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Post by **Jak** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:29 pm

^^

Welcome to the site

TristanTRX · Post by **TristanTRX** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:05 pm

Thanks! No doubt I'll be asking lot's of questions soon enough!

madivi · Post by **madivi** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:47 pm

TristanTRX wrote:
madivi wrote:Tristan refer to?
Ummmm, That's my name!

Surprise! I suspected you could be the first of Wagners nephews to ride a TRX, ha ha ha.
Sorry, didn't know the name is still in use

Triton · Post by **Triton** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:53 pm

Welcome born again!

TristanTRX · Post by **TristanTRX** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:37 am

madivi wrote:didn't know the name is still in use

Oh yes, but only amongst the Aristocracy!!!

Trixz · Post by **Trixz** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:23 pm

Welcome, it's a nice red on white, although the 'virgin' part is a bit

Greetz
Gerben

Ps. hopefully IRL it's as shiny as the picture shows ..... and not only the paint job I mean

TristanTRX · Post by **TristanTRX** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:58 am

Trixz wrote:
Ps. hopefully IRL it's as shiny as the picture shows ..... and not only the paint job I mean

I'm kinda hoping that as well! I have an awful habit of "buying blind" and it's only bit me in the arse once so far. I'm sure it'll be as good as it looks and if it's not then I'm sure it will by the time I've finished.

Planning on some uppy downies and a better headlight (I believe the FZR400RR jobby fits).

After that; run it and enjoy it for a year or so and then take it to bits for fun etc. May change it to a Loctite rep as well.

And to think I nearly bought a Ducati m900!

steve speed · Post by **steve speed** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:30 am

did you just say DUCATI m900

wash your mouth out

TristanTRX · Post by **TristanTRX** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:05 pm

steve speed wrote:did you just say DUCATI m900 wash your mouth out

I know, I'm sorry

TristanTRX · Post by **TristanTRX** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:17 pm

Well, I picked her up on Tuesday. It's in pretty good nick, just a few scabby bolts here and there and a small amount of surface rust on the subframe. But other than that all's well!

The noise it makes is awesome. My neighbours hate me already!!

One thing that's bothering me a bit is that it's very lumpy low down the rev range and quite snatchy at town speeds. Is this down to worn emulsion tubes? I got a dyno print out with the bike that says it had a dynojet kit fitted with 138 mains. Are these not a bit small? Needles have been adjusted to the second notch? It also has scorpion cans.

Will post some decent piccys after the Saturday stripdown.

P.S. Anyone in or around the West Berkshire area??

slow codger · Post by **slow codger** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:23 pm

Tristan, all TRX's run lumpy under 3000 - 3500 revs, use the gears and the torque! re the jetting get out onto the open road and use it before playing. There are some right clever clogs on this site, who can tell you all about jetting and what to run, but most if not all run FCR's instead of standard carbs. The standard TRX does run rich, and I have had no need to alter carburation on mine running K&N filter and Micron carbon race cans.

Dave E

TristanTRX · Post by **TristanTRX** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:27 pm

Cheers Dave,

I 've pretty much been pootling round town in either 2nd or 3rd. Was just wondering if this was normal as I'm used to four bangers.

I think I'll do the tubes anyway for peace of mind.

Once you get over 3 grand it just flys. Gave me a real fright getting on the M1 on Tuesday when I gassed it off the slip road in 2nd!

I couldn't work out for a while why all the traffic was going so slowly. Then I looked down and saw that I was the wrong side of 120 MPH. OOOPPS!!

slow codger · Post by **slow codger** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:33 pm

Yep fours are rev happy, however the TRX likes torque, dont be afraid to use first as well as the other gears, nice and easy on the throttle, no clutch and it will pootle through town if needed.
Re emulsion tubes, how many miles ago were they changed? as you may find that they dont need changing, it sounds as if they are fine from how you describe its running.

Dave E

TristanTRX · Post by **TristanTRX** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:55 pm

The bikes done just over 20 thou. Was laid up for a few years hence the low mileage. Sadly there's no history with it other than the Dyno print from around 8 months ago when it was put back on the road.

I've treated it to a full service this morning and my tame mechanic said she's in fine fettle. I trust him so that's good enough for me.

Post by **Kevtrx849** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:31 pm

The snatchiness could be down to chain or throttle cable adjustment. Rex'ys are very sensitive to this.

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