Please share your secrets! What mods have you made to your TRX?
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by Kevtrx849 » Thu May 12, 2011 3:32 am
I've been a bit slack with my detailing on the bike lately
. Handsomejack shamed me into doing something about it.
I oil my chain on a weekly basis ,usually after a ride and if i don't clean off the excess it drips onto the exhaust and burns itself in. After cleaning the baked on crap off i noticed that the chain has been running against the exhaust and has nearly worn through
Obviously i've been slack on my adjustments too. So i took the system off and took it down to my local repairer and they tigged up the gouge and put a flat area into the chain run giving more clearance. Even with the chain tensioned correctly you only get a 10-15 mm gap with these systems, now i've got like 25mm
They also took a crease out of the right hand tube from when i dropped the trackbike at Queensland raceway. All in all very happy with the work. Polished them up in my shed and refitted . All Good. Was weird running the standard headers and original cans for a couple of weeks. The carbs were twice as load as the exhaust note
If everything seems under control
your just not going fast enough.
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by Killerwhale » Thu May 12, 2011 6:38 am
Kevtrx849 wrote:I've been a bit slack with my detailing on the bike lately
. Handsomejack shamed me into doing something about it.
I oil my chain on a weekly basis ,usually after a ride and if i don't clean off the excess it drips onto the exhaust and burns itself in. After cleaning the baked on crap off i noticed that the chain has been running against the exhaust and has nearly worn through
Obviously i've been slack on my adjustments too. So i took the system off and took it down to my local repairer and they tigged up the gouge and put a flat area into the chain run giving more clearance. Even with the chain tensioned correctly you only get a 10-15 mm gap with these systems, now i've got like 25mm
They also took a crease out of the right hand tube from when i dropped the trackbike at Queensland raceway. All in all very happy with the work. Polished them up in my shed and refitted . All Good. Was weird running the standard headers and original cans for a couple of weeks. The carbs were twice as load as the exhaust note
Nice! I´ve also left my exhaust...akra 2-1 to a local shop. Full peen blast inside/outside and then black matt heat coating (powder) all for 50£. Feels like a great deal!
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by Kayla » Thu May 12, 2011 10:09 am
Veeeeeeeerrry nice!
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by Killerwhale » Thu May 12, 2011 4:20 pm
Kayla wrote:Veeeeeeeerrry nice!
Here´s my result, not a particle of sot inside and the black is spec @ 750 degrees...here comes the amazing part...they only asked 20£ for this...so i just had to buy a cake for ´em!!
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by Kayla » Thu May 12, 2011 4:29 pm
Killerwhale wrote:Kayla wrote:Veeeeeeeerrry nice!
Here´s my result, not a particle of sot inside and the black is spec @ 750 degrees...here comes the amazing part...they only asked 20£ for this...so i just had to buy a cake for ´em!!
Are you so much a fan of Chinese food that you buy boxes of prawn crackers KW?
Nice headers!
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by handsomejackuk » Thu May 12, 2011 6:36 pm
very proud of you... now for the next bits ???
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by Killerwhale » Thu May 12, 2011 6:37 pm
Kayla wrote:Killerwhale wrote:Kayla wrote:Veeeeeeeerrry nice!
Here´s my result, not a particle of sot inside and the black is spec @ 750 degrees...here comes the amazing part...they only asked 20£ for this...so i just had to buy a cake for ´em!!
Are you so much a fan of Chinese food that you buy boxes of prawn crackers KW?
Nice headers!
Nah, i got a really good ebay deal on cans for the standard headers and this is what it was sent in!
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by phuk72 » Thu May 12, 2011 8:15 pm
Killerwhale wrote:Kayla wrote:Veeeeeeeerrry nice!
Here´s my result, not a particle of sot inside and the black is spec @ 750 degrees...here comes the amazing part...they only asked 20£ for this...so i just had to buy a cake for ´em!!
KW - let me know how the coating holds up
I've been thinking about having it done but have heard mixed reviews on the finish and what it looks like after a few rides
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by Killerwhale » Thu May 12, 2011 8:23 pm
phuk72 wrote:Killerwhale wrote:Kayla wrote:Veeeeeeeerrry nice!
Here´s my result, not a particle of sot inside and the black is spec @ 750 degrees...here comes the amazing part...they only asked 20£ for this...so i just had to buy a cake for ´em!!
KW - let me know how the coating holds up
I've been thinking about having it done but have heard mixed reviews on the finish and what it looks like after a few rides
Will do!
They´ve done a lot of ´em with really good results...i guess you will need to know what they use. Gonna try remember when leaving my second swinger there...
...and the bad results, have they peenshot them before? hmm
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by Kevtrx849 » Fri May 13, 2011 1:09 am
Very nice killer, saves having to polish them all the time. Mine have already gone gold after just one short run.
If everything seems under control
your just not going fast enough.
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by drix » Fri May 13, 2011 9:23 am
Oh I so wish I had an Over system... can replicas be found/made for such a thing?
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by Killerwhale » Fri May 13, 2011 10:49 am
drix wrote:Oh I so wish I had an Over system... can replicas be found/made for such a thing?
That one IS a replica (stainless), can be bought in Holland....real over pipes are titanium (bigger bore) and the only one i know who managed to get hold of one of those is Peder here in Sweden.
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by westrex » Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:10 pm
I have an original over system on my trx i bought off bobtrx and loving it
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by Adrian9912 » Sun Nov 17, 2013 3:20 am
The only place I've seen one for sale is on jauce.com, I think they only wanted 2 legs and an arm for it too. (plus shipping)
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by Mincehead » Sun Nov 17, 2013 5:45 am
My Over system has been soft blasted to `resemble` titatinium in finish.
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