My project - Miniman's TRX850

[miniman1]

Hi all, thought it was about time I put up some pics of my TRX.

It's taking a while as I'm only workin on it when I can be bothered.

but this is what I've got so far

[Lucas]

Is that it:D


where are the pics?

[miniman1]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/60525051011400.jpg


This was how it looked when I got it

[miniman1]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/83278043870238.jpg


Modded tail to suit '00' R1 tail light and fender eliminater

[miniman1]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/83278043874443.jpg

[miniman1]

Computer wont let me upload anymore pics, but you get the idea.

Plans are to upgrade the brakes, change the top clamp and bars, paint, stickers etc etc.........

[miniman1]

Got my new top yoke from Aus street fighter,

fitted it with drag bars, bar end mirrors. Im in the process of making a bracket for the dash.

Will be gettin it painted as soon as I get d stickers made.

Anyone got any ideas for me as to wot else I should do????

[Azrael]

Nice, what headlight u runnin?

[miniman1]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/745438572120613.JPG

[scotty mac]

nice. is that the same as fimps? looks great.[^]

[fimpBIKES]

thats the one!
not a bad lookin' light, mind if i ask how much it set you back?

[Lucas]

quote:Originally posted by miniman1

Got my new top yoke from Aus street fighter,

fitted it with drag bars, bar end mirrors. Im in the process of making a bracket for the dash.

Will be gettin it painted as soon as I get d stickers made.

Anyone got any ideas for me as to wot else I should do????


I'm going to (eventually) get a base for the pillion seat and glass up a custom cowl

[miniman1]

Fimp - From memory I think it was bout $200ish, got it off Ebay

Lucas - Yeah, I plan to do the same thing for a cowl, got a mate that does plastics and fibreglass moulding so im gettin him to do it for me as im hopeless wif dat stuff.

[Lucas]

glass is horrible shit to work with but its about the only skill I have ;)

[miniman1]

k, let us know how it goes.

[Lucas]

will do when I get about to it.

[miniman1]

U goin on this ride to the pub @ Camden on sunday?????

Ill c u then n we can chat bout d big TRX's :)

[Lucas]

Yeah, I'll be there, making my way up on Saturday

[miniman1]

New top yoke, bars with bar end mirrors

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/716561802104879.jpg

[miniman1]

The only prob is that now the bike wont start, Im sure its just a simple electrics prob, I just hate chasing faults.

[Lucas]

Where'd ya get that res from?

[miniman1]

got it from d wreckers, its off a GSX750F, resevoir cap is from ebay

[miniman1]

Finally got it painted, but not back together yet

Here's some pics anyway.

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/83278043845707.jpg

[miniman1]

Ford Shockwave Blue with Carbon stickers

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/83278043862688.jpg

[miniman1]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/83278043843224.jpg

[BANDITROD]

lookin fuckin good mate ...stick with that ford paint mate and it will never fault

[RED ZX]

looking good, nice colour.

Not a fan of the stickers though.

[Fight_fan]

Paint look gr8 man! Have to see those stickers in the flesh tho... Not gonna comment either way on those yet!
U comin to AFR? Let the judging commence! LoL!

[miniman1]

Yeah, it will be coming with me to AFR, hoping to get a lil more work done to it by then tho.

And hopefully even take it down the drag strip if i can ride it.

[miniman1]

A pic of the exhaust after ceramic coating

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/83278406989338.jpg

[HueyonaBlade]

Is that the finish I should expect if I wanted a set of headers down in chrome[?]cause that finish is way better than I would have thought

[miniman1]

Its not chrome, its been ceramic coated. Handles heat better,wont flake and will never discolour.
And its reasonably cheap to do also. And its available in several dif colours.
Gona get the engine covers done soon, hopefully b4 AFR.

[miniman1]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/831242669176801.jpg

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/831242669162947.jpg

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/831242669122991.jpg

[BANDITROD]

very nice mate

[Bob]

Looks sweet mate, nice one!!!

[BANDITROD]

how do ride with the bars like that is it very uncomfortable

[miniman1]

Havent ridden far with them on, but feels ok. Gona change em again soon when I find the ones I want

[BANDITROD]

now that i look again it cant be much different to having clipons i supose

[stu]

Nice work mate, very tidy. Are they Samco radiator hoses? Did you buy the full kit and did the hoses all fit up OK?

[miniman1]

Yeah mate,is a full Samco kit. Bought them on Ebay, they were all a perfect fit

[stu]

Cheers Scott, that's good to know as I have been thinking about grabbing a kit.
Stu.

[GingerNinja]

Lookin' damned fine. How's it go with the 2 into 1?

[miniman1]

Goes well, although still wana get it tuned to suit, sounds like SEX tho :)

[GingerNinja]

quote:Originally posted by miniman1

Goes well, although still wana get it tuned to suit, sounds like SEX tho :)


Was thinking of doing it to mine. I've still got bog standard cans. Sick to death of it sounding like a mozzie when it's over 5000 rpm.

The Samco kit looks friggin sweet too. Doing well mate.

[miniman1]

Finally got round to putting the headlight on.... Let me know what ya's think.......


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1247766842.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1247843443.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1247754250.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1247825903.jpg

[damo1]

Lower the head light needs to be lower.

Mate slide it down further it'll make so much difference to the look i recon.

But as usual this is just my 2c and means nothing to your bulid.

Love the bike just lower the light!

[Hillsy]

+ 1 ^^^^

Looking good!

[thejester650]

looks SWEET!!! perfect man. wasn't too sure about the h/light when ya first showed me but it looks wicked on. the dash turned out good to.

[Fight_fan]

Yeh man, definatly lower that h/light hey! It'l streamline the whole shebang!

[miniman1]

Thanx guys, i was thinkin the same... Still gota rework the dash bracket a lil, but i want it covering d dash whilst still keepin it visible from a riding position...
Ill let ya's know what i come up with...

[rock hard]

Lookin good Miniman, that colour looks great

[damo1]

Mate just had a quick look back over your thread and i noticed that you have your flat bars with the bends going down??

When i had flat bars on my blade i had the bend coming back towards me when sitting in the seat.

Have you done it for a reason????

Just looks a bit odd to me.

But as i said before just my 2c

[miniman1]

yeah, they're not the bars im actually using.... just grabbed them from the wreckers for the mock-up. those ones hit the tank at full lock, thats y they're on like that....

[rod185651]

Mate the bike is looking really good. I've got a TRX as my daily ride and have to admit I wasn't a Yamaha fan until I got it. Also I have a single seat race glass cowl that I'm thinking of selling. If you're interested I'll post up a photo for ya.

[miniman1]

Thanx 4 the comments guys....

Rod: I was considerin single seat tail, but decided to keep the convenience of keepin d pillion seat. Thanx anyway.

[rod185651]

Yeah, good call, a litlle bit of storage space under the pillion seat also. Thinking of changing the exhaust to single but I know these motors need to breath so I'm hesitant to change my silencers (I've got after market staintune exhaust on mine). You feel any difference in power or sound for that matter with yours?

[miniman1]

It had Staintunes on when i got it, dont like twin pipes so i decided to get this done. My mates exhaust shop made it. standard down pipes into 2-1 collector - straight thru muffler. The sound is stupidly loud but i love it! Will make a baffle 4 it when i get round to it. And as soon as I've got some spare cash, ill be getting it tuned to suit the pipes.

[rod185651]

I know just the place to tune it when you're ready, RC Tuning in Moorebank ph: 96029844, he's got a dyno and is good with modified bikes. He did my ZX9R after I took the air induction off and he also identified some other niggeling faults that I was unaware of. He's a little in your face but it's worth it, a few of us use him and all with good results.... so far any way

[GingerNinja]

quote:Originally posted by miniman1

It had Staintunes on when i got it, dont like twin pipes so i decided to get this done. My mates exhaust shop made it. standard down pipes into 2-1 collector - straight thru muffler. The sound is stupidly loud but i love it! Will make a baffle 4 it when i get round to it. And as soon as I've got some spare cash, ill be getting it tuned to suit the pipes.


Any chance your mate's shop can do a new set of headers?

Mine look like shit, rusted a fair bit, so I don't think they will be any good for a ceramic coat.

[miniman1]

Well....... In theory they could, he fucken hates workin on bikes for some reason tho. I had to beg him for ages just to get him to do this. It's prob be cheaper/easier to just get some from the wreckers tho.....

[miniman1]

Haha.... NO CHANCE of goin to Rob, he's a COCK!!! No idea how to treat customers and he's fucked a few of my mates bikes. I got my regular mechanic and im stickin to em, Shannon @ Campbelltown Motorcycles.... Top bloke and knows what he's doing, they also got a Dyno..

[rod185651]

quote:Originally posted by miniman1

Haha.... NO CHANCE of goin to Rob, he's a COCK!!! No idea how to treat customers and he's fucked a few of my mates bikes. I got my regular mechanic and im stickin to em, Shannon @ Campbelltown Motorcycles.... Top bloke and knows what he's doing, they also got a Dyno..


How'd he fuck your mate's bikes, I could handle his lack of interpersonal skills, but if you know something about his mechanical skills share it mate.

[miniman1]

My mate took his Duke 749 there, Rob assured him he knew wot he was doin and could retune the stock computer, it came out with LESS power, wouldn't idle, had flatspot etc.... He then had to take it 2 Frasers after Rob said "he couldnt get it any better than that". I know the guys he used to work with and have heard of other things he's done and taken no responsibility for.
But if he does well by u mate... Stick with where ur happy with going.

[rod185651]

quote:Originally posted by miniman1

My mate took his Duke 749 there, Rob assured him he knew wot he was doin and could retune the stock computer, it came out with LESS power, wouldn't idle, had flatspot etc.... He then had to take it 2 Frasers after Rob said "he couldnt get it any better than that". I know the guys he used to work with and have heard of other things he's done and taken no responsibility for.
But if he does well by u mate... Stick with where ur happy with going.


Tah, info like that is good to know.

[Fight_fan]

Remember Miniman... Rod doesnt go anywhere without his shotgun or a dirrrty big knife! Anyone would do a good job when there is a giant red neck looming in the back ground! lol

[houdini]

sweet llokin bike mate love the new paint

[Gitzy]

Nice one Miniman, gotta love the trixie trellis frame...