Please share your secrets! What mods have you made to your TRX?
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by Wombat » Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:38 am
Thanks to Davamb I am the proud owner of some sweet sounding pipes.
Put them together and will fit them on the weekend when I get some time.
Thanks Dave
Bob
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by davamb » Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:58 am
'Bout time that bike of yours sounded as good as it looked!
Thanks for contributing to my new front end Bob - as they say in the classics "what goes around comes around".
Ride Well!
Cheers, Dave.
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by alextrx850 » Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:00 am
Got a tear in my eye lads..
Good to see a photo tho !
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by alextrx850 » Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:29 am
What happened to the trx engined dirt bike you had a while back Bob ?
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by Wombat » Sun Nov 10, 2013 12:55 am
Again, I think that was Homer who had the TRX engine dirtbike, though I do have a hankering for an XTZ750.
Well, pipes are on yesterday after I did a punishing overtime at work (anyone in Sydney know the Fig hedge at Sydney Uni - Parramatta Rd. The damn thing is about a km long!). The burble is nice and the bark even nicer, though as Davamb said I'll get myself a set of DB Killers pretty soon.
Took it for a shakedown run this morning in the wet. Whoooaaaaa! Really nice, freer acceleration and no popping or farting on the overrun. No flat spot either, mid RPM. I'm a very happy Wombat
Bob
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by cobbadiggabuddyblooo » Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:25 am
Excellent systems from Megacycle, another old dog who's been building performance systems for nearly 40 yrs. I just had another can made a couple of mths ago to order for my system.
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by Thebroady » Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:33 am
Don't bother with the DB killers. I have Megacycle pipes on mine and DB killers don't do much. just enjoy the noise.
Your neighbours will get used to it.

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by davamb » Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:45 am
Just what this bike's always cried out for:
Headers need a bit of a clean though Bob. Have you tried Alfoil?
Ride Well!
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by Wombat » Sun Nov 10, 2013 5:16 am
Nah, Dave I'll wrap 'em in exhaust wrap.
Bob
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by cobbadiggabuddyblooo » Sun Nov 10, 2013 5:35 am
when you order your pipes you can specify the internal bore diameter, either 50,55 or 57mm.. Yer the DB killer/teastrainers do little for the noise .. With it in on the dyno I found a rather dramatic drop in power either side of 3,000rpm but an increase of 1hp at peak, so well worth leaving them out performance wise. You'll use that 5hp lower/mid range power moreso that 1hp at 7,600 rpm..
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by Wombat » Sun Nov 10, 2013 5:44 am
Yeah Cobba, the midrange now between 3 - 5K is really healthy and it spins up a lot quicker. Totally amazed how restrictive the std system was.
Bob
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by alextrx850 » Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:01 am

sorry Wombat, don't know why I've messed your name up...you are right, it was Homer..cheers.
Wombat wrote:Again, I think that was Homer who had the TRX engine dirtbike, though I do have a hankering for an XTZ750.
Well, pipes are on yesterday after I did a punishing overtime at work (anyone in Sydney know the Fig hedge at Sydney Uni - Parramatta Rd. The damn thing is about a km long!). The burble is nice and the bark even nicer, though as Davamb said I'll get myself a set of DB Killers pretty soon.
Took it for a shakedown run this morning in the wet. Whoooaaaaa! Really nice, freer acceleration and no popping or farting on the overrun. No flat spot either, mid RPM. I'm a very happy Wombat
Bob