Tony Laranja Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Good day Guys an Girls Hope all are well. I am Tony Laranja from South Africa. I recently bought a 92 Yamaha TDM Twin 850. Now my question is this. Is it a rear collectors bike? Reason fo asking is as follow. 1. I surfed the net an tried to find one just like mine but no success. 2. Why I say that? Mine have the single sided swing arm at the back with a back mag wheel almost the same as some VFR's. 3. After consulting with the only 2 owners before me...they confirmed that the bike is in the original state like when bought except fo the obvious aging on the bike an that nothing has been modified or changed except fo the exhaust system. An the seat that I had re upholstered. So will any one please be so kind to advise me on this as that there are alot of people asking me to sell it to them an it makes me suspicious. An alot of people also told me that it's a rear collectors bike. I would really appreciate if any one could help me on this. An also if maybe some one could indicate a value more or less then I'll be happy. Unfortunately I can't upload pics fo it as that it does not allow me to upload. But I am more then willing to send u pics via email when u provide a email adress in order to assist me. Kind Regards Antonio Laranja ( Tony ) [email protected] South Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slice Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Hi Tony, well there are several reasons that a bike might be rare, first off they didn't make many second they never sold all that well and third they are just old and knackered, plenty of other reasons as well but these are the main ones really. As to value your guess is as good as anyone else's, your country and the condition it's in make all the difference as if it was only sold in low quantities then expect it to be rare but not really valuable, spares are another factor, as if you can only get them from Japan then add a zero to most any other price you can think of. One of our folks on here has a TDM so he might know more about this but don't get your hopes up that you have a 1 in a million bike mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nayruf Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Hi Are you sure the single side swing arm is not off another bike? I have read about a Honda 650 Hawk swing arm being fitted to a 92 TDM on an aprillia forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted January 3, 2018 Moderator Share Posted January 3, 2018 looks similar to this? uses Honda RC36 swingarm unless its an Over racing bike that looks like a triumph swingarm few dutch guys have also done it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neversaydie Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Hmmmm. I like the second one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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