Kitted out TT 600re

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Evans
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Kitted out TT 600re

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Hi this is my TT 600 when I picked her up in England and rode to Spain where I was working.
I initially bought the bike to use while working overseas then strip and rebuild my 1VJ with the engine from this bike.
As that was cheaper than getting a full rebuild of the old engine.

I didn't like the small tank on the TT because of the limited range (around 100 miles ) and that it was too small to grip with my knees.
I liked the bike too much too wreck it though so set about making it what I wanted.ImageImageImage
Having seen on Utube that you can fit a kick start option (still on the to do list) to the re the bike is now effectively a modern equivalent of my 1VJ
The best description of it is "a two wheeled land rover" . Basic, gutsy and go anywhere.
Probably the best all round bike I've owned.
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Re: Kitted out TT 600re

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Looks dam nice Evans :congrats:

There is info on here about 'kickstart conversion' just search in the top right for them words.

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Re: Kitted out TT 600re

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9RYaa0dgUI

Link to utube clip showing a TT 600 re with kick and electric start

This is a link to what Dave Lambeth has to say about the conversion
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/y ... -kit-52396

Since I'm working in Portugal and have all the bits that I should need in NZ I won't be trying it until I get back

Any advice from anyone who has done the conversion would be appreciated.

As far as I can tell adapting the TTre 600 is easy but converting the kickstart TTr 600 to electric start is in the too hard basket.

Evans
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