Devon TRF Group Forum

danfulford · Clubman B

Opinions of the TTR250's????

Harty · Devon's Best

Read this post for some idea

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=124986&p=3&topicID=37240839

danfulford · Clubman B

cheers harty. i will speak to TTR (Who ever that is) and see if he has something for me.

Cheers

Harty · Devon's Best

He's currently in Ireland with some other fellow TTR riders this week

doug9270 · Powermonger!!

As an all round trail bike its good as there are not many manufacturers who make this type anymore. You cannot buy a new one anymore unless somebody has one stored away in a museum. If you want to go racing then buy something else.

If you want a new bike, then Honda crf 230 if you can find one, CCM 230 copy of the Honda CRF. Rieju Marathon 200, got a very good write up in the TBM Mag, uses Yamaha engines.

http://www.rieju.es/en/interface.html

xtriple · Champion

Dan, TTR's are really good bikes, there's a few on here that use them. Brian Sussex runs a website dedicated to them and I think it's fair to say he likes them!

Mate of mine had one for ages and he loved it. Good reliable bikes, punchy low down, comfortable all day, 'leccy start but heavy.

Wait for Brian to come back from Ireland and have a word with him.

PeterBc · Clubman B

Hi Dan, TTR's are great bikes, almost too comfy -don't sit down in the lanes or you'll hurt your back as I found to my cost, robust, very reliable and low maintenance costs. Geared correctly they'll go anywhere (i weigh 16stone). The blue plastic tank model is the one to have even they are still heavy. I sold my TTR (I bought it from Brian TTR - top bloke) and now use a KTM 400EXC personally I preferred the little bit more zip it has and the belief that as I get better at riding off road I'll never get to the limit of the KTM's ability, I suspect in deep thick mud and with my current low riding ability the TTR might have struggled to take me along whereas the KTM will not. Best advice on here is talk to Brian

Torr · Expert

Honda CRF 230F

easy to maintain
fogiving to ride

and "You meet the nicest people on a Honda"

or was it " more smiles per mile" ?

KTMs are nice too but....
expensive to maintain
and need a "riding god" to get the best from them

and you may get called a Wankeller...

(all to do with the famous Austrian inventor who gave his name to everything Austrian in the motor vehicle industry... like Hoover did for everything vaccuume cleanerwise!)

danfulford · Clubman B

cheers peoples.

i even had a look at a 400EXC - may be getting ahead of myelf. Think i should stick to my guns and go TTR.

OTT · Clubman B

CRF230 / TTR250 nothing else needed !

Shame about the price of that new ER6F Dan ! (ring any bells?)

Ming · Devon's Best

If you want electric start and air cooled the it's either the TTR250, CRF230 or some Jap import XR250's.

You will hate a kickstart only bike once you stall halfway up TallyHo and can't get going again confuse

I know some people love 'em but if you're looking at a weighty bike like the TTR then I guess you ain't gonna race 'em - if you are, then most 2-strokes are easy to kick over but beware they do take a bit more "commitment" to ride properly. I swapped my EC250 2-stroke Gasser and got a blue TTR250 and found it suited me much more.

Now I have a Honda CRF230 and wouldn't change......but it's probably not the best choice for peeps over 6 foot tall or "well built" - but if you're a racing snake like myself then it'll do anything a full-on enduro bike will do, only at a slower pace yawn

jt · Powermonger!!

Liked my TTR - good bike to start on, was heavy but I did have a metal tanked Raid..... hmm

- would love to have been able to afford to have kept it for longer jaunts. Now have a KTM 250 EXC - and even though its bonkers in comparison to the TTR the fact it only weighs as much as the TTR's front mudguard has really built up my confidence.

All depends what you intend to do with it I guess - somedays I wish I still had it blankstare

Then I get on the stroker biggrin

Steve H · Devon's Best

Heavy? it's all relative. JT also rides a Harley, X Trip had a Goldwing, now they are heavy biggrin

I started laning on a XR400 after trying a DRZ (both popular bikes, both heavier than a TTR?) & only sold it cos it had no electric start.
Then I had a CRF250, great bike but when I lost my job a couple of years ago I changed it for a TTR, mainly because for a while it was my only form of transport.

I thought i'd change it when back in work but 18 months later I still have it.

Sure there are faster, lighter bikes out there but as I have no interest in racing, just laning, & TRF fun days, including Whiteway Barton MX track, it does everything I want, in more comfort & with far less maintenance than said faster, lighter bikes. It's my ability that dictates how fast I go, not the bike. I've ridden a KTM & a WR250 round Musbury MX track & was faster on the TTR, it felt more 'planted'

I can happily ride anywhere, off or on tarmac, two up if SWMBO wants to come along.

Don't know what Peter Bc means about not sitting down on the lanes, I'd rather do that on a TTR than pretty much anything else.

Get hold of Brian TTR next week, he's a top bloke with 9 TTR's in his garage at the moment, but he's just greedy.

By the way, I like TTR's, can you guess? biggrin

PeterBc · Clubman B

Steve H wrote:

Don't know what Peter Bc means about not sitting down on the lanes, I'd rather do that on a TTR than pretty much anything else.

Hi Steve,

it's as simple as:

If you take the shock absorption of your knees and hips out of the equation between your butt and the rough ground over which your bikes going (and the TTR's seat encourages you to do this) - then - when you get to my age you'll compress vertabrae and need to go the physio which will cost a few quid.

No sleight on the TTR; great seat between lanes but don't be tempted to use it on 'em.

Hope that explains.

PeterBc (aka Fatboy Pedro)

The aches creep up on you as you get older

Harty · Devon's Best

I'm with you Steve on sitting down on my TTR, most comfortable bike I've sat on that I've owned. I'm of similar age to Peter and two stone heavier, so I've no choice but to sit down wink

Lost · Expert

im keeping out of this one he he he

PeterBc · Clubman B

Harty wrote:
I'm of similar age to Peter and two stone heavier, so I've no choice but to sit down

Well natch and of course a big fat arse helps with shock absorption.

Good call from Kerry to duck out.

No offence Harty

Torr · Expert

I agree with all of the above
I have ridden a TTR and would have been my choice of bike for laning if the Honda hadn't come along at £3K new with lights etc etc + a free box of "Fuzzyfelts" and delivery.

As for you lardy pasty crunchers, its nothing to do with weight, but unsprung masses, and a will to go where others just want to pose!

Wankellers et al !!!

{do not think I am going to make it to "Devons Best" this year as heading south for the winter}

great sigh of relief heard coming from the East!

Steve H · Devon's Best

Harty wrote:

I'm of similar age to Peter and two stone heavier, so I've no choice but to sit down

I weigh around 11 stone & am 5'7".

Since Kerry (Lost) tweaked the suspension settings the TTR handles much better on the lanes.

I also suffer with lower back problems (name a builder that doesn't) & have found a good trail ride often helps

jt · Powermonger!!

Well Cubber got his TTR up and down some pretty knarley lanes yesterday allright!

The weight thing for me was just cause I used to ride alone a lot and suffered a few times hoofing it out of ditches on my todd - but I did have a steel tanked raid.....

Was saying to cubber yesterday - had I got a placcy tanked Open Enduro one I probably wouldn't have changed it....

PS

Steve - want me to bung a cheque off to you for that £25 or wait till I see you?

-- Edited by jt on Sunday 19th of September 2010 11:20:40 AM

bob lewis · Clubman B

TTR;s BESTEST BIKE FOR DEVON AND BEYOND cheers matee

Cubber · Expert

I've only had my TTR since 26th August and can honestly say it hasn't disappointed me in the slightest.

Compared with the Cub it's like a Rolls Royce, easily soaks up the bumps and stones that would pitch the Cub askew.

It is a bit heavier than the Cub - but that's to be expected.

It certainly stops a darn site better than the Cub wink

It's frugal on the go juice with an average 75 mpg.

It only has litre of oil to change, spares are readily available.

It didn't break the bank account to buy and insurance is extremely reasonable.

It's a pig to clean properly when you've been on a run with JT though furious

Martyn

Nige · Expert

JT

Cubbers only had it 3 weeks.

Me and Phil were saying how the TTR's always look tidy confuse

Hope it cleaned up OK Cubber.

danfulford · Clubman B

If anyone sees one for sale locally please pm me as i really fancy one.
Electric start, 4 stroke - nice and lazy!

PeterBc · Clubman B

danfulford wrote:

Electric start, 4 stroke - nice and lazy!

You decided on a lightweight, powerful KTM 400EXC then? biggrin

Cubber · Expert

Nige wrote:

JT Cubbers only had it 3 weeks.

Me and Phil were saying how the TTR's always look tidy

Hope it cleaned up OK Cubber.

Yep - got it all nice and clean now. Hosed and washed Sunday. All panels and frame protectors off today and cleaned underneath.
Shiny as a new pin - biggrin

- well, almost new wink

Martyn

danfulford · Clubman B

Good Stuff.

If anyone sees something lecky start up to 450cc around the £1500 mark then please give me a shout - pm me or drop me an email on danfulford@yahoo.co.uk

Much appreciated

Cheers