1985 Quadracer resto pics

[prohemi500]

Heres the 85 and I'm having trouble locating some nice OEM wheels. Once I can find those, a new fuel petcock, the decals, and finish bolting on a couple of rear fender brackets, this one will be done as well. Give me some honest opinions, let me know what you think.

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[Tri-Z Pilot]

I have always loved the color scheme on those Zuki's, I for one never liked the black cowls though it throws off the scheme. Thats a really nice resto. You going for full on OEM on this one?

[whipit]

wow that is beautiful. Of all the 1980's performance atv's, three wheelers included, the quadracer is the most difficult machine to find in nice condition. You hardly ever see a nice, original one on ebay. almost never. You see atc250r's constantly....hardly ever a quadracer. It seems the decals peel and the plastic fades so even if a perticular machine is in good condition, the cosmetic aspect is usually a bit disappointing.

Your machine looks fantastic in its originality. That's what I love about . The pipe and carb are OK, they are cool add ons. The one problems I see is that your frame color is a tad light

[whipit]

how about some details, some before pics? what was replaced NOS what is aftermarket, etc?

I imagine the OEM wheels are tough to find, but they are a must have on a q-racer resto. it will not look right at all without the gold whels

[SWIGIN]

wow that is beautiful. Of all the 1980's performance atv's, three wheelers included, the quadracer is the most difficult machine to find in nice condition. You hardly ever see a nice, original one on ebay. almost never. You see atc250r's constantly....hardly ever a quadracer. It seems the decals peel and the plastic fades so even if a perticular machine is in good condition, the cosmetic aspect is usually a bit disappointing.

Your machine looks fantastic in its originality. That's what I love about . The pipe and carb are OK, they are cool add ons. The one problems I see is that your frame color is a tad light

the carb and pipe both look OEM to me?

the color blue seems right as well but in a few pics the camera lighened it up some. with age too i think the blue getts darker....maybe that in my mind...lol

[whipit]

You are right about the carb, maybe the pipe too. The front mounting bracket makes me think the pipe is aftermarket but I could be worng: I was wrong about the carb

[prohemi500]

Yes, I am definitely going for the full OEM deal. Your right, it is hard to find any nice useable parts, so your left only with the ones you can still buy from Suzuki, and suprisingly there is quite a bit still available. For this bike, I was able to get a new OEM swingarm, carb, airbox, carrier, sprockets, grab bar, plastic, A-arms, and all the nuts and bolts were still available. As far as the color goes, it was difficult to find an exact match to the Suzuki blue, but after 1 month trying diffrent colors combos, I have what I think is a blue that is so close that sitting side by side with one off a showroom floor, you cannot tell the diffrence. The camera along with the flourescent lighting makes it look lighter in the pics above, but I assure you, it is a very deep, bright blue just like factory. As far as the pipe goes I went through the trouble of coating two diffrent pipes before I found the one in the pics above, seems like alot of the remaining pipes people have are pitted and rusted heavily along the bottom flat portion where mud and dirt collect. If it was left like that and not cleaned after riding you could expect to see that kind of deterioration over a period of time. I got the pipe that you see ablove on Ebay for $60 and it was from an owner who changed the pipe to an aftermarket unit not long after the quad was bought, so it was in almost mint condition when he pulled it out of his garage. I got lucky with that one!! Overall, I am happy with the way its turning out, but to make it perfect, I need a new seat and Suzuki still has seats available, but the blue 85 seat part number was superceded to an 86 part number which is a black seat with white writing, which I just cant bring myself to use it! (although I have it sitting here in the box and can't return it) Anyone have a new OEM Suzuki blue seat laying around??? :wondering

[whipit]

A black seat? There was never a quadracer that came with a black seat. The 86 seat did have large white lettering but it was otherwise the same as the 85. The only 1980's era suzuki sport quad that had a black seat is the 1985 230 Quadsport.

are the factory decals still available for this quad? I wonder, because they were not at all durable. I was 12 when I had my 86 quadracer back in the 80's and the decals were constantly chipping and blowing off

I would love to get a nice 85 or 86 quadracer....I look but it is so rare to find a good one. Once in a blue moon a decent one pops up in arizona or socal

[prohemi500]

That is what I remeber as well, just a letter color change! I don't know why they are coming black now. This is definitely a black seat with white writing and I dont believe the quadsport and racer seats were interchangable (I could be wrong on this) and I know this seat fits the racer because I did test fit it just to see what it looked like. The decals for the 85 have once again been moved to the 86 part number, so even if you order the 85 decals, you will get the 86's. I am in the process of having the proper 85 decal made, but it just takes a while to get it exactly right.

[SCEADU]

Found this online. Thought the 85 had a black cowl and seat. gues not

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.globalsuzuki.com/motorcycle/history/products/img/1985_lt250r_l.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.globalsuzuki.com/motorcycle/history/products/products_1980s.html&usg=__H7epNZRLuXHBP-0loDxCDblCF-s=&h=258&w=400&sz=26&hl=en&start=1&sig2=o7gCwCFmh4AjDYVV1TQWqQ&um=1&tbnid=XgZgdhRK-GHTWM:&tbnh=80&tbnw=124&ei=CKY5SY-eNp-08ATD-ZjfBg&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1985%2BSuzuki%2BQuadracer%26um%3D1%26 hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4DKUS_enUS233US233%26sa%3DN

[SWIGIN]

Found this online. Thought the 85 had a black cowl and seat. gues not

thats what i thought too...at least thats what i remeber.

maybe its all the black seated q-sports running around that has me confused....by the way i do thing the early q-racer and q-sport seats swap out.

[Orangecnty250r]

Thats looking great, I would like to build one of those one day as well. I have an NOS blue seat with white letters. I wonder if thats something the mosh's can change to the yellow. Let me know how you make out with the 85 decals..... I would like a set.

[prohemi500]

Man, new wheels AND a new seat, I just can't win! BTW, did you finish all the additions? I sure do need some wheels and a seat! :naughty: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[prohemi500]

I re-read your last post and you said blue with white seat, I bet they can change it!

[SWIGIN]

im still thinking the 85 had a black seat....yours looks like a 86

[prohemi500]

In the brochure from 85 it has blue with yellow writing and the 86 has blue with white writing. Im 99.9% the quadsport had a black seat with white writing.

[Orangecnty250r]

In this picture it looks like the quadsport may have the black seat with yellow writing for the 85 version.....I have a few of the quadsport pieces on ebay but doesnt seem to be a huge demand for them. Look how nice your 85 racer will look when done. The 85/86 racer front wheels are different shaped as well. i used to love the racers back in the day and in the mags they had those flat track kits that had wide hoosiers not just in the back but the same in the front as well....sweet.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://atvondemand.com/images/article_images/25_years_of_suzuki/1985LT230.jpg&imgrefurl=http://atvondemand.com/index.php%3Fpage%3Darticles%26art_id%3D9&usg=__gCVpGmNLcBtlVveC2Hdq2-WVgOs=&h=190&w=300&sz=67&hl=en&start=4&sig2=2UU9SybjjrZCaWcVXG8Ktw&um=1&tbnid=scDw4OMdlEc3eM:&tbnh=73&tbnw=116&ei=7DU6SbafI6XCeaDLhd0G&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1985%2Bquadsport%26ndsp%3D18%26um%3D1 %26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GZAY_enUS278US279%26sa%3DN

[vintagemotorsports]

Hey gene,
looks great , Carey has a new blue seat with white lettering I think me and him bought the last 2 suzuki had then they went black . give him a call im sure you can get it off him for the right money 978 928 1281 . any luck with harlan on the front decals . did you get the wheels i sent you yet ?? I bet you can clean up the edges and strip them and reanodize them and they would look good . Let me know mike

[prohemi500]

I will definitely ask carey about that seat, and yes, those wheels are the deal, I think with a minor touch up they will be perfect. Thanks for the priority ship, you know I'm impatient although I probably wont work on them for another day or two!! :lol: I am still in need of a few more decals for some other bikes so I am in the process of getting my list put together. Hopefully I can contact him today!

[brapp]

what you doign with the old plastics sitting int he back of the corner of the one pic???? i have an 88i need plastics for and also looking to start restorign a 88 lt500i aaquired

[chris200x]

Cool ride!!! Here's a great message board specifically for the old zooks. I'm sure those guys would love to see this project... and I'm sure you'll get all the info you need.

http://s15.invisionfree.com/LT250_LT500HQ/index.php

[03 ORANGE SHEE]

very nice job!:w00t:
i did my 1987 zilla few years ago, i do ride it once or so per year!
see, i really do ride my stuff, and get it dirty.:lol:

[brapp]

hey nathan it just blows my mind how nice u made that death trap look after the legend of the local zilla i ave news paper arcticles with that bike it has killed 2 kids and now it shall live in infamy and rarely ridden.

[Tri-Z Pilot]

hey nathan it just blows my mind how nice u made that death trap look after the legend of the local zilla i ave news paper arcticles with that bike it has killed 2 kids and now it shall live in infamy and rarely ridden.

So what, Shee's zilla has killed two people? What's the story on this Josh, I'm a little curious.

[damageinc2785]

i love the quadracer. great job

[prohemi500]

Thanks for posting that link Chris, had no idea that site was devoted only to the old zooks, I posted a few pics there too, but there was nobody browsing in there when I posted. Braap, I was going to list them on ebay at some point, you looking for some? I also have alomst every nut and bolt (along with other parts) off both the 250 and 500 if your looking for other stuff as well.

[03 ORANGE SHEE]

yes, that web site has slowed down in the past year.very few posts.
a legend for the zilla (dr.q) has started his own site, all the members rolled to his new site, but i have no idea what it is, sorry.

[RCGUY]

http://www.quadracerhq.com/ is the site 03 ORANGE SHEE is talking about

[prohemi500]

I'm gave it a try. Much better!! Thanks

[Saul]

I love seeing these bikes tear up stuff on the old blackwater video!!

[brapp]

orange shee's lt has killed 2 people and kept comign back again and again i have owned it abotu 6 times now.

[evand]

man that makes me miss my 86, bike gave me so many problems and broke everytime i rode it, even tho it was a low hour all original bike! but when it was runing good it was worth all the BS :beer

[03 ORANGE SHEE]

thanks rcguy!

[skippy]

You Suz fans need to add these to your collections.. alot of nice bikes are popping out lately w the ecomony being in the shitter! Im out of space, and not building a 3rd garage.. (still waiting on 3 atc's to be delivered)..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160303476061&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem=

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160303484393&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem=

[damageinc2785]

that guy is crazy