40K kilometers despite having had half a dozen of owners. Yeaaaahhh, rrrright, a 20+ years bike that was only used for 1.500kms every year all his life... I ride that in less than a month. The countershat in the Transalp 600 was perfectly fine, but because these bikes are extremely reliable, most of them are well over 100K or even 200K and still look good and work amazingly fine, but the wear on some parts is still going on.
Some years ago I bought a Honda CB 500 (PC32), the most reliable bike ever, it was anounced as having 80.000kms, but the bike looked brand new. It was very cheap, so I took a train and rode it home. After tracking all its history with old MOT's and previous owners, in reality the bike had 280.000kms and spent most of his life as a courier bike in a big city. The bike still looked in perfect condition and was mechanically perfect, so I wasn't even mad. One of the best purchase of my life. I did 50.000kms more on it and only sold it because I was bored and wanted something else. A few years later I bought another one with 110.000kms and sold it with 140.000kms. Only basic maintenance. I could have said the bike was only 40K when selling it, because it looked in perfect condition, but I'm an honest person.
My rule of thumb is a bike is used for at least 5.000kms per year, except in very cold countries where I estimate 3.000kms (750kms per month for 4 good weather months). Maybe it's different for a 40.000€ Ducati, but nobody buys a Transalp to keep it in a warm garage and just admire it everyday whithout using it.
@@coastrider8881 That's a nice CB story! I bought one as well, for my girlfriend, because i had good memories from the moto school plus I've read the article where French Moto Revue crew bought an old one, rode it to Senegal(?) and dismantled at 300.000. Ours was Italian PC32 so some details and finishes not the Japanese standard (as my 1993 TA600) but an excellent, lively bike with a sporty heart. I miss it, it was nice addition to couch-like TA. I wanted to track my Transalp's history as well but it has a shorter VIN and it seems like so search accepts it. Anyway, thanks for your reply and I look forward to your 250 Djebel video )