Atlas Questions

I think the modern adventure bike has totality lost the plot. Ok for going up your gravel driveway but that's about all. I see 1200 GSs fitted with the full tourtek catalogue passing through my little town that have never been off road. There are hundreds of KMs of forestry tracks north of Walpole going through the most amazing Forrest, some ancient and these "adventurist" stick to the highways. But as Terry says, it can be a long walk when the computer sez no. Better to stay on the hwy. I have laverdas for the hwy.
 
I thought the same when my cousin bought one of those BMW s1000xr, or those 190hp KTM Adventure bikes and the Multistrada, but its huge power with comfortable suspension that they want, not to use even on dirt roads but I suppose you can ride anything avoiding ground clearance or traction issues. You have that brigade and then you have those on cheaper 300cc Honda Singles with long-range tanks much lighter but cheap limiting suspension, but that's upgradable, alar Itchy Boots now just through a Sahara Crossing and on the remote west coast of Africa. Plenty of choices. And way out on my own is poor little me on some obscure 36year old Italian oddball. I like oddball.
 
Legs said:
Agree. IMHO you have to prepared to walk away from it if things go seriously pear-shaped in the middle of whoop-whoop.
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Ha ha. I actually agree with you Terry. The only saving grace for me is that whoop-whoop isn't in Tasmania. You can drive anywhere and back in a day. If the bike needs to be retrieved from the side of the road, it isn't a logistical nightmare. I'm not planning to use it off-road anyway. I just want something that (in my old age) won't kill me to ride for a few hours.

I'm as anti-computer as the next bloke as far as vehicles are concerned. I wouldn't want a car with computer-controlled everything. I can't put a car on a trailer and take it home like I can with a bike.

It seems if you want a modern bike (of any make) for its safety and comfort benefits, you have to put up with it having an electronic brain. These Ducatis seem pretty reliable anyway. You don't hear too many stories of the computer going tits up.

I suspect your Ducati Monster has some computer wizardry in it somewhere. You'd better get rid of it and buy an old Bevel Ducati. ;)
 
A recent controversy, you can get a full-power version of 1200 KTMs with close to 200hp fitted with full knobbys in Europe but the Yank Distributer will allow them to be delivered with knobbys but they must be knobbled down from full engine power. The Yank owners are not happy they don't come enabled like Euro models.
 
Close to 200hp on a road/dirt bike? Need all the electronics to prevent the average punter from killing themselves.
Yep, the 15 year old Wee Monster is fuel injected, it's the most modern bike I've ridden (apart Andy's MV), very basic without the bells and whistles which is as I like it.
 
My 2008 Benelli Tre-K is a little less sophisticated than the Ducati as far as computer control is concerned. It just has an ECU to do the fuel injection and manage the sparks. No ABS or traction control.
Who knows? I might eventually decide I prefer the Benelli and move the Ducati on to the next bloke. Main reason I bought the Duc was that I was keen to try one, and this one was for sale locally at a good price and came with a lot of aftermarket goodies.
Maybe Vince will convince me that what I really need is an Atlas.
 
I bought an Enfield crash bar a while back that I have been cutting and shutting to fit, the left side is now close but not so much the right side. The joys of missing symmetry. It's going to take some more massaging to clear that side's bulging engine case not to mention 20mm off the bottom of the plastic front mud guard to clear it. Its a great looking gadget, nice compound curves.
 
Dellortoman said:
My 2008 Benelli Tre-K is a little less sophisticated than the Ducati as far as computer control is concerned. It just has an ECU to do the fuel injection and manage the sparks. No ABS or traction control.
Who knows? I might eventually decide I prefer the Benelli and move the Ducati on to the next bloke. Main reason I bought the Duc was that I was keen to try one, and this one was for sale locally at a good price and came with a lot of aftermarket goodies.
Maybe Vince will convince me that what I really need is an Atlas.
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Yes Cam, this is what you need to ‘trump’ Vince..😜
 

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Nice crash bar Andy, where did that come from? I was just watching a youtube video where they mentioned some aggressive off-road tyres on a car being quieter than expected and that triggered a thought. I have mentioned my Atlas has a loud wind roar at over 80kph and thought it was generated by the fairing. I might be completely wrong on that. It might be tyre noise, It didn't even cross my mind that might be what's making that roaring sound.
 
Maybe someday I might actually ride it off-road, it will be interesting to hear if it still roars on soft dirt at and above 80kph. Well, that's an actual plan when I finally finish bolting on the bits I am chasing mounting points for. The under seat front pannier mount should one day be displayed in some fine art Museum, it's really getting crazy now. Today I discovered it's perfectly in line with the seat bolts so more cut and shutting is required to miss that.
 
Vince said:
Nice crash bar Andy, where did that come from? I was just watching a youtube video where they mentioned some aggressive off-road tyres on a car being quieter than expected and that triggered a thought. I have mentioned my Atlas has a loud wind roar at over 80kph and thought it was generated by the fairing. I might be completely wrong on that. It might be tyre noise, It didn't even cross my mind that might be what's making that roaring sound.
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Riding around on my Multistrada the other day, I noticed that it was unusually noisy in my helmet. When I leaned out to the side so my head was in a clean air stream, it got a lot quieter. So the noise was apparently being generated by turbulence from the windscreen. I'll try adjusting it to see if I can quieten the bloody thing down. Could be the same effect on your Atlas.
 
Dontknow, it's pretty annoyingly loud at and above 80kph even with pretty good earplugs in. I was hoping the 75mm taller screen would help and it did a bit, that only one ride so tiny sample size. BTW no welder or experience in any kind of welding, I should have bit that bullet many years back. The front upper pannier rack mount is back and getting hopefully its last tweek so it will allow the seat to mount in place over it. I will post a pic tomorrow. Mostly made by Chris P, it contours over the rear guard and comes out below the seat edges and now clears the seat bolts even. I made a timber buck out of 200 x 50 pine so Chris could blacksmith it to fit. Just another 5-minute job.
 
Dellortoman said:
Riding around on my Multistrada the other day, I noticed that it was unusually noisy in my helmet. When I leaned out to the side so my head was in a clean air stream, it got a lot quieter. So the noise was apparently being generated by turbulence from the windscreen. I'll try adjusting it to see if I can quieten the bloody thing down. Could be the same effect on your Atlas.
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In Europe for the Laverda 70th, I was getting really paranoid about my bike having a rattling top end. Once back home, and waiting for the bike to come home, I jumped on the ZX7R and fuck me, it sounded like it had top end issues.

Jumped off the bike, with helmet on, a car went past, it had a top end warble too.

🙄 FFS, it was then I realised it was some sort of interference to particular frequencies in the headset I’d fitted to my helmet.
 
Round 74 on the front Pannier mount. Yesterday afternoon I discovered the strap fitted beautifully over the rear mudguard but didn't allow the seat to come down over it. It was a lot different to the profile under the seat. I hadn't checked that at all. So back to Chris Ps workshop with the seat and strap. 40 minutes later and after some more cut and shutting it finally fitted the seat underside but how would it go against the mudguard and frame? Well, it finally fits pretty well. What surprised me was it now sits 15mm above the frame rail that it's going to bolt to and that also holds the mudguard. Who knew there was so much space there as it's unseeable?
 
While working on the pannier mount I found something interesting. In the upper left rear back corner of the airbox almost completely hidden behind the battery there is a 20mm hole covered by what looks like decomposing dried-out mesh-backed tape of some kind. With one edge that has come loose and is flapping and flaking away off the remains of the dried-out tape that's turning to powdery dust. That might be exactly what's clogging up the bloody idle jets. I have seen this happen before, they used to use rolls of stick-on strips of foam rubber as a gap sealer in buildings. It takes a few years before it dries out and brakes down and turns to gritty dust. Have to find some waterproof super sticky tape to block this hole and clean out the remnants of the old tape and see if that fixes it.
 
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While working on the pannier mount I found something interesting. In the upper left rear back corner of the airbox almost completely hidden behind the battery there is a 20mm hole covered by what looks like decomposing dried-out mesh-backed tape of some kind. With one edge that has come loose and is flapping and flaking away off the remains of the dried-out tape that's turning to powdery dust. That might be exactly what's clogging up the bloody idle jets. I have seen this happen before, they used to use rolls of stick-on strips of foam rubber as a gap sealer in buildings. It takes a few years before it dries out and brakes down and turns to gritty dust. Have to find some waterproof super sticky tape to block this hole and clean out the remnants of the old tape and see if that fixes it.
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Good work Vince. Some of that double sided Gorilla tape would be ok
 
Vince said:
Round 74 on the front Pannier mount. Yesterday afternoon I discovered the strap fitted beautifully over the rear mudguard but didn't allow the seat to come down over it. It was a lot different to the profile under the seat. I hadn't checked that at all. So back to Chris Ps workshop with the seat and strap. 40 minutes later and after some more cut and shutting it finally fitted the seat underside but how would it go against the mudguard and frame? Well, it finally fits pretty well. What surprised me was it now sits 15mm above the frame rail that it's going to bolt to and that also holds the mudguard. Who knew there was so much space there as it's unseeable?
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If you're paying Chris in beer, he'll be an alcoholic by the time your panniers and crash bars are finished. :)
 
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