Aprilia Tuareg 660 Accessories | Engine / Perimetral Guard Install
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- When I ordered my Aprilia Tuareg 660 I also ordered some official Aprilia accessories for the motorbike. The Engine and Frame Guards (Tuareg Perimetral Guard) arrived at my dealership Brighton Moto (www.brightonmo...), so I thought I would show you how to install the engine & frame guards onto an Aprilia Tuareg 660 motorcycle. It is relatively simple, but you will need a torque wrench as well as some other basic tools.
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My bikes:
2022 Aprilia Tuareg 660 with Doubletake mirrors & Evotech Performance satnav bar mount
2020 Beta 390 RR with 2" lowered suspension by HM Racing (www.hmracing.co.uk)
2017 Suzuki GSX-R 750 with Yoshimura Slip-On Exhaust & modified gearing
2012 Moto Guzzi V7 Stone, aka "Lord Vader" which has been very customised
1984 Honda CB100N in original condition
My van:
Ford Transit Custom Limited 185 Auto
My previous bikes that have featured on the channel:
2020 Moto Guzzi V85 TT with Zard Titanium Slip-On Silencer
2018 Triumph street Triple 765R [LRH]
2018 Beta Alp 4.0
2017 KTM 390 Duke
My kit:
Adventure Biking:
RST Pro Series Adventure-X jacket and jeans
Sidi Adventure 2 Gore-Tex boots
Rain/Winter:
Rukka textiles, Held Warm n' Dry gloves, Daytona Road Star GTX boots (all year round awesome)
Scratching/Trackdays:
Dainese 2-piece leathers, Forcefield back protector, RST supermoto gloves
Boots: Daytona Road Star GTX
Chilled rides:
Weise retro jacket, Levi's, work boots.
Oxford Super Hoody
Oxford Original Approved AA Jean Slim MS 3 Year
Forma Swift Dry boots
Green Laning:
Leatt GPX 5.5 jacket and pants, Leatt knee armour, Shot body armour, Fox Instinct X boots, Fox gloves.
My helmets:
Touring: Schuberth C4 Pro Carbon
Adventuring: Nishua Enduro Carbon
Green Laning: LS2 Subverter & Nishua Cross Carbon
Trackdays: Shoei NXR
Chilled rides with no camera: Davida Jet "8 Ball"
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Getting mine next week. Thanks for your videos. Looks like this went together pretty fast. I might put mine on at the dealer myself to avoid having to ship it to my house. This video saved my dealer or myself probably $50 in shipping literally.
Ahh awesome, which colour bike did you go for?
@@HippoDrones The Dakar Podium. Seems silly of me to spend an extra $400 for a color scheme, but what can I do. That is my favorite.
@@Declan4253 when you are spending as much as the bikes these days cost... you gotta go for the paint that floats your boat! 🙂
@@HippoDrones I agree. Looking at your bike and loving it are worth quite a bit. I have a car I love that I can't drive in the winter, but everytime I do some woodworking in the garage I can look at it and smile.
I'm impressed how the fixing holes lined up with no bending or manipulation unlike many other frame & engine bars.
They fitted quite easily. Nice one.👌
The side bars look quite small compared to others, but actually they are positioned where the tank panels will make contact the ground. And of course being smaller with less tubing will mean saving weight which is always a good thing. 👏👌🤞👍
They really were dead easy to fit and like you say, the position they mount looks spot on to protect the bike. I hope they are as strong as they look 🙂
Hi Hippo
Just fitted Motea Protection bars to my Tuareg.
Iam sure you found that as i did the front 2 M10 engine bolts had Yellow factory Torque marks & were at a lower torque than the 2 rear M10 with the Red factory torque marks. (could have been Orange) As in Industry Red is usually used to indicate a fastener must be renewed for some reason.
Torqued the bolts to 50 NM (checked in the official service manual) but ]i still believe the factory used different figures front & rear as there would be no need to use different colours otherwise.
The factory seems to use different colour torque marks around the for the different torques or maybe for the wrenches used. Green is also used on some other fasteners.
A tip i would pass on is, before undoing a fastener from the factory setting make your own torque marker line across half the bolt head or nut continuing down the side onto the material area at the side.
So to return the fastener to the same torque re tighten until the markers line up again.
Especially useful for wheel spindle fasteners were you might be out on the road with no access to a torque wrench (even if you know the correct torque)
I tend to use white marks on the l/h side of the bike & yellow on the right.
Hey @brie6966 thanks for the tip :-) that makes good sense! :-)
I think there were different torque specs front and rear, can't remember now though as this video was recorded almost a year ago :-)
Good news mate, I just bought a 2024 model Dakar Podium 👍 Subscribed
Ahh epic, congratulations 😎👍
I’ve installed the Aprilia Pannier racks, panniers, crash guards and aux lights on my Taureg. All from the Aprilia accessory catalogue. One thing I’ve noticed is how they are designed to fit correctly without being forced to bend or contort the pieces to line up with the bolt holes. I can’t tell you how many bikes I’ve owned where accessories are built to much less exact specs.
I've just fitted the SW-Motech sump guard to mine, had to grind off part of the Aprilia Perimetral Guard to make it fit.
@@HippoDrones sounds like SW Motech didn’t design the skid plate to work with crash bars. I have a Thor skid plate from GP Mucci on order. It was designed to work with the OM crash guards. I like when the aftermarket attempts to build their parts to work with a variety of accessories.
@@zyonsdream yeah, they did say in the blurb that their parts are designed to work with the bike in standard spec so I was expecting to have to modify the engine bars
Another tidy job Pete. They look good and seem very sturdy. The Honda bars etc. were pretty much for show and quickly were bettered by various companies that made stronger ones.
Even after today's abuse, I've still not load tested them, but I think they will be pretty solid. I can vouch that the rack is solid as I banged my knee into it today trying to get on the bike... that smarted a tad! :D
@@HippoDrones Ouch!
@@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger :D
Armour installed, ready for combat sir!!! I will admit they are higher than I would have thought to protect the engine.
I think they should do enough, time will tell I guess... and at least the engine is tucked away unlike the Moto Guzzi! :D
@@HippoDrones oh yeah fair point for sure about the guzzi cylinders sticking out! They will do fine I'm sure all ready for some battle!
@@MonkeyButtRides :D It was amazing on yesterdays ride :D battle was commenced! :D
Those engine bars are very tasty, a nice install again too. I want a bike with engine bars purely as it makes mounting a 360 so much fun :D I must get some prit-stick locktite, looks a lot handier than my liquid stuff. Haha 50 +/- 15 is a bloody massive tolerance, that was the same as my steering damper on the GSXR, head nut was 70 +/- 20 :D
I do like how slimline they are, do a job but aren't massive :)
They look great at the moment! :D hahaha
That was one of the things I loved about the V85TT, it was the best bike for mounting a 360 camera to, frame bars everywhere! I was just looking at the Tuareg just now working out where would be good 360 mounting points for tarmac and also for dirt.
Hahaha, yeah it made me chuckle, but 50 is a nice number, so that is what it got... that reminds me, I need to check the rear spindle nut as I didn't have a torque figure for that (owners handbook doesn't list it) for when I adjust the chain, 120Nm is what I need... no wonder it was stiff to loosen!: D haha
Yeah me too, and was super grateful for them being slim on my day adventure with Mr Fish, had to squeeze through some super tight gaps between fallen trees1 :D
Nice bit of kit Mate. A nice easy install. 😊
Super easy, and the guard is proper, not a pretend thngimy! 🙂
Looks like an easy fit! Good idea as well.
Aye, looks really solid 🙂
Very prudent to install engine guards mate.
I think I am gonna be needing them judging by today's dirtybike ride! :D
Thanks for making this easier for me!!!
Cheers from Nashville!!
Ahh awesome, am glad it helped you! :-)
Awesome review! Thanks for sharing! Have a great day! Big like👍👍👍
Thanks 🙂
Picked my Atreides Black up a week last Friday and am Buzzing1 First service done on Saurday. .Great video Man ! Looking forward to some Surrey hills Green la ing. Just ned to get my crash bars sorted and still trying to decide on a new bash plate. AXP looks good but apparently front mudguard can catch when bottoming out front suspension. Any recommendations on bash plates mate ?
Awesome to hear you are loving it mate. I have the SW-MOTECH sump guard which is nice and solid. I did have to modify the engine bars though to work with it.
I think the issues with the AXP were just with the Mk1 and they have modified the design now, but I've no experience with their products.
Hopefully see you out on the trails soon bud 👍
I was going to point out you hadn't refitted the cable clip, till you mentioned it. You also didn't hide the rubbish pile very well, with your camera angles😉
:D hahaha... The more folk go on about the mess, the less likely I am to clear it up!: D
@@HippoDrones ooooooh........rebel without a pause😁
@@LordBilious :D
Nice how to video, thanks for sharing. A couple of things. I was wondering what Torque wrench you have as it doesn't appear to be listed in your kit and caboodle. Also the torque wrench settings were 10, 25 and 50 Nm? Please confirm?
Thanks David 🙂👍
I have a couple of torque wrenches, both I believe I got from Halfords. I have 2 as one is for lower strengths and the other is for higher torques. Think they are from their pro range.
TBH, it was a while ago I recorded this. Your best bet would be to join the Aprilia Tuareg 660 UK Facebook group, you can download the service manual and torque specs from the files section on there for free.
Can you look and see if the bars actually helps before the steering enters ground? It looks like they wont help at all.
What do you mean? 🙂
Anecdotally, I dropped the bike 3 times last time I was out on it, zero damage
@@HippoDrones Well that's good.
Getting ready for the ultra dirty roads.
Mate, yesterday's ride was proper ultra dirty! :D
Man alive I was totally shocked at the cost of the Tuareg. An Italian bike for less than a T7. I have to say that it looks better than the T7 too. Let's hope you never find out how good the crash bars are. 👏👏
I think it is a bit more expensive than the T7, not sure about the Rally version of the T7 though?
@@HippoDrones Rally is more, standard T-7 is less.
@@nose2wind872 ta 🙂
Thx for sharing
Thank you for taking a look 🙂
Looking good 👍.
:-) not so bad yourself there sweet cheeks! :D hahaha
@@HippoDrones 🤣 👍.
@@christopherdevries1969 :D
Man that’s so much easier than mine. I should be getting mine in next Tuesday. I helped my buddy install his on the Africa Twin so now to do mine.
Is your Rad guard plastic or Metal? Mine came with a fairly ridged plastic and wondering if i even need to upgrade. Probably should eventually.
Man that’s a good looking bike😎👍.
Thankfully dead simple, and hopefully well designed and strong.
I have a plastic rad guard currently, and will probably replace it with a metal one when I get a chance.
Also..., I recognise that block of garages. Did you make a video a few years back reviewing the Worx Hydroshot battery powered pressure washer? I think the bike being cleaned was a Beta Alpha?
If you did, following your review, i bought one during the 1st lock down. Cracking bit of kit I love it.
I take it in the van with me with a 5L water canister when I go mountain biking & Motocrossing.
No more scraping & brushing piles of mud off my drive.
Who needs that after a long day riding & your tired & it's getting dark? After what you would pay at the garage jet wash every sunday, it eventually has paid for itself.
I also use it to wash the van when I can't be arsed with the faff of unraveling the hose pipe down the drive 👏.
If it was you, have you still got your Hydroshot & do you still use it?
Hi Dan, yes that was my video. I still have the HydroShot, I love the Worx battery tools, have several of their products. I have not used it recently as I've found it more convenient to use a jetwash at a petrol station, but you are right with how convenient the HydroShot can be.
I loved my Alp 4.0 but traded it in for a Beta 390RR a couple of years ago.... and am contemplating selling that now I have this Aprilia, which has so far excelled in the dirt and done far more than I thought it would be capable of!
@@HippoDrones yeah, if you're riding to your off road routes then for pure convenience & weight saving the jet wash on the way home still wins. Leave all the sloppy muddy mess on someone else's floor. Your not just getting a wash but saving time not sweeping up the slurry after. Less to do when you get home especially in winter when it's getting dark & cold.
That's a bold statement about selling the Beta because of the Turaeg. Shows just how good the Turareg is.
But it's nice to have the option to load up a lighter bike with your mates in trailer or van & drive somewhere longer distance for a weekend away trailing. -Like France, spain or Isle of Man etc.
Depends what you want to do really, but also nice to have options.
@@gtomcat321 absolutely, is why I'm going g to wait until next Spring I think before deciding
That's bang tidy fella 👍
Should do the job too 🙂
@@HippoDrones nice little investment as those panels wouldn't be cheap to replace
@@deepjoyrides yup... although Aprilia plastics are not too pricey... whereas these protectors were £500 from them... perhaps I should have just got spare plastics! 😜🤣
@@HippoDrones haha yep that's a good point but the bars look good. You could maybe get some little spot lights to fit in them
@@deepjoyrides I hardly ride at night, but might get some small bags for them.
They look cool. Wondering what they'd look like anodized red to match.
Am not sure I'd like them red, with them being silver, they match the rest of the framework. I had wondered if black would have been better, but personally the silver sits well with me :-)
It would definitely be interesting to see them in red, or yellow for the yellow bikes though.
Good video. Do you think they stay wide enough out to protect the engine?
Thank you Felix. I think so, I'd certainly not really want them sticking out further! :-)
Hello, new My friend 🆕🆕🆕
Good job 👍👍👍
Thanks
Lookin good mate nice tidy job ,how do you find those tyres on the road in wet and dry ? : )
Thanks 🙂
When they were brand new, they felt pretty sketchy on tarmac, but now with 700 miles on them they have settled down and grip feels great... but they don't like going much over 80mph. I realised the road manners would be reduced when I ordered them, but today really showed that it was the right choice for me to swap the original tyres for these! 🙂
You didn't put the cable clip back in place?
I did, I just didn't film that, I think I mentioned that near the end of the video! :-)
Have you noticed much heat from right side on your leg?
Hi John,
To be honest, no more heat than any other water cooled multi-cylinder motorcycle. Sure there is a bit, but any water cooled bike with a fan will send it to your legs once the fan kicks in, my GSX-R750 is warmer.
@@HippoDrones Thanks, I've heard it throws off serious heat?
@@johnboy3100 I tend to wear proper bike kit, so maybe that masks it
Hi there looking good mate
Cheers Ro 🙂
Picking up the gold version this weekend. Ordered rack and guards like you. I have the Garmin Zumo Xt to put on, have you looked for the best place to tap into for a switched hot wire.
Ahh brill Jim, I hope you love it as much as I do mine!
I have not gone for a switched supply at the moment, just gone straight to the battery, but hope to in the future.
Does the Zumo XT have the ability to charge via USB?
@@mart7404 if you wire it to
Are they only to guard the fairings or are you planning on adding luggage there, when travelling?
I may get a couple of soft bags for trips to mount on them, but they are primarily for protection 🙂
Am I right in thinking these crash bars use the engine mount threads?
Yes some of them.
@@HippoDrones so one bad knock and it could crack the head like it happens on the cb500x.... Adventure bikes with insufficient mounting points that can cause even more damage once fitted... I must be missing something. Gotta say it's a pretty bike, very nice looking.
@@porter5877 No idea, I mean, it was designed by Aprilia for Aprilia, and all crash bars I have seen for other motorcycles I believe use some engine mounts as the engine is a stressed member on modern bikes, but I guess if you hit something hard enough, stuff will break. Having dropped mine a handful of times now, I've had no issues or damage. Might be a different story on rocks or on the road, but crashing on harder stuff is generally gonna cause significant damage if you don't have any crash protection, so it is a case of flipping a coin. I no longer put crash protection on my road bikes, but the bikes I take on the trails get it because I am more likely to fall off... and fall off at slower speeds than I would on tarmac.
@@HippoDrones yeah that's a good point dude. I need to test ride one I'd like to feel the difference between the 700 tenere.
@@porter5877 Sadly the T7 was too tall for me... I couldn't even get it off it's side stand in the dealership, but the 20mm the Tuareg is lower made all the difference. It is still a tad too tall for me, but I'll order the lower seat for it soon now that is available, which should bring it down to 840mm which will be far more manageable on the trails 🙂
I hope you can get a demo, the Aprilia is an awesome bike... but so is the T7, so you can't go wrong with either if they both fit you! 🙂
Do you have a link for the crash bars or a name for them? All I keep finding is black ones and I really wanted the silver version.
Nice bike 🏍️
Hi Luke, the crash bars are the official Aprilia ones, they only come in silver.
Do you roughly know a price you paid as I only seem to find them in a different country?
@@Luke_msmith give me a bit and I'll find my invoice, I ordered them through my Aprilia dealership when I ordered the bike 🙂
That would be brilliant, thank you so much!
@@Luke_msmith Soz, was working nights last night, so only just got up.
The part number is: 2S001867 and they cost £434 or including VAT £521 which is stupid money, but a lot less than replacing engine parts and a petrol tank I am assuming! 🙂
Did your Tuareg come with those knobbies?
Hi Ernie, mine did, because I got my dealership to fit them for me before I collected the bike, we have a lot of wet mud where I ride, so didn't fancy the Pirelli STR tires.
Wait a minute, did you change your tires?
Yup, got the Motoz Tractionator Adventure tires fitted by my dealership before I collected the bike.
@@HippoDrones sweet! Smart move!
@@SuperCheesyMan We have quite a lot of wet mud on the trails I ride, so I didn't think the Pirelli STR tires would suit... although they would be a lot better on the tarmac.
@@HippoDrones so what's your feedbacks on those Motoz?
@@SuperCheesyMan I absolutely 100% love them.... they took the running in miles to the first service to bed in and feel less sketchy on tarmac, but from day one, they were fantastic in the dirt. They are a compromise though, and at pace on tarmac, they do make the bike a little twitchy, but are fine up to 80mph, and faster on smooth roads.... but they are 75% dirt 25% road, so will not be as well mannered as a 50:50 tire on tarmac.
Just the job for your first off-road lobbing experience
Hahaha... I thought it was going to get tested last time we were out on Thursday, it got quite technical in places! :D
"Piece of we-we"!?! That is not one I have ever encountered hahaha
:D hahaha it is a more polite way of saying it! :D
You never click a torque wrench twice….
thanks