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#61 ynot tony

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Posted 14 November 2007 - 07:22 am

QUOTE(TonyDevil @ Wed 14th Nov 2007, 01:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
the TRX is great fun cool.gif it handles like its on rails
but......they often burn a lot of oil. mine uses 1litre per 800miles which is considered acceptable
steers very quickly, especially with the R1 front end conversion that phatty has
i can recommend the one above, the work has been done by a real professional, with more care taken than i could ever do
its a new engine as he unfortunately stuffed the last one by using the wrong oil by accident

have you got a link to the trx site,thought the bike on ebay had 20000 miles on it you say new engine unsure.gif cheers tony

#62 XTreme

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Posted 14 November 2007 - 07:30 am

Wrong oil in it? What did he use then....two stroke?

#63 Spongey

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Posted 14 November 2007 - 08:18 am

If you are honest with the insurance company about all the changes made; I would be very surprised if you could get insurance at any price!

#64 TonyDevil

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Posted 14 November 2007 - 08:46 am

QUOTE(ynot tony @ Wed 14th Nov 2007, 07:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
have you got a link to the trx site,thought the bike on ebay had 20000 miles on it you say new engine unsure.gif cheers tony

http://trx850.motomaniac.net/forum/
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QUOTE(XTreme @ Wed 14th Nov 2007, 07:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Wrong oil in it? What did he use then....two stroke?

he picked up the bottle with the oil he had used to flush out another engine, so it was more like weak piss than oil

QUOTE(Spongey @ Wed 14th Nov 2007, 08:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If you are honest with the insurance company about all the changes made; I would be very surprised if you could get insurance at any price!

a lot of the TRXs are heavily modified, most of the guys say they have been honest with their insurance company and had no problems
its not as though its a powerful bike, only a couple more horses than the TDM

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#65 jht

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Posted 14 November 2007 - 12:03 pm

QUOTE(Spongey @ Wed 14th Nov 2007, 08:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If you are honest with the insurance company about all the changes made; I would be very surprised if you could get insurance at any price!


Was honest with my insurance (Carole Nash) about the mods done to my TDM, no increase in premium

tho the mods arent taken into account by the assessor either after the accident
Done: Homo sap navigation/ twisty thing on bars to make it go vroom/ grabby thing to make it stop (in front of twisty thing)/ 'leccy things front and rear to make it glow at night/ Sucky + drippy oiler thing to keep chains moist (!!) / Laser Pro Stock Race pipes / bleeding ear drums (see previous mod)
To do: Educate homo sap nav system to operate twisty + grabby things/ get ear plugs

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