So I know a lot of you guys are totally against these things but they are apart of 3 wheeling history so I think they deserve a spot, so I picked up this 85 a few months ago and I'm getting into racing and there is 0 racing for trikes over here so quad is the closest thing so I'm going to be racing it in an enduro race to test it out and see how it goes against the big 450s.
Replacement parts are next to impossible to get so I'll update this thread with what I'm going to be using and adding.
Front rims are a 4x166 bolt pattern which the suzuki lt250r and quadzilla run there arnt too many options for these other than Douglass blue label 10x6 with the offset 2+4 which match the original rims for this thing, you can get the thicker red labels but they are only 10x5 which will reduce your width and I wanted to keep its original width.
After a lot of research the balljoints appear to be VW beetle outer left tie rod/track rod ends, I will confirm this on the weekend when I go in to town.
I believe the tie rod ends from a ford escort MK2 will work I will check this out on the weekend also.
My swing arm bushes are stuffed so I'm going to be turning up some new ones out of nylon and see if they hold up if not I'll try brass I think.
My shocker bushes are stuffed it's got koni shocks on it which are more onroad shocks and only have preload adjustment, so I'm looking into something else with more adjustment.
And lastly brake calipers are exactly the same as the rear so atleast that's easy I'll be keeping this updated as I get parts.
If anyone also has one of these keep in mind they are not all the same mine runs tapered tie rods where others I have seen do not
Here are some pics of how it sits at the moment