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Mortown · Member

New Raid in North East

JOHNYBOY · Super Guru

its a shame you have to get it dirty thats as good as new

UncleFZ · Veteran Member

That’s a beauty!

TTRfan · Super Guru

Welcome to the forum Scott

That's a minter! Keep it like it is and buy a rough one to thrash wink

Brian

mossproof · Super Guru

Welcome to the forum!
Bikes were born to ride! But I would remove the side pods for events (and probably the headlight assembly). You will never find replacements.
Have fun!

TWR250funbike · Member

Ride yes, but I'd keep that one on the tarmac, the clutch cover is barely scuffed, how many RAID do you suppose still look like this? It's practically a museum piece.

ttr steve · Super Guru

Yes, but it needs to be used smile wink biggrin

JOHNYBOY · Super Guru

buy secondhand plastics & save new ones for when you sell it

dlee22 · Senior Member

She's a beauty and she's got the open enduro swinging arm, rear suspension and I'd assume front adjustable forks (at the bottom), she's begging for the lanes!

I'd listen to Simon about the plastics they are dead hard/impossible to get hold of!

I've done a few Rally Moto events, they are great fun :) your ttr will stick out like a sore thumb there but for all the right reasons, cool as!

Mortown · Member

I do apologise guys but I'm in agreement with Steve and Simon! I think it would be a crying shame to keep such a capable bike hidden away in the warm and dry!

I must admit though, I totally did not anticipate not being able to get spare panels etc. I've been browsing through the projects page to find if anybody has attempted to replicate them using the originals, some epoxy and fibreglass. I'm pretty confident it would be cheap enough for materials and kit, £20/30 per side perhaps. There is a good chance I'll give it a go at some point over the next 12 months so I'll update as I go! I'll have a stab at knocking up a new headlight guard from mild steel tubing too.

Although new to TTRs, and unless I'm mixing it up, I thought the OE had an alloy swingarm? Mine is definitely steel. It also doesn't have the compression damping adjustment on the rear shock.

ttr steve · Super Guru

Raids had a steel swingarm, but most owners have upgraded to the ally one. The adjustment damper came on later models and finding a used one is rare.

Think I hve a used swingarm in my garage somewher and I have a rebuilt rear shock from Brian I may be willing to sell.

TWR250funbike · Member

Weren't there at least 4 different swingarms? 4GY, 4WA, 4RR, & 4PX prefixes. Which is which?

If yours is a 1996 4MR UK version, then that would have the 4RR arm unless someone monkeyed about.

-- Edited by TWR250funbike on Thursday 27th of July 2023 05:03:51 PM

TTRfan · Super Guru

TWR250funbike wrote:
Weren't there at least 4 different swingarms? 4GY, 4WA, 4RR, & 4PX prefixes. Which is which?
If yours is a 1996 4MR UK version, then that would have the 4RR arm unless someone monkeyed about.

Off the top of my head, the 4GY1 (white metal tank Open Enduro) and 4PX (blue plastic tank Open Enduro) aluminium swingarms will be identical apart from a grease nipple on the 4GY. The bean counters seem to have done away with all the suspension grease nipples on the 4PX models.

As already said, steel swingarms were the go on the Raid (4GY3, 4GY5, 4WA1, and 4RR2) models and changing them to the OE aluminium version is a worthwhile upgrade as there is quite a weight saving.

Brian