Yamaha TRX850 Cafe Racer with Fairing Cowl

Getting to see a Yamaha TRX850 in the surface today is usually strange. Just Very Little amounts were sold around the world and even less in Spain. We use one when testing the Motul product range  to perform complete maintenance on the bike. But despite its rarity, it is a motorcycle that lends itself to transformations although many of them are not too successful. But that of this Australian known as  Motogod  we did like it.

Darren Taylor, which is what his real name is, works for Yamaha Australia and this has been his personal project, done little by little so that he still considers it unfinished. His inspiration, he says, came from the Yamaha TZ750s of the 70s and the old road races on the island. His own father was a pilot and saw him run countless times.

One of the most complicated points when making a TRX based transformation is the subframe structure , which is welded to the trellis chassis. It is a fairly large and heavy pipe framework so Darren removed it entirely and made a lighter one (in sight and on the scale). Under the custom seat hides the electronics including the battery . The seat itself acts as a tail and at the end a multi-function LED strip is used for the lights.

The original fuel tank is maintained while a new semi-fairing with a round headlight and yellow lighting is attached to the front. The fork now has Wilbers springs and Nitron valves while the shock absorber has a shorter stroke behind it and is also from the manufacturer Nitron. Both exhausts are more open so the engine breathes somewhat better (and gains power) and Dunlop Alpha 14  tires have been chosen for the rims. The mirrors are bar end style  .

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