yamaha TX 750

Don · Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:05 pm Post subject: yamaha TX 750

Anyone got one of these. would you buy another one?

Steve Searles · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:22 am Post subject:

I have not heard any "good" things about this model Yamaha. It had some problems. That is why they only made it a couple years. I forget what the issues were. Top end lack of oil, soft cams, burning oil, I forget but it was fairly major. If I had one in front of me for $300 I would probably pass. IMHO

jayel · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:36 am Post subject:

I think the early ones had problems with insufficient oil capacity and then trouble with the harmonic balancer

Steve Searles · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:40 am Post subject:

There you go. I knew someone would know the issues on the TX 750 and TX 500 machines.

jayel · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject:

the 500 had insuffienct material in the head between the valves they were prone to cracking between the valve seats

Steve Searles · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:23 am Post subject:

Don, I knew it was major engine problems. DO NOT buy a Yamaha TX unless you are suicidal. IMHO Good info guys! Thanks.

Russell · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:03 am Post subject:

Never owned a TX Yamaha but I did ride a TX750 when they were new to our market and in terms of its handling and 'feel' I was hugely impressed.
Seems like the owning wasn't nearly as good as the riding on a brand new one.

Certainly they seemed to have oil issues...one of them being that they kept leaking oil into the points area and then having ignition issues.

The Australian magazine Two Wheels was full-some in praise of the TX500 when it first appeared, both in terms of handling and performance.Wasn't long before they went silent on that bike though.
Every one of the few I ever saw on the road had extensive weeping from the head gasket area.

Unlike CB Honda's, GS Suzy's, KZ Kawasaki's and XJ Yamaha's- higher km TX's were a very rare sight on our roads.Its a very long time since I saw one
running. Out here the last of the XS650 twins carried the moniker TX650 as well...perhaps in a poorly judged attempt to salvage some cred for the TX line?

MR.CHocko · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:41 am Post subject:

Now this does bring back some memories, because I was recently offered a TX750 rolling chasis. I refused because of all of the above problems. The main thing that really made me refuse was that when the harmonic balancer went, so did the cases. So basically as a high mileage touring bike it is useless.

Russell · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject:

In Australia back then they had a 6hr race for bog standard bikes,usually ridden in pairs, but there were some stunning ironman performances. When the TX750 was new to the market...and all the promotional stuff had people excited...Yamaha entered one with gun riders in the 6 hr. It went like a scalded cat and was leading for several hours...thus raising expectations further...then it was retired with major internal issues...oil related.The model never really recovered in this part of the world from that prematurely raised expectation. I recall seeing massively discounted TX750's retro-fitted with oil coolers and special seal kits behind the ignition sitting forlornly in dealer windows for a very long time.

One suspects that the TX debacle is a major reason why the XJ line of Yamaha's were so massively 'over-built'. There was no danger of the 650/750/900 XJ's dropping their guts like the TX series.An XJ900, drive-shaft and all, was leading New Zealand's highly competitive 6 hr proddie race, again a solo rider aboard...and a miscalculation saw it run out of gas on the last lap while in the lead! Don't underestimate the sporting prowess of a well prepared and expertly ridden XJ900!

Just by the way that Oz 6hr race saw some incredible results. One year, in spite of 750 Hondas and Kawasaki 500 triples, a T350(actually 315cc) Suzuki Rebel won outright ridden solo for the 6hrs...only to be disqualified under protest because the horn had been removed!

MR.CHocko · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject:

Very impressive and never under estimate the smaller bikes (350cc's and under)!