Yamaha TRX850 Enthusiasts Forum

Hi Guys n girls,

i have recently brought a trx in lovely condition i havent got it yet still waiting till aprill but as i have time on my hands trying to sort out all the little jobs i want to do on it befor i get , tbh i think im just addicted
the hard thing to figure out is where i can get it painted i want the body work sprayed white and the wheels poweder coated black. thats not to say i dont like the way it looks now i do and befor i saw this bike i had never herd of a trx which i cant understand . the reason is like so many of you on this forum i want to take an old bike and make it specail and give it a new lease of life once more
so any info on places or people who can do good spray jobs for acceptable money would be much appreciated

P.S i was reading another post the other day and you were all talking about how young you are just thought id point out im 19 and my two years resticted are over

heres a pic and no im deffonatly no a fan of pink

I think shes great and quite like her music too

Nice to see a young lad thinking outside the box. Welcome to the world of bikings best kept secrets. I love quirky me duz

id say the funny thing is when i went on the website looking for a new bike as my 400 died , i had R6 in mind as my mum and dad both have them. but found that the R6 i had my mind set on i couldnt get due to the finance so the kind sales man told me to look through their other bikes to see if anything else took my fancie and just like that i found the trx.
i then joined this forum and within an hour i was on the phone telling them i wanted it , i spose its funny how we come across things you could call it fate

Welcome to the mad house!

Of course, we'd like to see some pics when you get it.

Hey mate, great to see another addict! I was liking through potential bikes and had my heart set on a twin. Doing a bit of research these little devils came up and I fell in love with the trellis frame, cheap price and amount if modifications that have and can be done. I love the idea of a blank canvas with a lot of potential and I think I'm gonna hang onto this bike for a while! At least until my wallet catches up to my ideas.

Welcome to the forum mate
Like you, I went out looking for 'something sensible' after riding strokers and in-line fours all my life. (actually I was thinking about a 600 Diversion FFS )
Then I spotted a couple of TRX's in the background, took one for a test ride, and the rest,as they say, is history. That was 10 years ago.
BTW I'm at the opposite end of the age range to you at 61¾ so with luck you have over 40 years of TRX to look forward to ?

guysie99 wrote:Hey mate, great to see another addict! I was liking through potential bikes and had my heart set on a twin. Doing a bit of research these little devils came up and I fell in love with the trellis frame, cheap price and amount if modifications that have and can be done. I love the idea of a blank canvas with a lot of potential and I think I'm gonna hang onto this bike for a while! At least until my wallet catches up to my ideas.

Dont think i could say it better myself also considering how rare they are you know your going to have something different to the bucnh which i think would put a smile on any bikers face

hey redrex i have to say i am very much looking forward to being back on the road and cant wait for my first ride of the beast.
when i went to view the bike last saterday at the dealership i found out why every one loves the sound of the trx.
it has the standared staintunes on it but still sounds like a monster!

Try just getting the wheels done black first and see if you like it - black and yellow is a good colour scheme Might save you some money getting a full respray.

i have been chatting with my dad and he thinks we can do the respray (not the wheels get them poweder coated) as he is an ex mechanic and knows how to spray and already has all the equiptment we need to do a profesional job.
heres a pic of how it will look when im done sorry about my bad photoshopping please tell me you thoughts and any improvments you think i could do to make it look even better

http://s20.postimage.org/5l17299f1/MY_BIKE_PAINTED.jpg

If he can do a job as good as that I'll bring mine down and he can do two at the same time

Red Rex wrote:If he can do a job as good as that I'll bring mine down and he can do two at the same time

Me too, looks good

Go for it! Good colour scheme. Although I do have a liking for Black and Yellow. Nice to see that you aren't turning it into one of those hideous street fighters. Keep the fairing and do a real smart paint job.

Red Rex wrote:If he can do a job as good as that I'll bring mine down and he can do two at the same time

well the paint job is just white fairings and a red fender the rest is a vinyal sticker set which are on ebay : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320639079800? ... 1423.l2648

so technicly not that diffecult