Well, I wasn't expecting that !

[Gix]

Was going to take the TRX to work this morning but although it was gloriously sunny my car windscreen was caked in frost so I opted out (chicken).
By the time I arrived at work 40 miles away the temp was up and the sun was blazing..I was gutted.
By 11.30am I could take no more and decided to take a half day and headed home to get the TRX out.
Since building the bike towards the end of last year I have hardly ridden it and when I have it has only been for short journeys( part of the reason I was gutted to miss the NWest rideout) so today I decided to take it for a blast around some of the country lanes I used to terrorise when I was on my FSIE or AP50 and LC250 years ago. Mainly around the Fylde coast area Poulton/Inskip,Pilling areas.
After an hour or so of blatting, steadily getting speed up and learning the bike I came onto a familiar stretch which is fairly straight so I decided to properly open it up. Out of a first gear 90 left I whacked it open and the bike lifted pretty quickly which I wasn't expecting as I was dropping down a dip, but click into second and the front comes down nicely and the bike is getting a move on, third gear, fourth gear and I'm approaching a very slight crest at around 90mph, I fully expected it to go light on the crest but I snicked top gear virtually on the crest and the bike just launched skyward like a demented stallion It happily stayed vertical for quite a while mainly due to easy and instant throttle control ( Thank you Keihin )before nicely plonking down with a chirp from the front tyre
I am no stranger to wheelie prone bikes after racing supermoto for the past ten years, but I genuinely did not expect that.
I have always thought of the TRX as being a relatively heavy beast and as such I have never even tried to wheelie it, It has also felt quite lethargic in throttle response ( I have done more miles on standard cv carbs on this bike than FCR's) Apart from the Fi SXV, most of my supermoto's have run FCR's carbs as standard but they have accelerator pumps so I am used to instant response.
I think I went up a couple of teeth on the rear when I built it but that's it

Is your TRX flighty or a bus?

[Killerwhale]

Mine never went airborne unwanted until i put in the 900 enjun, but my 115-120 Kg in leathers might be a reason....

[misterdimwiddy]

I have always been utterly shite at pulling wheelies other than by complete accident. Couldn't even get it right on my KLX250 enduro. Never had mine come up on the TRX even on 16/42 gearing with 88rwhp and I'm only 80kg's.

Not a TRX clip but have a look at '2012 ZX10R Kawasaki at Oulton Park' on utube. This very capable rider has quite a problem keeping the thing on two wheels. Brilliant video. Discovering the joys of HDMi utube on my new telly having had an old school 17" CRT box for ever.

Want a GoPro camera next!

[Gix]

Wheelie shave never been an issue for me and I have yet to come across any bike more wheelie prone than an SXV550, even my cr500 didn't get close but it was just such a surprise from the TRX.
My bike also has a nose down stance and it has shed some weight in it's 'streetfighter' guise but it still feels a tad heavyweight for that type of shenanigans,
I guess I just caught the crest at the sweet spot in the power curve, Good job I had a black visor as my eyes actually did this as did those of the transit driver coming the other way

[cobbadiggabuddyblooo]

These a few nice rises and dips in the road climbing Mt Nebo in Brisbane which you can hit in 3rd at 100kph and get the front end lifting of the brow and running down the other side nice an gracefully on the back wheel with a 16/40 gearing. Gotta love them FCR's