Newbie Tri Z Owner, UK

[jleggz]

hi there, ive just bought a '85 Tri Z 250 and its the best bit of fun ive had for ages, the CR is now taken a break in the lock up, its in fair condition for its age but im looking to re-condition it.

i took it to an enduro track the other day and really gave it some and it done well, i was quite supprised, the engine is so tight and quick.

here's a pic of it as soon as id collected it

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d41/jleggz/TheZ.jpg

and here's a pic from the enduro day, im looking forward to the next day out

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d41/jleggz/sharpened.jpg

[clutchcargo]

Cool! Nice bike. Welcome to 3ww!

[ATC-Eric]

Pretty good looking bike.

:welcome:

[slothminx]

Nice Z! where abouts in the UK are you from? im in Dorset, near wareham.

Good to have another UK Z'er

Will

[jleggz]

hi all, thanks for the replys, im more than happy with the Z,

hi sloth, im up in norfolk mate, GT yarmouth to be precise, the track i was at was in swaffham, its pretty good, i know dorset quite well, lovely place, we often do work at Rockley Park,

we do work all over the UK, so when im next away the Z is deffinateley coming with me, lol

the next track im off 2 is either besthorpe or blythburgh, i will post up pics as soon as i have them

thanks

james

p.s. is that you in your sig sloth, whats or where is silver lake ?, sorry if its not, lol

[petesatc]

Welcome to the forum....good to see another UK triker out there...we all have to get together for a race one of these days.......

[slothminx]

Silver lake is in Michigan. I went over to stay with a buddy and rode there.

rockley park is about 15 mins away from me.


You and your races Pete.... well at least I know I should be ahead of you in the drags :naughty: but I need some track practice yet. must come up to ride again;)

[staceyl200]

Silver lake is in Michigan. I went over to stay with a buddy and rode there.

rockley park is about 15 mins away from me.


You and your races Pete.... well at least I know I should be ahead of you in the drags :naughty: but I need some track practice yet. must come up to ride again;)


Hmmmm I,ll have to put my H-tracs on and whip your ass in a drag Will :twisted: :lol: :lol: I was having an off day due to the crap weather !!!!

Stacey

[ml1275]

Hi jleggz

Love the Tri-z. Spend most weekends down your way (up near palling). The track at Swaffam sounds intersting. I guess the 110 might be a bit outclassed though !!!

ML

[jleggz]

hi everyone,

hi ML, yeah, palling isnt that much further up the coast from me, trust me, there wasnt any class riding on the Tri Z at swaffham, more fun as it was just drifting round every corner where there was deep puddles and there were plenty, but for the amount of really classy crossers down there they all took a look at the Z,

people love them

where are you from ML, do you do watersports up palling

james

[jleggz]

wow sloth, silver lake must have been an amazing ride, the pic says it all

[jleggz]

hi petes atc, where u from mate

[ml1275]

jleggz

I actually live up in Yorkshire, but (hopefully) moving down your way in the next 6 months or so. yep - we go jetskiing at palling sometimes (not as often as i'd like though - you know how it is).

Whats the track at Swaffham like? Might have to dig our my old XR!

ML

[jleggz]

it was the first time ive been to swaffham, its just a bit of track through a wood, its about 2 miles long, excellent fun tho, it costs £20 for 6 hours, we managed 4 and a half and we were dead, trying to get the bikes back on the truck after was fun, lol, DO IT, get the XR out, weve found about 6 tracks within a hour of where we live so were all planning on doing one a month but we have got a bit of land we use where we all ride and play during the week after work and at the weekends, jet ski is on my list for the next toy to own, lol, really need to find somewhere to keep it all, i think my boss is probabley getting a bit hacked off with them all being in his stores, lol

james

[petesatc]

hi petes atc, where u from mate
Hey Mate.
i'm from Abergavenny in south wales......

[jleggz]

hi pete, i bet uve got some good places to ride over in wales, i love wales, its one of the best places ive been to, we work around the UK installing AV equipment into bars, clubs and we used to have a contract with the caravan parks all around the coast and we spent many a time going through wales, ie Aberaron, first place in wales i went to, we went through there the other week from Quay West, id love to stick my bike and trike in a truck and get right in the heart of wales and go for a thrash, do a bit of camping, would be great

james

p.s Wow you have some toys :TrikesOwn

[petesatc]

Hey James
yeh we are lucky in Wales plenty of places to ride and most of them stunning...next time your in wales give me a shout and we'll ride some where nice....we were going to do some foresty camping this year but never got round to it..... August's weather was so crap .....
Pete
PS ...yes i like my toys:)

[ml1275]

Hey guys - maybe we need to organise a UK trikefest. I'll start saving for the petrol to drive to Wales :D

ML

[slothminx]

Depending on weather, what about a blast the weekend after next ;) im not riding in the rain again lol Im up for a bit of friendly racing haha,

ive been practicing some more :naughty: was riding yesterday evening.


http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/897/p9260199gr3.jpg
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/2411/p9260218fa5.jpg

[ml1275]

Rebuilt engine - here in shed (Yorkshire), frame - Norfolk, tank - painters, exhaust & various bits - somewhere over the Atlantic, front tyre - anybodys guess........and on....and on :Bounce

So I guess I am not quite ready yet - maybe next month /year :rolleyes:

ML

[jleggz]

im good when every1 else is up for it, except next weekend, myself and a few friends ar off to do some crossing at besthorpe track and the Z is going with me, so expect some pictures come saturday night, id be well up for a bit of racing, WOW sloth, cool bit of air in that picture, wheres your frame in norfolk ML ?

james

[wolfspider]

hi jleggz
nice looking tri z:) glad to see yet another uk triker!!
i`m looking forward to seeing some more pictures of you riding.
steve:pics:

[jleggz]

hi steve, there will be more pics soon, excellent avatar, is that your 250r ?, where are you from, im east anglia

[wolfspider]

hi steve, there will be more pics soon, excellent avatar, is that your 250r ?, where are you from, im east anglia

Hi James
cool look forward to seeing those:cool: , thanks thats my atc350x in my avatar;) my 250r is all but finished being rebuilt now, i had it started for the first time and it sounds awesome, i going to ride it this weekend for the first time:twisted: it was a basket case when i got it, its only taken me two years to rebuild lol:rolleyes:
i live near harrogate in north yorkshire, we do all need to hook up together sometime, that would be well cool.
steve

[ml1275]

Come on guys - you know you want to :naughty:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k185/ml1275/TrikefestUK2.gif

ML

[slothminx]

LMFAO! nice!. We should all hook up for a ride. The Z's all ready to head out riding.

[jleggz]

im well up for having a meet up, im hoping by the time this happens il have an 86 model, i want to have both and would like to get a clean 86, my 85 looks a bit of a dog at the mo and is already on the way to be getting done up, but this will always be my play machine, right, now this is where im gonna confuse people, i was told by a friend that his friend had a tri z and it used to lift the front wheel up nearly everytime it was hitting the powerband without the aid of the clutch, but mine hasnt lifted at all, and im always giving it the big 'un, i can ride a bike so i dont think its user error, am i being spun a load of crap or does my bike need setting up, when i got the trike i couldnt get it above around 5k and i later found that the mixture screw was wound all the way in, i stripped the carb and air lined everything and got some carb cleaner in there and cleaned out anything that wasnt meant to be there, it does feel a bit better now, the air mixture screw is 1 and a half turns out,

am i expecting too much, am i expecting it to be like my CR, sorry for the ignorance

please help

[slothminx]

When I was last out riding, we did a few drags and I was working to keep the front end down in 4th, and it would lift occationaly in 5th. Change your plug, mine wouldnt rev when it fouled out the plug. Thought id cooked my motor doing drags haha.

[jleggz]

hi sloth, thanks for the reply, ive changed the plug to an NGK equivalent, im sure ive got the right plug, could you give me the plug code for the one your using, ive just bought a 2nd hand coil aswell, ive just received it, could it be a problem there

[jleggz]

also, what premix are you doing, im using the same as my CR which is 50ml to a gallon of fuel

[slothminx]

Im running a BR8ES or a B8ES in my Z. Premix is 50:1 with klotz supertechniplate oil.
It is possible its your coil, I dont have a spare I can lend you, When I bought my Z it had a bad coil too.

[jleggz]

hi sloth, ive just bought a 2nd hand coil off ebay for £20, it came off a triz and was also tested in a tri z quad before it came to me, hopefully this will sort the problem, its getting put on 2moro now, il pick up a br8es 2moro, i think mine might be a br6es but im not sure, my trike is at work at the mo so il have to check in the morning, if its not the coil, plug, where else do i go

thanks sloth

[slothminx]

Theres a few things after those, Main jet clogged, faulty reeds, low compression. If the coil doesnt fix it, I have a set of standard Z reeds that worked great when in mine that you can have. I only changed them to compare to Boyesen aftermarket reeds

[jleggz]

hi sloth, compression when kicking over is excellent, compared to my CR, and my CR is running fine, as for the main jet, i dont know where it is but everything to do with my carb got air lined and cleaned with carb cleaner and i dont think there was anything left blocked, thanks for the offer on the standard reeds, il sort you a beer for them, as for the boyesen reeds, what are these like ???, where could i get some from ???

many thanks

[jleggz]

as for the premix, you say your using 50:1, is this the ratio, can i have lamens terms please, how much 2 stroke does that work out per litre, mine is 10ml per litre, 50ml to every 5 litres

[slothminx]

That is 1 part oil in every 50 parts fuel. Say 1 liter of oil in every 50 liters of fuel. Or 100ml in 5 liters of fuel. Your running 100:1! thats pretty thin on oil. Boyesen reeds are available on ebay for $16 plus UK shipping. They are meant to improve the throttle reponse and the like.