Yamaha TRX850 Enthusiasts Forum

okay so ive read the posts and views on upgrades................

1 front forks
2 Tail unit
3 swing arm

1. front forks, sounds like r1 or older yzf, yzf sounds easier but may be harder to get these days, how much am i looking at paying for the required mods?? any advice welcome or links to good threads

2. tail unit going to fit a single seater so thinking r6 or r1(pre underseat zorsts) also what kind is that on your photo bobtrx??

3. read one thread about yzf rear end fitting pretty easy or the single sided dream!!


any help on the above 3 will be great help as plannin mods in july,aug

jamie I'm a traitor to the brand , the tail piece is honda 600rr about 03 model

browse around and have a look at the TR1X.. Should give you a fairly good idea of how far you can go if you really want to.

for forks have a look on the us ebay.com rather than ebay.co.uk.
Things are so much cheaper over there even when you add shipping costs.

a few words of advice

USD front end is expensive when you factor in what you need - basically a complete front end (and a new set of clocks / speedo for R1 front end). Don't expect much change from £500. You'll need to find someone to press out the TRX stem from the yokes and into R1 / YZF yokes

Rear end - NOTHING bolts straight on and you will have to cut the subframe

YZF rear end - waste of time and money (and ever fecker has got one)

phuk72 wrote:a few words of advice

USD front end is expensive when you factor in what you need - basically a complete front end (and a new set of clocks / speedo for R1 front end). Don't expect much change from £500. You'll need to find someone to press out the TRX stem from the yokes and into R1 / YZF yokes

Rear end - NOTHING bolts straight on and you will have to cut the subframe

YZF rear end - waste of time and money (and ever fecker has got one)

Well, just my thought on the YZF rear....
Market for used 180 race tyre is very good in Sweden, you can get a lot of rubber wich done 15 min qualifier for around 50€ only used at the very edge....and i´m down there very seldom so...i think it´s worth it if you can get a good deal/DIY...

why don't you ride it first, then decide IF it needs anything?

apart from front fork springs for the more manly built riders amongst us, the rest of the bike is pretty good as standard.

ive been looking at the bikes and mods and for sure im going down the street fighter look im loving the look of pederR bike,sep 07 winner, i can tell what a few bits are arse end is cbr 1000 but any idea what exhausts are? i followed the link but im afraid my other language aint swedish!!

any other parts you guys

its sooooo shinny

jamie010580 wrote:ive been looking at the bikes and mods and for sure im going down the street fighter look im loving the look of pederR bike,sep 07 winner, i can tell what a few bits are arse end is cbr 1000 but any idea what exhausts are? i followed the link but im afraid my other language aint swedish!!

any other parts you guys

its sooooo shinny

Luckily mine are....
The rear is from a CBR1k but actually molded into the original one so standard seat catch etc. is fully operational....
Headlight Yam mt03
Bimota top yoke
Fork + swingarm Aprilia mille R
R6 Oz racing wheels
ZX10R rearsets

....but you would OF COURCE want to choose your own parts and not copy another bike....then you can buy it fully built instead.
There´s a SF ER-6 over here with a turbo wich won a lot of awards.....go turbo/S/ch on the TRX and be different!

okay,so just to confirm and confirm again,buy fzr 750 forks and they fit straight in to the existing yokes??

cheers for the swedish conversion

why would you want fzr750 forks? hardly an upgrade.

I agree with Martin, unless you ride the thing for a few thousand miles and get a feel for it you won't know what 'needs' changing.

The more I ride mine the more I get into it, I think, on the road, a set of tyres with a better profile and i'll be more or less sorted. Save your money or buy a set of better carbs in a few months time.

I would consider the forks out of one of these as an upgrade.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/YAMAHA-OW01-FZR75 ... otohosting

LOl if you can find one being broken

absolumley!

the forks on it are fooked internally and and pretty beat up on the outside and as im gona street fighter style the bike I want USD front forks, so ive read the how to conversion and the yzf750 swap sounds the easiest