So hello one and all

I have very recently purchased a 1998 Silver and Yellow TDM http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1497.l2648

With the help of Alec1 (who I believe is a member on here) we picked it up last week.(the one on the right, alec1's is on the left)

And here on the left (alec1's is on the right)

It's rear shock is quite nackered but fortunalty, a member form here has sold me a Mark1 shock to replace it :-)

The guy I bought the bike from said he'd had it sat in the garage for 6 months since he bought it from a TDM enthusiast. did't mention it had been over on the ebay advert did he (yes I still bought it)

Well I've travelled over 500 miles on it since purchase, only done a minor service on it so far, attaching it this weekend with new (mark 1) shock

Ordered a new exhaust which bypasses the collector box (but uses the same header pipes http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1423.l2649

Also ordered a belly pan from M&P http://www.mandp.co....e/Bike-Specific

What I could still do with is a replacement clutch cover (I've get round to it off ebay sometime)

One question? Does anyone know if the 1998 TDM850 has dog bones? I may have stupidly ordered a set of jack up dog bones for a TDM900 from ebay and now not actually have a use for them

I also own two RF900's :-)

Welcome in. Looks like you had a bit of a bargain there!

Looks like the exhaust should free up a few horses!

As for dogbones, I think you're out of luck. If I remember correctly the 850 shock bolts straight onto the top of the rear swingarm. You could possibly just replace the shock with a slightly longer unit. I have a small list of rear shock sizes somewhere. I'll see what I can dig out.

Thanks for your reply Screw GMMCC, but alas Alec1 I mentioned earlier has just informed me I should have signed up to http://www.carpe-tdm.net

Thanks for your reply Screw GMMCC, but alas Alec1 I mentioned earlier has just informed me I should have signed up to http://www.carpe-tdm.net

Say hello, wave goodbye.

We are friendlier here. Well some of the members are.