Yamaha TRX850 Enthusiasts Forum

This winters project was to strip my bike down and have the frame powder coated, after stripping the frame down I found the rear end to be pitted with rust especially round the rear foot rest mounts. Rather than scrap the frame I thought I would have a go at grafting an R6 rear sub frame onto what was left of my frame. Here are the results


frame as it came off my bike looks ok but when I cleaned off the paint it was well pitted

what was left of my frame

R6 rear sub frame

frame slugs made
R6 sub frame modded and offered up to TRX frame

brackets made for trx under tray

all seems square




frame and engine casings back from the powder coaters



with the rear end all fitted you can't see the R6 sub frame.
Big thank to my son Dan for all the welding and Paul for telling to go ahead and have a go and the R6 sub frame

That's a job well done! what's the treatment on the swing arm? Is it just a buff?

Da polisher and some solvo autosol n elbo grease

Very nice work!

Excellent set up with the bolt on luggs

Nice work indeed
Like the 'ol Mavic Deemax in the background too.

Sexy!

Nicely done!

very nice work indeed ,how about a full pic of the finished bike ( please )

mad73 wrote:very nice work indeed ,how about a full pic of the finished bike ( please )

will do when I get it finished.

All going together very nicely, excellent! : h

tzx660 wrote:All going together very nicely, excellent! : h

You were right,

Nice job! I have a café racer setup but looking at S-F setup n' checking opt for ducktale selections to choose my liking...

Any issues securing the front of seat? Did u use standard slot/ bracket by tank?