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    Need Tecate Experts Opinions

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    Found this for sale yesterday and have been in contact w/ the owner. He claims its all there except that the stator is bad. I haven't seen many Tecates for sale in a while, have never seen what appears to be an 86 or 87 from these pics. I know very little about Tecates, but this one looks like a fun project. From what I can see, it's missing the flywheel, stator, stator cover, intake boot, and carb. Possibly the airbox and overflow bottle too. I tried ebay to see what kind of parts are out there and it looks like slim pickings. Does anyone have a hoard of Tecate parts somewhere? Or should I part this one out? Thoughts anyone...

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    How much is he asking? The airbox is a hard part to find and is usually pretty pricey for a nice one, the stator and flywheel can be had via the aftermarket, and it has the headlight which is another hard to find part. Personally I wouldn't part it just because the second gen Tecate's are not very common. It's one of those bikes that is actually worth the same or more complete, than in parts.

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    asking $500, which seems like its worth that in parts or more. But he is also one of those seller's who is also hard to get any answers from, so I'll see what happens

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    nevermind, he said he sold it this morning already...someone from Memphis drove 7 hours to get it.

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    I'd buy it every day of the week and twice on Sunday at that price.

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    that's what I figured.. pretty bummed that I was beat to it. maybe another board member got it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by newby200x View Post
    that's what I figured.. pretty bummed that I was beat to it. maybe another board member got it.

    We can only hope...

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    Next time you get a chance to buy one, think of it as a long term project with a big reward at the end. All the parts you mentioned can be had, if not used on ebay then reproductions. And for all your efforts the end result is...Click image for larger version. 

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    tecaterob is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
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    Wish I saw that
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    poohbee1 is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
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    It was a good price at 500 but don't feel bad. If you rebuilt what was there it would turn into a 2500 to 3000+ tecate really fast . Find a 250r there not as powerful but you can buy parts a lot cheaper. I think I would have walked away from it but it would have been hard.
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    Love a Tecate! Christph, is that yours? Freaking georgous.

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