Takegawa TAF 5-Speed Trans

[The_GDFP]

Did an install in a set of Honda 50 cases for a SuMo racer. Sweet parts, easy install. Minor case grinding required. Works as well as a Honda trans could ever dream to, and a lot more rugged than the older pre-TAF versions. Still hoping to do one in a China big-block, but some one's already been mocking it up for a LONG time...

 

[Minibiker05]

i so want one if these nice work as always man!!

 

[SnItChY]

havent herd any good reports on these only how they failed , keep us informed cuz

 

[The_GDFP]

Will-do. He's got a couple races in with it, and so far, all's swell. The failures I've heard aboot were on the Planet, and it sounded like he had a faulty machined set of cases, and a big displacement Nice engine. The gears are a lot wider than the old 5-speed and seem fine in the FP'd 117. I still would stick with fewer gears for certain work, but in specific applications they're the cats pajamas. Not as cool as Rach's pajamas, but still

 

[SnItChY]

cool will be very interesting , looking into 5 speeds for the daytona would be nice in my z50

 

[The_GDFP]

Forgive my ignorance, but which Daytona are you running? 150 has enough torque to pull 4 wider gears, IMO. A 119 would really benefit from the extra cogs, especially for road work. I'll be testing a few street combo's in my Z this summer. It only lasts a few months here, so I better get wrenching

$400 for the Tak 4-speed versus $600 for the 5-speed. Still a decent deal for a high-end build.

 

[SnItChY]

hey your forgiven lol

my daytona 150 , its nice dont get me wrong but that extra gear would be sweet , when tooling down the freeway at 70mph

in case you haven t seen it , puts a hyw run in the end

my greenie

 

[The_GDFP]

Ah, yep, NOW I remember that little green beauty! Awesome bike. My Z is a beat up POS
The Daytona box is a little short between 1st and 4th for road work. TRX90 trans is wider ratio and slips right in, FWIW.

 

[zwebx]

i know this is an old thread.. but how did she hold up?