Trixie

How much is one worth? Only there's one up the road for sale, and I'm
vaguely tempted...

R plate, red, decent nick, 18K miles.

 

I could probably get you my SOA Trixie for £50. She might be a bit dusty.

 

nnthxbai

 

err, 1.5K?

I really liked mine.

 

They're fucking terrible bikes as standard. Decent engine, nice frame,
lousy seat, chronic brakes, utterly shite suspension.

There's the core of a really nice bike there - engine, frame - but you
get the impression that Yamaha then threw the cheapest crappiest
components at it.

If you can get one that's been sensibly modded[1], go for it for as
little as £1300.

[1] Proper suspension, R1 brake calipers, naughtier cans, some form of
replacement seat.

 

err, whilst I agree with most of your comments, what the ****'s wrong
with the seat?

 

Maybe it's the farmer's?

 

Actually, you're right. It's OK solo, but the pillion perch is a joke,
which is really what I was thinking. The rider's seat isn't as good as
the one on my 750SS, mind you.

 

He ran out of prep H on the day he had that bike from the Yamaha press
fleet

 

Actually, you're right. It's OK solo, but the pillion perch is a joke,
which is really what I was thinking. The rider's seat isn't as good as
the one on my 750SS, mind you.[/QUOTE]

ah - fair enough.

I never attempted to take a pillion on it.

As mentioned, I really liked the bike, and I got it at a large whack
under list price (£3995 OTR, IIRC in '00).

The brakes, as you say were pretty dire, and the forks where not the
best. But the engine was nice and sweet for a parallel twin, and it
sounded lovely once I'd put the Remus Ti cans on.

I sold that to "Travis/Linger/English Golfer" of this parrish, IIRC -
not sure what became of him or the bike.

 

heh.

I've done several medium-length one day journeys on various bikes,
between London and N.Ireland (approx. 400 miles which ever route
chosen): on the TRX, no problem whatsoever in that department, neither
on the SZR. In fact the most arse-torturing bike I've used for that
sort of distance was my 'blade - I think due to the width of the seat
rather than the padding (or lack of).

One of the most arse-comfortable distance bikes I've owned was the
R1150GS, though it did give me a bit of back pain instead.

 

well, it was 8-9 years ago anyway, 'cos you swapped it from me for
your original Gixer Thou (which I remember really, really liking, but
being mildly disappointed that it wasn't as scary as I expected it to
be[1]). That was on a sort of extended BOTAFOT run, IIRC, with Steve
Packer, the no-longer-funny Geordie and Ben Sales amongst others. "The
good old days". Or something.

they were awful, it has to be said, and as Murray hints, many owners
swapped them for R1 calipers. I sold it and bought something else
instead.

[1] of course, an early model Gixer is now to be considered a lardy
old tourer.

 

I remember yours. Those cans were fucking loud, made the thing sound like a
belt-fed mortar.

 

Laser cans. Everything else looks stock and a bit worn.

 

you say that like it's a bad thing.

You never heard my R30? That was much louder than the Trixie.

 

@r33g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:

yet people spend hundreds of pounds buying replacements from the likes of
Sargent, fitting gel pads or even lamb fleeces.

Mine is still sporting the standard seat. The vinyl has split where it is
folded under the base unit, so I might get it refurbished eventually.

 

Not at all. But I nearly shat one time, when you started it up while I was
standing behind it. Duclair IIRC.

 

The Trixie is the most addictive bike you'll ever own.

That's the case for me anyway, but for a lot of others too.

Whilst the O.E. brakes aren't the best for sure, they can be mended
pretty easily and quite cheaply (if that word exists...) ;-)

R1, R6 and Fazer calipers fit straight in. Add some braided hoses and
the matching M.C. (not mandatory) and you've got yourself excellent
brakes !

For the rest, the mods are endless : TDM 900 engine fits pretty easily
in, so
does the YZF 750 swingarm, some fit USD R1 forks...

I've had 23 bikes, and I stopped reading bike mags (except PB...) the
day I owned one.

Go for it !

 

like I said: "lardy old tourer". The bike, I mean. I suspect Steve's
not lardy.

 

Seven Sisters Road, I expect.

You don't need the last two words in that sentence, Paul ;-)