Newbie to a TRX...sort of.
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:08 pm
Hi all,
Been reading this forum for quite some time now, and thought it was time to join in the fun !!
Firstly, I have a UK TRX, 2000 on a 'W'. Guess it was one of the ones hanging around the showrooms for a while.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, a mate of mine had this bike from new, and this year decided to trade down to a Buell !! something called a lightning I think. For me the Buell is a bit small, Im 6' 2'' & 17 stone...a bit like a roller skate really. I had a short go on it and it nearly shock me eyes out with the vibration........ So, he offered the TRX to me...having looked after it for a year some time ago when he got done for DD, the little I rode it (and i think i rode it more than him !!), I thought why not. It was cheap...very cheap. 1 owner just a nats over 5000 miles, totally original and I new all its history well. Unfortunaley or crimainlally, when i arrived at his house, I had to drag the thing out of the garden. Brakes all seized, battery dead, and looked very, very sorry for its self. Nevermind I sighed, a bit of TLC and it will be as good as new.
And thats the short version !!.
TRX is all up and running, R1 calipers, braided lines etc...partially stripped and cleaned. Fully serviced, all fluids, new tyres (This bike still had the original michelin MACDAMS), shims checked, race cans, and now runs like a dream. That was almost 7 months ago, and after completing all that I stuck it to the back of the garage. Maybe it will be worth something some year. See RD500's are fetching very good money now and good TRX's are getting harder to find every year.
Unfortunatley, or perhaps ''luckily', I have two other bikes, an R1 (a well used toy) and a Honda transalp (Used for commuting into London most days), so the TRX sat at the back of the garage,..... until yesterday. This is a waste I thought, wheeled it out, starts first time on the button and off I go. 4 hours later I returned home to complete some of the DIY I had been meaning to do for some time, after getting a bollocking from the wife for being gone so long !!. But what a laught I had...steady at first but then started giving it some stick around the lanes. This is pretty quick I thought..not R1 quick, but quick enought in its own way.
So this morning, instead of grabbing the Transalp for my commute, I thought I will take the TRX. (Besides the bloody thing was in the way, at the front of the garage). Glad I did really, this things goes in traffic where the transalp never will, and with race cans it wakes up the dozy car drivers at 200 yards. So the Transalp is relegated to the back of the garage for the time being... or until they salt the roads. Cant wait until tomorrow.....
Anyway, can't say much more really apart from ''Great Site'', actaully ''Bloody Great Site !! . Keep up the good work and I hope to give some input when/where I can.
All the best, Matt
VF600.
Been reading this forum for quite some time now, and thought it was time to join in the fun !!
Firstly, I have a UK TRX, 2000 on a 'W'. Guess it was one of the ones hanging around the showrooms for a while.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, a mate of mine had this bike from new, and this year decided to trade down to a Buell !! something called a lightning I think. For me the Buell is a bit small, Im 6' 2'' & 17 stone...a bit like a roller skate really. I had a short go on it and it nearly shock me eyes out with the vibration........ So, he offered the TRX to me...having looked after it for a year some time ago when he got done for DD, the little I rode it (and i think i rode it more than him !!), I thought why not. It was cheap...very cheap. 1 owner just a nats over 5000 miles, totally original and I new all its history well. Unfortunaley or crimainlally, when i arrived at his house, I had to drag the thing out of the garden. Brakes all seized, battery dead, and looked very, very sorry for its self. Nevermind I sighed, a bit of TLC and it will be as good as new.
And thats the short version !!.
TRX is all up and running, R1 calipers, braided lines etc...partially stripped and cleaned. Fully serviced, all fluids, new tyres (This bike still had the original michelin MACDAMS), shims checked, race cans, and now runs like a dream. That was almost 7 months ago, and after completing all that I stuck it to the back of the garage. Maybe it will be worth something some year. See RD500's are fetching very good money now and good TRX's are getting harder to find every year.
Unfortunatley, or perhaps ''luckily', I have two other bikes, an R1 (a well used toy) and a Honda transalp (Used for commuting into London most days), so the TRX sat at the back of the garage,..... until yesterday. This is a waste I thought, wheeled it out, starts first time on the button and off I go. 4 hours later I returned home to complete some of the DIY I had been meaning to do for some time, after getting a bollocking from the wife for being gone so long !!. But what a laught I had...steady at first but then started giving it some stick around the lanes. This is pretty quick I thought..not R1 quick, but quick enought in its own way.
So this morning, instead of grabbing the Transalp for my commute, I thought I will take the TRX. (Besides the bloody thing was in the way, at the front of the garage). Glad I did really, this things goes in traffic where the transalp never will, and with race cans it wakes up the dozy car drivers at 200 yards. So the Transalp is relegated to the back of the garage for the time being... or until they salt the roads. Cant wait until tomorrow.....
Anyway, can't say much more really apart from ''Great Site'', actaully ''Bloody Great Site !! . Keep up the good work and I hope to give some input when/where I can.
All the best, Matt
VF600.
Whack some flat bars on it and build yourself a Yamaha 'Lightning'... You won't be sorry 
)
, but you really cant beat pure power to really excite !! Its one of those bikes,In my opinion, that you have to own once in your life....trouble is every time I ride it, I enjoy it so much that I cant see myself selling it for a long time to come.......
