Building 2 Tecates

[tecaterob]

Got my 540 motor in this weekend. Builder said it should make about 90hp. Ordered a 44mm carb on Friday. This bike should start coming together real soon.

[C.J]

That's pretty damn intense!! That'll be a fun bike lol


92 JP Outlaw hybrid (in progress)

87 LT265R (not much left stock)

[86T3]

Jason is a wealth of knowledge and a great builder. He has my kx500 motor at his place now and a 4 stroke project also, I'm sure you will be more than happy with your forks when you get them back. Who is building your motor? I don't think I could handle 90hp, that thing is gonna rip!

[86T3]

Just looked back a couple pages and saw that i already asked you who was building it. I've heard a lot of good stuff about pinnosault, I'm looking forward to hearing how it turns out

[tecaterob]

I haven't had any time lately. But I finially went to pick up the powder coated stuff fr the 500. Engine is put together already. Going to start putting everything together until I receive the inverts for Jason (can't wait).

[250rmanfmf]

Very cool! Cant wait to see the final product.

[tecaterob]

Been very busy at work and with the kids. No time for the T3. Worked a little today and trying to figure out the mounts, spacers etc. I notice when I was installing the bottom bolt it was a little lose on the motor. No wonder the bikes vibration some really bad, Betwwen the bottom bolt and the rigs on the mounts. I should get a lot better with a good install and a balanced motor. I'll be ordering a new bolt from kawasaki tmw and go from there.

[userj8670]

Any updates on this? I just love that color of the frame!

[tecaterob]

My bolt should be here tmw for the button motor mount and will install the swingarm, axle by Thursday. I switched my color scheme from the 250 to the 500. Also waiting on Jason to finish my inverts.

[tecaterob]

I finially got my bolt yesterday. I'm going to take lots of pics on mounting the motor since some have been PMed me asking how to. Ill be drilling the hole on Monday.

[tecaterob]

Drilled the hole today. Here r some pics.

Here's the difference between the 250 and the 500 bolt.



Here's the size of drill bit used



Here it's installed



Here's a pic of the top. Spark plug aligns perfect. Pic is just not in the middle

[tecaterob]

Mounted rr shock and Swingarm. I'm going to start making the front & top motor mount.

[86T3]

Is that a +2 swingarm? I had a +2 on my stock 500 with one of nick's pipes on when I got it. It worked decent but if your motor makes the kinda of power you think it is I think it's gonna be a little short. Also, I had problems with the torque of the 500 pulling the right side of the axle back and throwing off the chain adjustment. I had HRE build me a +3 chromoly swingarm with a honda style carrier to help with this. If you have the same problem you might look into having a new one built

[C.J]

Man, this is an awesome right up on the 500 build. Thank you for keeping it so updated. As soon as I get my hands on a 2nd gen T3, this is what I plan on doing with it. I prefer the KX5 over the CR any day of the week so this thread is going to come in handy soooooo much when I get to it.

Keep it up, Rob!! It's looking great so far man!!


92 JP Outlaw hybrid (in progress)

87 LT265R (not much left stock)

[tecaterob]

Is that a +2 swingarm? I had a +2 on my stock 500 with one of nick's pipes on when I got it. It worked decent but if your motor makes the kinda of power you think it is I think it's gonna be a little short. Also, I had problems with the torque of the 500 pulling the right side of the axle back and throwing off the chain adjustment. I had HRE build me a +3 chromoly swingarm with a honda style carrier to help with this. If you have the same problem you might look into having a new one built

I believe its a +4. I have a +6 also but that's too long. I don't want to lose too much handling. We will see what happens. I think I will go with a HRE in the future. I just want to finish what I have for now.