OzVMX Forum
Clubroom => Vinduro => Topic started by: Marc.com on October 08, 2009, 07:34:21 pm
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Nice TT600 and IT490 on trade me at the moment. Not that I have much love for trade me right now.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Classic-vintage/auction-245544407.htm
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no love ?
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and heres mine lurking in the background. ;) Bloody indestructable apart from the flogged out forks which will bottom under braking.
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg71/marcFX_photo/IMGP0823.jpg)
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no love ?
yeah poxy trade me kicked me off for loggin on from overseas.... gone to the pack since the Aussies took over.
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http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Classic-vintage/auction-244984487.htm
same guy has really decent IT490.... great for reliving memeories of early 80s enduros.
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i use to be able to login on from here in vic /has it changed
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no Aussies can still log on...... I got pinged from logging on using my Japanese laptop.
Hey Paul, if you sold the square barrel you could almost afford the TT600, food for thought.
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i bought my IT250 from that guy in nz.
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I loved my TT600. I bought her in '82, flogged her mercilessly for yonks and sold her in 2000, still going strong and only using a tiny bit of oil. During its life I did little to her other than fitting USD Yamaha forks from a derelict YZ125 that vastly improved the suspension despite fouling the tank and fitting a front disc to replace the drum (which is still on one of my Maicos). I always believed that the TT600 was a far better and vastly more reliable bike than the XR600 but was let down by the weight of the engine and underdone suspension (on the early ones anyway).
I was going to rebuild and hot up the engine but the electric start new age 4 strokers were hitting the market so the old girl pretty much became an overnight dinosaur. The bloke I sold it to turned her into a Duex style cafe racer with GSX Suzuki 3 spoke mags and a Manx style tank, looking nothing like the dirt bike she'd started life as. He's still got it I'm told.
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Hi Mark,
Yeah I YZ forks and shock for my TT sitting about. Its is drum brake model, I will keep it reasonable stock, just get the forks and shock sorted. Motor is brick shit house, still heap of grunt. Have plans to finish my Harley this year also.
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tt600 I had one back in 1988 when I was in Darwin it was a beast of a thing wish I stll had it. It was stolen and burnt out.When the coppers came to my door I was pissed a naked but thats another story ;D jimson
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mine kept blowing tranny,s , didn,t like top gear wheelie,s for more than 2 k,s at a time , great handling bike , why isn,t any one useing one for pre 85
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mine kept blowing tranny,s , didn,t like top gear wheelie,s for more than 2 k,s at a time , great handling bike , why isn,t any one useing one for pre 85
don't know, I never blown a tranny. ;D
I think as pre 85 mount they have been used from time to time and made the occasional Tumper Nats appearance back in the days before it became AllThumper Nats.
I think a well set up one would do pretty well as a fun MX bike. YZ fork springs and shock would give you a decent set up. Engine is probably fast enough standard.