But enough about that for now – first we needed to give this quad a good shake down before tearing it completely apart.

We received it just before the second round of the 2006 WORCS Series and had it in tow for the weekend. I personally took it out on Saturday morning for an initial break in during the Unclassified run. The quad felt good but I could already picture myself tearing this thing down to the frame and making a genuine racer out of it.

So the Waters crew came over and grabbed the quad to do some minor ergonomic adjustments. Then it was over to tech and off to the races for an official Team ORC shake down. I was unable to attend or witness the race myself do to the fact my mechanic (which happened to be me at the time) had been on strike all morning and now I had to get my own race bike ready for the Open class later that afternoon. When the race was over and the dust had settled, Justin ended up doing quite well for never having ridden the machine. Second place, in fact. Which is pretty good considering that your riding style has to change considerably between the Honda and the Yamaha. Justin did say that he wasn’t all that comfortable on the TRX, but then he is a Yamaha guy after all.

Unfortunately it wasn’t the only problem. I did later find that Justin bent the axle at some point during the race as well. This isn’t all that surprising because I’m not sure that any manufacturer equips a stock quad with an axle meant to hold up to the torture that the large jump or two on this track had to offer, but to be completely honest, we have to let you know our results.

So there you go. For the most part held up quite well on it’s first major test. Next the quad is off to get an HRC kit, then it will go to LRD performance to see just how well we can make this thing breathe.

Stay tuned!

-bb