Buying 1985 Tri-z [Archive]

slothminx

11-17-2005, 04:47 PM

Well, you may have known that i have been looking for a new, bigger trike to upgrade from the 70. ive found her

i cant wait any longer to tell some more people :D its official im going to pick up my 85 Tri-z on saturday. Shes not the greatest looker but she will be a great project for me to do. I saw her in a picture of a 70 for sale on ebay and i emailed the guy asking if he was interested in selling it.shes costing me $725 but i intend to spend a bit working on it to get it back looking stock, so painting the frame and fork boots etc. These are the pictures of her that i have right now. She is a runner and all she needs to ride are pads fluid and a little attention, but as i said i will be doing a fair bit of work to her. I will keep you updated and post some more pics when i have picked it up and got her cleaned up!

:w00t: :w00t: :w00t:

Will

2XTREME

11-17-2005, 04:51 PM

Congrats!!!
You will love it.She will dress out great when you are done.If you need any help or pictures of what I have done just let me know.Nice price on that thing!!!!:w00t: :D :D X

Kintore

11-17-2005, 04:58 PM

Awesome Will!
Glad you can officially join the club of tri-Z's. Have fun with her, any questions you have just ask 3WW and we will answer them. Good luck! :TrikesOwn
Give her a clean man!
More :pics:

OldSchoolin86

11-18-2005, 02:36 PM

It's about time buddy! I'm very happy to hear it's finaly gonna come together for you. :beer

slothminx

11-18-2005, 03:30 PM

yep im going tomorrow to pick her up, looking forward to it! ill get :pics: as soon as i have her.

Will

Rm250RF900R

11-18-2005, 03:52 PM

She needs a bath desperatly. But other than that, looks good :beer

Mike_Ham_250R

11-18-2005, 04:52 PM

Im glad you finally are getting a Z! You will be very happy with it :TrikesOwn

denn

11-18-2005, 05:50 PM

Thats a nice looking Z. I'll bet she looks pretty good under all that muck. Not a bad price either. Good luck with it and let me know if you need any parts for it. Anything. I have enough parts to make like 5 TRI-Z's and I have to make room in my garage for other stuff. I can have my wife or brother mail them to you. Oh, and the parts are free of charge. Just pay for shiiping. Welcome to the world of 250cc 2 strokes.

Denn

slothminx

11-18-2005, 06:20 PM

Thats a nice looking Z. I'll bet she looks pretty good under all that muck. Not a bad price either. Good luck with it and let me know if you need any parts for it. Anything. I have enough parts to make like 5 TRI-Z's and I have to make room in my garage for other stuff. I can have my wife or brother mail them to you. Oh, and the parts are free of charge. Just pay for shiiping. Welcome to the world of 250cc 2 strokes.

Denn

Thats AWESOME thanks for the offer!:beer :beer Here in the UK we do have alot less parts around. When i get her home and cleaned up tomorrow i will try and get some better pictures for sunday.

Thanks again!, Will

slothminx

11-20-2005, 01:12 PM

Well, we all remember the advert honda did where the US90 was in the boot of the Car,

Yamaha's tri-z does it too!:lol: :lol: :lol:

I would have got some pictures of her cleaned up but the light ran out today :cry:

Will

twgranger

11-20-2005, 01:20 PM

WOW!!! you had to take it apart. You didnt know anyone that had a truck or trailer to use. Never thought i would see a tri-z in a back off a car.

Billy Golightly

11-20-2005, 01:36 PM

Hahaha man, holy crap! Thats almost like when MIK6 went and brought 2 Tecates home in a Jeep cherokee. I'm guessing that the rear view mirror visibility was low :lol: Have fun putting it back together and taking it on its first real ride.

chris200x

11-20-2005, 01:44 PM

Now I've seen it all. :lol: :rolleyes: Thats hilarious but you gotta do what you gotta do I guess.

Kintore

11-20-2005, 03:45 PM

LOL! thats awesome will!
Holy crap is right, cant beleive you made her all fit in there. She looks tight though(fenders barely fit)

Cant wait to see pics of her all washed up.

staceyl200

11-20-2005, 03:54 PM

LOL !!! thats insane Will!!! Hurry up and get her up to wales for a blast !!! P.s I took some pics of the R today and they turned out crap so I,ll have to take some more I,ll forward them on to you .. Cheers
Stacey

petesatc

11-20-2005, 04:01 PM

Hey Will
that is funny:D :D :D :D :D :D

slothminx

11-20-2005, 04:28 PM

LOL, it was a tight squeeze for sure, i turned up at the guys house to pick it up get out and go see it, he says calmly "errrm wheres your trailer? have you got a folding one" i replied, nope its all going in there. and when it was in. "wow cant believe it went in". Was very funny!. Yep stacey and pete. Shoudlnt be long until im ready to rock n roll in wales just got some things to sort, like the brakes i know you exsperienced guys dont need them but im used to a 70:lol: :lol: :lol: . Do they still sell plastics at the dealer in the UK and how much will they be? and will i get pads from them?

Will

iwallace

11-20-2005, 04:50 PM

will..................well done for getting her in the motor mate........
looks like your busy tonight.
and i hope * aint taking it to wales in a car hahahah
speek to ya soon ...ian

petesatc

11-20-2005, 05:43 PM

LOL, it was a tight squeeze for sure, i turned up at the guys house to pick it up get out and go see it, he says calmly "errrm wheres your trailer? have you got a folding one" i replied, nope its all going in there. and when it was in. "wow cant believe it went in". Was very funny!. Yep stacey and pete. Shoudlnt be long until im ready to rock n roll in wales just got some things to sort, like the brakes i know you exsperienced guys dont need them but im used to a 70:lol: :lol: :lol: . Do they still sell plastics at the dealer in the UK and how much will they be? and will i get pads from them?

Will
Hey Will
i think the yellow fender is still available at your local yammie dealer ...they were about £220 last time i checked...which was a while ago....pads about £15 ...
Pete

slothminx

11-20-2005, 05:50 PM

Hey Will
i think the yellow fender is still available at your local yammie dealer ...they were about £220 last time i checked...which was a while ago....pads about £15 ...
Pete

OUCH, i dont think i will be able to afford some new ones! i will have to look for some used ones, im not looking for perfect just not cracked;)

Will

petesatc

11-20-2005, 05:57 PM

Check uk ebay there's a guy parting a tri-z at the moment :)

slothminx

11-23-2005, 03:01 PM

Got the pads now pete, i paid a fair bit tho but i know they will last £16 and a got a new plug. I had a dodgy coil ht lead but i will be trying to repair it if possible, other than that shes running nicely now ;) just gotta get some grips, levers and fit those pads and make the rear brakes work and another 25 jobs lol and it should be ready for riding.

petesatc

11-23-2005, 03:08 PM

Cool Will..did you email that guy on ebay?..won't be long before your be heading this way then LOL:D :D :D :D

slothminx

11-23-2005, 03:15 PM

Ive decided while im learning to ride her that im just gonna fiberglas on the back on the mudguard to hold the cracks together, im bound to have a spill sometime and it would really pi55 me off if i rolled it onto some £220 mudguards :eek: but once i got it mastered i will be making her look prettyer;) i wont be able to do too muhc work this weekend as school has dumped a LOAD of work on my in for monday:cry: but ill try and get some photos and the brakes, coil, and fiberglassed mudguards sorted.

petesatc

11-23-2005, 03:47 PM

Hey Will is there peaces missing out the fender??? or is it just cracked?? if it's cracked drill holes either side of the crack and then zip tie it together....much better than fibre glass, and stronger too.....

slothminx

11-23-2005, 03:55 PM

Theres a small bit missing about an inch by two, i thought if i did the glassing on the back would look a bit better, but now i think of it i do have some yellow zip ties ;) I think i should really be putting the brake ahead of the plastics but ohh well! :lol:

staceyl200

11-23-2005, 04:32 PM

Hey Will Yeah I,d go with zip ties also , Ive not used them on a trike but have used them for repairing my plastic toolbox which gets a fair amount of abuse and its still holding together !!

slothminx

11-26-2005, 04:31 PM

Well i finally got to take some pictures today, ive got a BIGGGG list of things id like to do to her. No1 on the list is some new tires.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c90/slothminx/DSC07082.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c90/slothminx/DSC07083.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c90/slothminx/DSC07081.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c90/slothminx/DSC07085.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c90/slothminx/DSC07086.jpg

holmstrom

11-26-2005, 04:49 PM

Thats a nice looking Z. I'll bet she looks pretty good under all that muck. Not a bad price either. Good luck with it and let me know if you need any parts for it. Anything. I have enough parts to make like 5 TRI-Z's and I have to make room in my garage for other stuff. I can have my wife or brother mail them to you. Oh, and the parts are free of charge. Just pay for shiiping. Welcome to the world of 250cc 2 strokes.

Denn
Send me enough to build one, i'll pay the shipping.

Kintore

11-26-2005, 04:55 PM

Looking awesome Will! I still say that stock silencer looks like a Tuba lol
Ill see about my dad and his Z if he wants a DG or not, if he does you pay shipping and ill send the one I got out to you. I bet it would cost alot!

Nice looking pics-