TRX Restoration Project

[Con Rod]

with the forks I am just getting my usual bike place to do it, Beaconsfield Motorcycle Supermarket. I am not getting anything fancy done just bushes springs and seals so there was no point going to someone like Zenodamper.

The springs going in a progressive rate ones from Ikon. There are a bit shorter than stock so will just be popping in spacers to bring the free lenght of the spring and spacer up to 515mm (per the service manual the original free spring lenght was 385mm plus a 130mm spacer)

Bushes are just your run of the mill teflon coated bush.

I really dont know my starting point at the momment so I will set it up to stock for the heaight above the forks, fluid levels etc and take it from there.

I already have the R6 rear shock on the bike fortunately

With the pipe I am pretty confident it is well above the limit to be honest. You get a bit of an idea from the video. But I will be getting a baffle at some point so if I get it organised in the next week or so I will see how that goes before swapping the cans over.

[Con Rod]

Still waiting on the forks so cant finish it off yet but getting close.....

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[fung]

looks like things are progressing nicely!
another plus is some shorter dogbones to raise the butt in conjuction with dropping the forks thru.
i went 20mm up at the back and down 15mm at the front.
seems to work nicely, using all the tyres and still turns in well, stable mid corner and i get good traction on the exit.
she hasn't got the heavy feel on the initial drop in to a corner the std height gave me.
cheers
fung

[Con Rod]

Thanks for the tips Fung, I will play around with the set up once I have it all back together and on the road.

I have a sidestand question for anyone who can help.

Below is a picture of the sidestand up on my bike. The sidestand seems to be the correct on for the TRX but there is not much clearance between it and the left peg. Is this normal and has anyone had any issues will getting their heel on the sidestand?

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[fung]

looks std .

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if its an inch longer, it may be early R1
cheers
fung

[alextrx850]

Nice attention to detail on the paint-n- polish...

[Con Rod]

looks std .....

...if its an inch longer, it may be early R1
cheers
fung

Thanks for that fund, yep looks standard all right. I suppose I will get used to is.

Really on the final stretch now. Just wrapping up loos ends. Got a few more things done last night.

First off I painted the inside of the fairing black. It makes the cockpit look a bit neater than just having is the same colour as the outside. If you ever wondered what the inside of Darth Vader's helmet looks like, it is something like this:

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Also was pretty pleased to find some new levers waiting when I arrived home:

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I got my forks back from the shop all done and fitted them on the bike:

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[Con Rod]

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Then I put the brake callipers back on with new braided lines:

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and added some heat shrink to the lines to make sure they are not damaged by any rubbing where they pass the bottom tripple:

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I will bleed the system through tonight and put the fairing back on. Then run through a whole heap of little jobs like adjusting the clutch cable, tire pressures, double checking torque on bolts etc etc.

Still waiting for my speedo cable and screen to arrive and have to get a few A4 grade stainless bolts

[fung]

i've included a pix of the std TRX horn bracket/brakeline router.

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this is the go.
cheers
fung

[Con Rod]

Cheers Fung, I am not using the standard horn as I am planning to get a stebel / sebel magnum horn and the set up I got with the hoses fitted up well at the banjos on the callepers and master cyl. Was not planning to use the bracket.

Is there any reason I should set the lines up that way other than to use the bracket?

[BigAl-TC]

Hi Paul,

Just noticed you have the loop for the speedo cable on your guard, the standard position is on the inside edge of the fairing.
The guard just had a blank plug fitted. Whatever suits you though.

Very impressed with the speed and attention to detail.

[fung]

Cheers Fung, I am not using the standard horn as I am planning to get a stebel / sebel magnum horn and the set up I got with the hoses fitted up well at the banjos on the callepers and master cyl. Was not planning to use the bracket.

Is there any reason I should set the lines up that way other than to use the bracket?

the horn is on a separate tang bolted to the brakeline hose guide which itself is attached to the bottom triple clamp by two short 5mm allen head bolts.
the advantage is that the lines keep clear of everything sharp and have some movement through the clamps via their rubber clamp inserts.
cheers
fung

[Con Rod]

Hi Paul,

Just noticed you have the loop for the speedo cable on your guard, the standard position is on the inside edge of the fairing.
The guard just had a blank plug fitted. Whatever suits you though.

Very impressed with the speed and attention to detail.

Ah, cheers big Al, I thought I was missing a second guide for the fairing, but I am missing the blank

[Con Rod]

Cheers Fung, I am not using the standard horn as I am planning to get a stebel / sebel magnum horn and the set up I got with the hoses fitted up well at the banjos on the callepers and master cyl. Was not planning to use the bracket.

Is there any reason I should set the lines up that way other than to use the bracket?

the horn is on a separate tang bolted to the brakeline hose guide which itself is attached to the bottom triple clamp by two short 5mm allen head bolts.
the advantage is that the lines keep clear of everything sharp and have some movement through the clamps via their rubber clamp inserts.
cheers
fung

Ah cheers, I think I should be ok so, it is not naturally rubbing anything but I will keep an eye on the heat shrink I added and adjust if needed

Thanks for the pics though, it is really helpful with this sort of stuff as the Haynes and Yamaha manual dont cover some small details like that and it can be tricky to suss out exactly how everything should be.

I spent a good 8 hours working on the cable routing but pictures help a lot more than the diagrams in the manual

[Con Rod]

ok well it has been about a week since my last update and at this stage the bike is a hairs breath from being finished.

Last weekend I had a crack at making some kind of baffle for the pipes at they are pretty farkin load. Anyway my ingenious attempts to make something using some plumbing fittings left me with a baffle which was too restrictive and looked like........well it looked like plumbing fittings shoved up the exhause:

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Anyway I found a couple of 35mm baffles in Queensland on ebay and ordered them.

A little bit of modification was required to get a good fit around the bend in the exhaust nozzle, but a big improvement on the look of my plubing work:

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They have made the pipes a bit quieter but I wouldnt really want to have the bike running in the garage for too long as the neighbours might decide to form a linch mob.