Yamaha TRX850 Enthusiasts Forum

Thought i posted this last night, but for some reason the thread isnt here.. go figgure.. anyway..
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Summary: 00/01 R1 swinger is 72mm longer than the TRX unit, thus, ive proceeded to do... blah, you get the idea.
Ive noticed that lowering the triple clamps 30mm helps, 40mm is "comfortable" for my personal likings. But ive noticed a few problems because of this. The bike takes a while to get into a corner, but once its in a corner, it drops suddenly, almost as tho it pulls into a corner. After riding a few mates bikes, then changing back and quickly comparing mine, ive set a bench on how i like it to feel VS what i want.. Its sluggish to start the turn, but once you "wake it up" it is VERY sharp.. I suspect this because of the longer swingarm and lowered forks. Combining these 2 things, this is the result..

Without further chatting.. i give you my current project. (I started today, ill finish tomorrow, have it welded up and back in by this time next week, thats with re-polishing).

There's a worryingly large amount of superglue on your bench Quant - mayhap your secret's out!!

Seriously, it'll be the same high quality as the rest of your work, looks great.

Will you be moving the linkage mounting points back on the arm too? If you don't will the suspension linkage geometry remain the same?

oh dear I remember the last time someone cut a piece out of a swingarm, I hope it doesn't come to near blows like it did then
Terry

1: linkage geometry will remain standard.. it will however bet positioned differently.. best way to describe it is instead of the pivot triangle sitting one position, its pre-rotated with the linkages compensating.. So its still the same mechanical advantage and compression on the spring, its just "at rest" at a different angle.

2: its not super glue.. Theres a bottle of loctite 243, HEAPS of alu grinding dust and some fibreglass dust aswell (its all clean now)

3: tears from a previous project ? gimmie details !!!

4: same high quality work ? err.. i do high quality work ? wait till you see the rest of the shit ive been doing...
http://trx850.motomaniac.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1306

go looky and i have more aswell

twolfe wrote:oh dear I remember the last time someone cut a piece out of a swingarm, I hope it doesn't come to near blows like it did then
Terry

So do I....

Hahahhhaa I remember that spat too - IIRC it was within the first few weeks of me looking at the board. I decided not to fit an R1 rear after that lol...

Quant - I saw the 243, but hiding behind the tins of fiberglass (sic) resin there are 2xfive packs of .... superglue! Now, I think you're just sticking all these things together then qiving them a quick squirt of aluminium wheel-paint ... *ducks after running for cover*

honkdawillydahonk wrote:

twolfe wrote:oh dear I remember the last time someone cut a piece out of a swingarm, I hope it doesn't come to near blows like it did then
Terry

So do I....

Wassup wif you lot.... frank'n'open discussion nothin to be 'fraid of

puts on sensible hat... Quan-Time if you want to ride a sorted but otherwise stock TRX as a baseline let me know

DFH

when she's back on the road, im gonna take you up on that offer

Oh yer. just got back from mallala, had a good weekend (was pit crew for a racer) had some issues.. binned it on friday, bogged the clutch on launch 4 damn times on saturday for race one, but race 2 was much better (its a 125GP, so launch is surprisingly hard to not bog and not burn the clutch out), and got cut off badly in turn 1 today (sunday) so we had a fairly stinky weekend. But otherwise the bike was very consistant (1:15.5 was the best time we lapped) But still finished well on saturday so put some well needed points on the board.

Anyway, theres a track day wednesday, i dont think the TRX will be ready, i REALLY want it to be, but gonna have to wait and see if i can get it back in and sorted by then.
$150 for the day.. Its phenoix / ducati club day, but $150 for everyone else (covers entry, insurance)

Could you tell me more … I would love to explore.

loveshaze wrote:Could you tell me more … I would love to explore.

hmmmm resurrecting a 4-yo thread with a bland comment ... that's the kind of thing a spammer does

I'll be watching to see whether I'm proved wrong or right!

Indeed it does Jak.
I must say I was pleasantly surprised to find the content of your post to not be along the lines of the one my addled brain had me thinking of.
Slipping with a powertool.

Jak wrote:

loveshaze wrote:Could you tell me more … I would love to explore.

hmmmm resurrecting a 4-yo thread with a bland comment ... that's the kind of thing a spammer does

I'll be watching to see whether I'm proved wrong or right!

C'mon Jak - where would this site be without bland comments? Mince would only have a post count of 3 if we deleted the rest

Thanks phuk ... I was drinking coffee when I read your post ... now it's all over the keyboard

Mince ... mind in the gutter as usual then

Haha ... it even pulled me out of the bushes too...