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engine life
what is the engine life on one of these little bikes, went to view a 96 one tonight with 35000 miles on the clock looked quite tatty which does'nt bother me too much as I will be pulling it apart to work on any way he was looking around £1400 think I might get him down a 100 or 2
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How long is a piece of string?
It all depends on how the bike has been maintained and used.
An example of 2 TRX's I know of. One was used as a courier, always on the road and regularly maintained, it has now 220,000klm's on it and still going strong (with about 1 litre of oil usage per 5000klm's. The other was an abused example, irregular servicing, flogged at race days and used as short (10klm) daily trips to work. It needed rings, pistons, cam, camchain and tensioner,valves and seat replacement at 35,000klm's.
It all depends on how the bike has been maintained and used.
An example of 2 TRX's I know of. One was used as a courier, always on the road and regularly maintained, it has now 220,000klm's on it and still going strong (with about 1 litre of oil usage per 5000klm's. The other was an abused example, irregular servicing, flogged at race days and used as short (10klm) daily trips to work. It needed rings, pistons, cam, camchain and tensioner,valves and seat replacement at 35,000klm's.
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engine life
Hi,
35000! peanuts.
Bought my 2000 model with 60000 on the clock and have just passed 80000. Been well looked after and used nearly every day by previous owner. You will probably need to change jets/ emulsion tubes in the carbs. If I won the lottery I can't think of another bike I would change it for, just make a few upgrades.
Good hunting.
Paul.
35000! peanuts.
Bought my 2000 model with 60000 on the clock and have just passed 80000. Been well looked after and used nearly every day by previous owner. You will probably need to change jets/ emulsion tubes in the carbs. If I won the lottery I can't think of another bike I would change it for, just make a few upgrades.
Good hunting.
Paul.