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Looks smart - nothing to be ashamed of there.

What colour seat are you thinking of? 

IMO black would look nice.

BTW - I know first hand the meaning of "Short arms, deep pockets".

My mother came from Scotland and my father was a Yorkshireman!

Martyn

Biack Yamaha seat

Cheers Jarrah

Got her a bit muddy today on some local lanes, so much easier to ride in the muddy stuff than my xt but could do with a bit more poke on the road!

yep sure has!

Nice, I also have an XT660R. Did you have to change the springs to cope with the extra weight?

It's been slow progress but I've done all the bits I planned to do to the TTR, got the seat covered, made a proper link pipe and a bash plate and a few other little bits.

From now on just maintenance.... until the next bright idea!

A few of us are hoping to go on a mission this weekend round some of the Salisbury so I'll try to get some pics of her on location 

-- Edited by Chimpy on Monday 23rd of June 2014 10:20:23 PM

Nice ride Chimpy.

Was just wondering if that muffler fit on with no mods or was some hacking involved?

Woops...sorry, just re-read your first post on how you moded it. So the the pipe that goes into the header fit right up? Just a simple cut back on the muffler body?

Cheers

-- Edited by AGman on Tuesday 24th of June 2014 03:52:42 AM

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Chimpy wrote:

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I made the exhaust up myself as the old one was rusted out and I could not find any quiet exhausts at a cheap price using a standard exhaust from my XT660 (I knew there was a reason why I kept it in the loft for so long and not chuck them away)  shortened by about 8inches removing some of the baffles and the cat.

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 Hey Jim,

There was some info left but I too want to know more about the exhaust.

I have my fingers crossed for you as well that we get the info needed.

Edit: I saw your edit.

Jarrah

 

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 Right i'm not 100% sure what info you guys are after but hopefully these pics will explain all............

This is my 2nd attempt with modding a used xt silencer I got another for £30 from ebay as the first one i cut about was still a little loud but now it sounds nice and quiet.

Here's my shortened silencer next to a standard length xt660 one.

I cut it down by exactly 7.5" allowing me to keep 1 baffle tube and the cat, sorry i have no pics of the inside of the silencer but in cutting it down i removed 2 of the 3 baffles but its still quite quiet due to the cat i guess. 

Heres the link pipe all made from 2 bits of the xt pipe. The end that clamps to the header of the xt is the correct size for the ttr header.

I welded a nut to the link pipe too for the mounting bolt.

 

The end product looks pretty tidy to me and as quiet as a new standard exhaust.

Looks like I have a little rust on the frame to sort next.

Give me a shout if you want to now anything else.

Took her on a bit of an excursion to Salisbury plane but had so much fun I only remembered to get 1 pic taken during a pit stop on the oxdrove on the way home.

On the trip some of the lanes were pretty tight and my hands felt a bit exposed to branches and brambles etc so I fitted some cheapo ebay special hand guards and a tool bag for a few extra bits and pieces.

Since then I got bored one evening and stripped it down the result a de-rusted and painted the frame and other bits black and I also decided to have a go with vinyl wrap  I'm sure not everyone will like it but it was only a cheap laugh till it peals off but I was surprised what can be done with the stuff just using a little heat on it from the wifes hair drier!

 

-- Edited by Chimpy on Wednesday 16th of July 2014 07:31:23 PM

You shouldn't have used chocolate brown stickers then, Steve.

Quite a transformation Joe!

How did you do the shrink wrapping - can you buy a sheet and do it yourself and, if so, how did you do it please?

Brian

-- Edited by TTRfan on Friday 18th of July 2014 09:41:23 PM

I bought a 1520mm x 500mm sheet but this was barely enough as I had to do 2 layers on the tank as the bright ttr decal could be seen through the 1st layer.
Application was easy, just clean the surface, cut out a bit of vinyl roughly the shape of the panel, peal the backing off and carefully apply it whilst chasing out the bubbles and applying a bit of heat from a hair drier when working round corners etc. The heat helps to shrink and stretch the vinyl.
Once applied I cut away excess vinyl with a scalpel.

You'll have it sussed once you have done the first panel I expect.

-- Edited by Chimpy on Monday 21st of July 2014 11:40:33 PM