UPDATE!! 225DX Tri Z Front End Swap

[ColtonGG33]

Well alot of you guys saw my other thread about me wrecking my dx, well, I ordered a tri z frońt end, and now I'm just waiting for it to get here! From what I heard its mostly just a direct bolt on, with little modification. So i will be posting up pics of me doing it. And if you guys have any info to give please do, I wold really appriciate it.

Colton

[Yamada]

Will you fit the tri-z headlight too?

[samuraiguys]

He got the front end parts from me, cant say ive seen anyone do that front end swap. Should be interesting to see how it turns out

[ColtonGG33]

Will you fit the tri-z headlight too?

I'm not gonna do the headlight now, I think I might do it later on, but for now I'm going to buy a number plate for it, to cover everything up.

[ColtonGG33]

He got the front end parts from me, cant say ive seen anyone do that front end swap. Should be interesting to see how it turns out

Thanks for the parts again, I'm pumped to get this on.

Ill post up some more pics later when I start getting it done. I should have everything by the end of the week or the beggining of next week.

[yamaha225dr]

Good luck! I am trying to remember who the guy is that posted pics of his a while back. I wish I still had my DR to do that conversion cause it looked sweet!

[yamaha225dr]

Here is the link!

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php/158134-Ultimate-Yamaha-225DX-build-thread...-3-years-and-running

[leevarnado]

i wonder how the steering is to be with a decent set of aggressive rear tires.my 225 turns like sh-t with bearclaws and stock front.

[ColtonGG33]

i wonder how the steering is to be with a decent set of aggressive rear tires.my 225 turns like sh-t with bearclaws and stock front.

The steering should be pretty good, my dx turn great with trail pros on it, I'm guessing your bearclaws have like to much grip which makes it hard to turn?

And I also have stock front tire on mine.

[ColtonGG33]

Good luck! I am trying to remember who the guy is that posted pics of his a while back. I wish I still had my DR to do that conversion cause it looked sweet!

That's how I found out about it, it just looked so cool, I really wanted to do it, but then I wrecked my dx and had a good reason to do it :)

[yamaha225dr]

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i wonder how the steering is to be with a decent set of aggressive rear tires.my 225 turns like sh-t with bearclaws and stock front.

I ran GBC Gators on my DR and didn't have any problems turning.

[Afrothunderkat]

HAHA SICK!

Keep us updated, lots of pics too.

[ColtonGG33]

Got all my bearings for it, just waiting for it, it might get here today. FedEx doesn't come till around 4-5 pm

[Ghostv2]

That is the coolest looking dx i have seen. Gives me some ideas on what to do with my brothers fixer-upper dx. :pics: <----

[ColtonGG33]

Hey guys, I was just lookin at the bearings they sent me, and I'm not sure if their the right ones? Can someone please help me out with this, and does anyone have like a diagram of where they go. Any help would be very much appriciated.

173952

It comes with the 2 bearings as shown ^^^ and 2 washer things im not sure what they're called.
Again any info is greatly appriciated

[trizilla]

your gonna find that it is not a direct bolt on. you'll have issues with the bearing on the bottom side............

[New2Tri-Z]

That is the Tri Z set. You should have gotten the races also. The washers are the dust seals. First make sure you knocked out the old races. Then install new races taper side first. Put the large dust seal on stem of lower triple then slide the larger bearing (Tapered side up) on. Best to put the triple in the freezer for a few hours it will make putting the bearing on so much easier. Once you have lower bearing seated then slide the lower triple in and install the smaller bearing (tapered side down) in the top of the neck and place dust seal on top then close off with you cap and nut. Just did this a week or so ago. Getting the old lower race out was the hardest part of the whole process.

Good luck with your swap I think it is a great idea and hope it is just as easy as it sounds.


Hey guys, I was just lookin at the bearings they sent me, and I'm not sure if their the right ones? Can someone please help me out with this, and does anyone have like a diagram of where they go. Any help would be very much appriciated.

173952

It comes with the 2 bearings as shown ^^^ and 2 washer things im not sure what they're called.
Again any info is greatly appriciated

[ColtonGG33]

That is the Tri Z set. You should have gotten the races also. The washers are the dust seals. First make sure you knocked out the old races. Then install new races taper side first. Put the large dust seal on stem of lower triple then slide the larger bearing (Tapered side up) on. Best to put the triple in the freezer for a few hours it will make putting the bearing on so much easier. Once you have lower bearing seated then slide the lower triple in and install the smaller bearing (tapered side down) in the top of the neck and place dust seal on top then close off with you cap and nut. Just did this a week or so ago. Getting the old lower race out was the hardest part of the whole process.


Good luck with your swap I think it is a great idea and hope it is just as easy as it sounds.


Thanks so much or the info, that's just what I wanted to hear! I should be getting the whole front within a couple days. And then ill get started right away!

Thanks again for that info

[ColtonGG33]

Update!

So today I got everything I needed and headed to my shed.

Everything went good, the worst part was trying to get the front end together :lol: I had never messed with anything like that, I couldn't figure out how to get the front axle all together, and after the 5th try I got it all together and good, then came mounting it to the stem, but after a little thinking I got it all together just had to get a big washer between the top bearing and the screw thing with all those edges. Anyway enough talking more pics, sorry to say this but I only got a couple pics after it was done, I still gotta get a number plate and handlebars and some other little things. Sorry for the messy shed :p

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Ill get more tomorrow in the daylight

[ColtonGG33]

heres some better pics of it!

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q681/ColtonGG33/IMG_1337_zpsff08ce80.jpg (http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/ColtonGG33/media/IMG_1337_zpsff08ce80.jpg.html)
http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q681/ColtonGG33/IMG_1338_zpsf9466590.jpg (http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/ColtonGG33/media/IMG_1338_zpsf9466590.jpg.html)

[Jason125m]

trailprotrailpro




Looks a lot better, now you just need front brakes

[ColtonGG33]

trailprotrailpro




Looks a lot better, now you just need front brakes



yeah i forgot about the front brake, but i fixed my back brake and it works perfect. ill have to see how much the whole brake set up costs and i might buy it when i get my pay in

[ColtonGG33]

your gonna find that it is not a direct bolt on. you'll have issues with the bearing on the bottom side............

the bottom just about fit in, with the tri z bearing, so i just left it in. but the only thing that i had to do was keep my top bearing from my dx and put a spacer between the bearing and the screw thing

[rg97]

not sure that back brakes are enough when you have trailprotrailpro on there :crazy:

[ColtonGG33]

not sure that back brakes are enough when you have trailprotrailpro on there :crazy:

Lol, they work great! Stops on a dime

[rg97]

not trying to threadjack, but will a 200x outrun one of these? stock-stock comparison

[ColtonGG33]

From what I heard is that the 200x has a bit faster take off but the 225dx will beat it with the top speed. A while ago a guy had a thread where he raced a bunch of trikes and the 2 he raced was the x vs the dx and and I though the x was in a win because how fast its take off was, but the dx beat it at the end

[czac]

the bottom just about fit in, with the tri z bearing, so i just left it in. but the only thing that i had to do was keep my top bearing from my dx and put a spacer between the bearing and the screw thing

So the bottom bearing is for a TRI-Z and the top Bearing is the one from the YTM? why did you have to use a big washer between the bearing and the nut? the tri-z stem wasn't threaded down enough? also, the YTM bearing fit nice and snug on the TRI-Z stem like it did on the YTM Stem or was there any sort of space or play in it? Thanks for any info...

[czac]

One more thing... I think you told me once the forks make the front end come off the ground very easy now, have you found out a way to stop that or to calm it down?

[Louis Mielke]

Slide those forks up in the three about an inch and a half, I betcha it'll handle a lot of better and not be so wheelie happy.

[czac]

Slide those forks up in the three about an inch and a half, I betcha it'll handle a lot of better and not be so wheelie happy.

I thought about that but I think the handlebars will be in the way.