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From: Knobdoodle on 12 Jul 2008 08:42

"Alix" <dontbotherreplyinghere(a)bigpond.com> wrote:
> It's a second hand import - '96 model 17,000km on the clock but looks very
> different to the Australian model - brembo brakes, bigger carbs and
> Marchesini wheels. Euro style white faced instruments (still with Yamaha
> logos on them), red bike with white frame but different decals. It seems
> the Japs went a little further to replicate the Italian look in their
> local release of the bike but restrictions still prevented the sports
> exhaust.
>
This looks different (bottom of the page).
http://www.pipemasters.net/sports-motorcycle-exhausts.html
--
Clem


From: JL on 12 Jul 2008 19:39
On Jul 12, 5:20 pm, Alix <dontbotherreplyingh...(a)bigpond.com> wrote:
> Nev.. wrote:
> > Alix wrote:
> >> Just purchased a '96 Yamaha TRX850. It's a very nice bike but the
> >> stock mufflers make it sound pretty lame.
> >> What's a good brand of muffler that will bring out the rumble? (Yes I
> >> know it's Japanese but some of us have kids and a morgage so the best
> >> we can do is pretend it's an Italian twin).
>
> > I still can't believe there's still a TRX850 out there with the stock
> > mufflers.
>
> > Nev..
> > '07 XB12X
>
> It's a second hand import - '96 model 17,000km on the clock but looks
> very different to the Australian model - brembo brakes, bigger carbs and
> Marchesini wheels. Euro style white faced instruments (still with Yamaha
> logos on them), red bike with white frame but different decals. It seems
> the Japs went a little further to replicate the Italian look in their
> local release of the bike but restrictions still prevented the sports
> exhaust.

The jap model didn't ship with Brembos or marchesinis I'm pretty sure
- you've got something someone has done a nice job of upgrading on -
the brakes where the only thing dodgy about the trx - I replaced mine
with R1 blue spot calipers which were a bolt up swap.

Strongly recommend staintune - it has the nicest note of any of the
trx's I've heard (and I've heard quite a few) the remus is too raspy,
the over system is made of unobtainium and is hence deadly expensive.

Staintune sounds exactly the way it should sound :-)

JL
(ex trx owner)

From: JL on 12 Jul 2008 19:41
On Jul 12, 5:20 pm, Alix <dontbotherreplyingh...(a)bigpond.com> wrote:
> Nev.. wrote:
> > Alix wrote:
> >> Just purchased a '96 Yamaha TRX850. It's a very nice bike but the
> >> stock mufflers make it sound pretty lame.
> >> What's a good brand of muffler that will bring out the rumble? (Yes I
> >> know it's Japanese but some of us have kids and a morgage so the best
> >> we can do is pretend it's an Italian twin).
>
> > I still can't believe there's still a TRX850 out there with the stock
> > mufflers.
>
> > Nev..
> > '07 XB12X
>
> It's a second hand import - '96 model 17,000km on the clock but looks
> very different to the Australian model - brembo brakes, bigger carbs and
> Marchesini wheels. Euro style white faced instruments (still with Yamaha
> logos on them), red bike with white frame but different decals. It seems
> the Japs went a little further to replicate the Italian look in their
> local release of the bike but restrictions still prevented the sports
> exhaust.

PS the Japanese model is speed restricted (190 I think), its a cut out
based on the speedo IIRC (google it) you can change the speedo to Oz
model to remove the restriction

JL
From: BT Humble on 13 Jul 2008 19:04
Alix wrote:
> Nev.. wrote:
> > Alix wrote:
> >> Just purchased a '96 Yamaha TRX850. It's a very nice bike but the
> >> stock mufflers make it sound pretty lame.
> >> What's a good brand of muffler that will bring out the rumble? (Yes I
> >> know it's Japanese but some of us have kids and a morgage so the best
> >> we can do is pretend it's an Italian twin).
>
> > I still can't believe there's still a TRX850 out there with the stock
> > mufflers.
>
> It's a second hand import - '96 model 17,000km on the clock but looks
> very different to the Australian model - brembo brakes, bigger carbs and
> Marchesini wheels. Euro style white faced instruments (still with Yamaha
> logos on them), red bike with white frame but different decals. It seems
> the Japs went a little further to replicate the Italian look in their
> local release of the bike but restrictions still prevented the sports
> exhaust.

When you get your new mufflers, can I have the old ones? :-D


BTH
From: corks on 15 Jul 2008 06:50

"Alix" <dontbotherreplyinghere(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:0XYdk.18981$IK1.10340(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>
>
> Nev.. wrote:
>> Alix wrote:
>>> Just purchased a '96 Yamaha TRX850. It's a very nice bike but the stock
>>> mufflers make it sound pretty lame.
>>> What's a good brand of muffler that will bring out the rumble? (Yes I
>>> know it's Japanese but some of us have kids and a morgage so the best we
>>> can do is pretend it's an Italian twin).
>>
>> I still can't believe there's still a TRX850 out there with the stock
>> mufflers.
>>
>> Nev..
>> '07 XB12X
>
> It's a second hand import - '96 model 17,000km on the clock but looks very
> different to the Australian model - brembo brakes, bigger carbs and
> Marchesini wheels. Euro style white faced instruments (still with Yamaha
> logos on them), red bike with white frame but different decals. It seems
> the Japs went a little further to replicate the Italian look in their
> local release of the bike but restrictions still prevented the sports
> exhaust.

interesting i knew the jap imports came with brembo brakes, didnt know about
the marchesini's tho (might be the brembo cast ones)

i didnt mind the sumitomo's on mine, i just went for braided lines and a HH
goodridge pads.

the front forks can be a little light weight, stiffer fork springs help out
there

i had laser pipes on my first one and roo racing ones on my second


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