Right lads who is an utter Knob (Me) i read to much info on the TTR, must have been the early one, after reading the replies I thought i had better investigate (guess what) i've got a sachs rear shock, i'm a bit disapointed, still sachs make good shocks, i just don't know the quality of the one fitted to my bike, still time will tell. Still you have to give me a little leway as i only got it Saturday. Thanks to Leigh, Dougie b and Eriks for the replies regards Floyd

Yamaha own Ohlins, I remember reading in one magazine that Ohlins fitted to XJR1300 Yamaha were branded with Ohlins name but they did not rate them much. Could be different for TTr & TTre though? Sachs could be just as good even though it has less adjustment & shorter.

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Nobody mentýoned the ýmportant být.
TT600R,s look way cooler ýn theýr moody whýte black and red colours. The REs blue looks pants...........

ha, you had us all jealous of your Ohlins there...

The headlight is rubbish, in my opinion. Anyone upgraded/replaced theirs?

Also thinking of ditching the speedo assembly. Any suggestions as to brackets (ready made or home made) so i can mount some fancy gadgets?

I must agree, DougieB. Crap headlýght and the speedo cable snaps every two mýnutes.
HAvent got around to sorting eýther, although ý have wýred the headlýght so when you flýck to maýn beam both bulbs are ýllumýnated. It makes a pretty good dýfference.
I want to fýt an extra lýght but thýnk ý mýght need to soop up the alternator or buy an RE!
Anybody know what the output of the alternator on the tt600r ýs?
Somebody saýd 170watts for an RE.

Agree, the headlight sucks. Allegedly KTM has a model with a headlight that is better and fits the R/RE. But which KTM?
All ideas on this subject would be appreciated.

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Hi i have been reading those thread´s and i am wondering can i change the rear suspension on my TTR600E 2005 to öhlin shocker and spring.I am ok with the front but this rear is to soft for man at my wheight and height.Only adjustments i can do now on the rear is press the springer more but then the bike will be much more low then it is orginal.Is it ok to change only the rear or will the bike be higher in rear or it is ok.

Best regards

Falk65

Hey Falk
I don't think that you can just change the rear shock on your RE, the front forks are 50mm shorter than the TTR's so the bike will, I imagine be unballanced. I have a 04RE and have just found a nice pair of TTR front forks second hand which I am currently rebuilding. At the mo I am trying to find a TTR rear shock, White Power make a shock for the TTR which is just under £400 but to me because I am a lucky Channel Islander don't pay VAT so get it for £330...Jellious???
The other option is to find a second hand TTR Ohilns rear shock for a good price and get some one to rebuild it. Again White Power will do it for about £65 which is a bargin I think! I do know of a TTR rear shock for £180/200. I am not sure about it myself after considering 200+65 plus postage I will be getting close of a brand new W/P. If you PM me then I will pass on the number if I don't get it. Hope this helps
George

My TTR has an ohlins the shock that had been messed about with by the previous owner. I had to have the shock stripped and rebuilt it cost about £280 done by HM Racing very good job, also done my Paioli forks.
I did enquire about a new ohlins from Yamaha it cost £1`200 plus VAT, I am sure you could get the same shock or very similar from ohlins for at least half this price.

hello guys.... it's been really interesting and helpful reading all these postings above,
and i wish to thank you all very much for the precious info.

I am a new rider, just bought a TTRE 600, 2003 reg.

I had always dreamed of owning a tall, basic, aggeressive TT, since the 90's.... when i used to ride my 125 vespa, and occasionally "stealing" my sister's XT600.
I thought i got it now, but then i soon realized that TTRE is lower, and i was obviously slightly disappointed with that (not knowing much about bikes, generally, i'm learning the hard way!).

Now, I'm considering doing something about it (I'm very tall and I want a tall bike): changing the suspensions with the TTR ones, to make it higher, like some of you seem to be doing; or selling it and getting a TTR 2002 instead, with all the inconvenients and charms of a pedal starter.

But i am not so sure about the issue, because, after all, I am fairly happy with the bike, which has a very low mileage, runs incredibly well, starts up super easily in the cold london mornings with its magical button, and it's very agile in the big city traffic / good enough for off-road weekends (for my non-extreme off-roader abilities). Also because I want to believe that there must be good reasons why Yamaha made this changes.

Therefore, I'd like to ask you guys:
why do you think Yamaha made this last generation of TT, the TTRE, with lower-suspensions, and a bit shorter in size (to improve manouvrability perhaps?)
Does anyone know the official reasons, and what are the real reasons behind, if there are any?
I can only think that they wanted to improve the bike, don't you?
but improving the bike from what perspective?

Finally, considering also that it is always advisable keeping the bike as original as you can, would you eventually suggest me to change suspensions or not?

I would like very much to know your opinions.

Thanks again to all of you for your great help... and please forgive my "novice-biker" comments and terminolgy.

Diego

The simple answer....... Yamaha paid for the electric start by downgrading the suspenders. (I have 2x TTRE and 1x TTR).

Thank you Leigh, but why not to have both good suspenders and E-start?
the bike was rather cheap on the market, wasn't it?
It would have been only matter of raising the price a bit... Apparently lots of TTR riders would have happily saluted a new TTR with E-start, willing to pay for it.

Hi ewerybody.I need a paoli older forks and a rear shock from an older ttr.I have TTRe with the shack shocker and forks from paoli with 230 mm instead 280 on the older ones.Is it hard way to get used parts to those bikes.I live in Iceland and my TTRe is the only ttr bike here and i like it but i am 190cm and around 118 kg and i like to have more seathight on my bike and a choice to change the suspension to the situation each time because we have all kind of surface here to ride over.Sorry if my english is hard to read but my TTRe is year 2005 and someone told me that is one of the last bike they made from TTR.please give me some answers and responce

Best Regards

Falk65

are there any WR400s on iceland? the forks on the wr fit the TTR(e) long travel and upside down... oh yeah and you need the triple trees as well
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Do I understand this correctly: If changing the suspension on a TT600RE with the suspension from a TT600R you simply take off the RE-forks and put on the R ones? Same with rear shock (take of the bad one and put on the Ohlins)? There is no more to it?

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