72 SFC/SF on eBay in Chicago

[bazzee]

I bought a TRX new in 1997. Used it continuously up to July 2018, did over 120,000k. Mostly commuting but some long distance. No real issues apart from it getting old.

The head was overhauled in the first couple of years under warranty, apparently some wore the valve guides a little quickly? But I don't know that it changed anything.

Stopped riding it as I bought a KTM 790 Duke. It's caused me a bit more grief (weeping crankcases) but is a hoot. Waiting for the right time to do up the 3C.

Cheers,

bazzee

 

[helicopterjim]

Dubito ergo cogito, cogito ergo sum.

Paul

Ego igitur puto

Jim

 

[Paul Marx]

Ego igitur puto

Jim

Iggy is not a puto. I quite like him.

Paul

 

[helicopterjim]

Iggy is not a puto. I quite like him.

Paul

He is quite Pop ular.

Jim

 

[Paul Marx]

Poplar!
Can't you speak proper, like wot i can?

Paul

 

[mcnicol]

My TRX probably uses a bit less than 1 litre in 1000 km, but it's damn hard to tell. No dipstick, the "sump" is an external oil tank sitting above the gearbox, looks like part of the crankcase but it isn't. Even has a separate scavenge pump to pump oil out of the crankcase. Oil level can only be measured using a sight glass on the oil tank that's almost impossible to see, badly affected by even a degree or two of tipping the bike off vertical,even worse on the driveway of a servo when you're by yourself. And the filler hole is also a buggar to get at, you really need a long thin funnel or it just spills everywhere.
Not that there's any other bikes that need a long thin funnel to get oil into them .

Ken

 

[78jotadave]

If I had a genuine SFC it would be modified with SF bits so that I could ride it, saving the nasty ergo stuff for sales time.

Me too Lee as it is physically impossible for me to get my feet up on the rearsets (knees are shot even the metal one). I quite like the idea of an SFC disguised as an SF, the best of both worlds.

 

[helicopterjim]

Poplar!
Can't you speak proper, like wot i can?

Paul

I will defer to my alders ....... willow they like it or not.

Jim

 

[Tippie]

Me too Lee as it is physically impossible for me to get my feet up on the rearsets (knees are shot even the metal one). I quite like the idea of an SFC disguised as an SF, the best of both worlds.

Quite a few of the classic racing bikes I see (mine included), even in the "modern" plastic rocket classes, have their seat heights raised for just that reason. Old knees and bodies. We are even looking at shortening SF tanks for better rideability (and weight distribution).

 

[sfcpiet]

Quite a few of the classic racing bikes I see (mine included), even in the "modern" plastic rocket classes, have their seat heights raised for just that reason. Old knees and bodies. We are even looking at shortening SF tanks for better rideability (and weight distribution).

Fit a GTL tank, less hassle.  Gotta find one first, though... 

piet

 

[Paul Marx]

Fit a GTL tank, less hassle.  Gotta find one first, though... 

piet

John Lord, UK has had at least one made.

Paul