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Ray Luxury-Yacht


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Hello all!

Have been recommended to this forum, and as a member of other specialist vehicle forums, I thought that I should say an official hello and express my delight at becoming a new member here.

I have just bought an '04, UK imported TT from a dealer in Surrey. She's a lovely example, under 5,000 miles, pretty much mint throughout, a credit to her two former owners. Looking at the bike, I don't think that she's much / ever been off road at all. I've seen bikes half it's age looking far worse! I picked her up for two grand, with a new MOT and service etc....usual dealer facilities.

I am looking forward to starting off pootling round a few local lanes......but would be delighted to hear from any of you more experienced owners as to what I might start looking at and doing, modifications wise, and to keep her in tip top condition?

Will try to be a useful contributor to the forum anyway.....looking forward to hearing a few of your comments. Peace and love and all that! :D



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Hi there and welcome to the forum biggrin

Everyone has their own ideas on mods but here is my practical take on protecting you and the TTR plus making laning safer and easier wink

First priorities:

If your new steed is bog standard then it is likely to have the standard 14/44 gearing and the original non-O ring chain. This is road gearing and a tad high for good control on the lanes. Also, non-O ring chains won't last long in the dirt. If you haven't been laning before then the high gearing could be problematic for you so I would suggest thinking about fitting a new O ring chain plus 13/48 or 14/52 sprockets.

I don't know what your lanes are like but it is good insurance to fit a sump guard which not only protects the engine but the frame rails as well - the best available can be found here.

Handguards or "barkbusters" Very useful to protect your hands and gloves from overgrowth - particularly at this time of year! Very disconcerting to have a big bramble or dog rose pull on your front brake when you aren't expecting it as happened to a mate recently. Also they help protect the levers if you drop the bike. See here

Your boots will rub on the side of the frame which will quickly rub off the paint and look unsightly and prone to rust. Have a thought about fitting some heavy duty stainless steel frame guards. There are cheaper aluminium ones around but they are not so sturdy and most do not cover as much of the frame as the Totally TTRs version - see here.

Desirables:

The original steel handlebars are prone to bending in an off. Not quite so important from the off would be to fit a pair of after-market ones such as the Renthal Dakar bars which provide some extra height and width to help control in the rough stuff and also are much much stronger - see here.

If you have the original number plate holder then that is also prone to breakage if you have an off. Consider an after-market tail tidy such as here.

Any questions just ask!

Brian



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Welcome to the forum Ray Luxury-Yacht

Sound like you have a really nice bike, a photo would be nice. As Bri has stated with the parts that would benefit your new bike, they would be the first to help protect your bike and make the gearing more suitable for all round usesmile

Steve



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Welcome to the forum and TTR land Mr Yacht.

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Ray Luxury-Yacht


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Hi Guys,

Thanks so much for your welcome, and the informative post about what I should start looking at first - very useful, I am very grateful!

I've already found the 'Totally TTR's' online shop, and annoyingly I am already projecting some ruinous further spending in the near future biggrin

I only have one picture which I took this afternoon - the dealer delivered it and I had to go to work 15 minutes later - there's no justice in the world! Hoping to get out on her tomorrow for a bit, I didn't even test ride her, so this will be the first time. Looks good in the picture though, she's clean isn't she?

I'll take some more pics tomorrow and post them up, and I am looking forward to being a part of this forum for a long time.

Cheers all!

 

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Looks very nicesmile

Think you will also be changing them tyres.



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