86 Tri-Z resto just about done , nice change from the honda stuff ...

[vintagemotorsports]

well thought I would post up some pics of the 86 tri-z I am restoring for a guy in NY , Its a nice change to build something I have never really played with before . the guy bought this project from Bill K (orange county) witch was going to be a restore for bill but with all his tigers he decided to sell this project off and my way it came . I received this bike in no joke about 8 boxes totally taken apart I had already restored the engine for bill years ago so that didnt have to be done but everything else was basically and olf 86 Z in a box. typically this is the worst case scenario to start a resto from not knowing where anything goes , whats missing , etc but with alot of hair pulling and micro fich looking I put the puzzle together , bill had a nice stock pile of nos parts , and the rest i was able to locate through net working of friends etc , pretty happy with how it turned out , waiting on the grab bar to come back from chrome and some misc hoses etc but pretty much she is done . thought I would post some pics .. Mike

[HondaHarry]

WOW Totally awesome and drool worthy!! Great Job! HH

[bkm]

Absolutely stunning to say the least. I have always wanted to ask you about the restorations that you perform. Are you able to recondition any parts (ie, rear axle) or does it have to be nos to achieve the oem quality finish.

[racer....X]

very nice job!

[buster-717]

dont know how you do it but amazing like always.

[vintagemotorsports]

to answer your question almost all the parts you see on the chassis are original that i restored even the rear axle It was cleaned up on a lathe and polished and i have a place that rezinc plates them for me .

[Red Rider]

Nice job & a beautiful Tri-Z!

[bkm]

to answer your question almost all the parts you see on the chassis are original that i restored even the rear axle It was cleaned up on a lathe and polished and i have a place that rezinc plates them for me .

That makes it even more remarkable. Great job!

[Bryan Raffa]

MIKE YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!!!!



try to find some oem rear rims that are almite gold,, thoes rear warrior rims are too goldish..and that rear sprocket is not right .. dang I just got rid of some NOS Grips!...

[Tri-ZNate]

Awesome job and thanks for sharing

[vintagemotorsports]

yea I looked hard for nos tri-z wheels I ordered both of those wheels right from yamaha one of them is the correct almite gold the other came in a darker gold same part number on the boxes must have been a different run on the wheels they were not cheap either like $400 per wheel he can always keep looking for nos tri-z wheels they are close enough for the untrained eye for now , the rear sprocket is the one bill gave me with the nos parts is it the wrong profile ?? I know nothing about these bikes so im learning as we go . you like those nos Dunlop KT733 s those were a find from Pete in the UK didnt think we would ever find those .

[Bryan Raffa]

yea I looked hard for nos tri-z wheels I ordered both of those wheels right from yamaha one of them is the correct almite gold the other came in a darker gold same part number on the boxes must have been a different run on the wheels they were not cheap either like $400 per wheel he can always keep looking for nos tri-z wheels they are close enough for the untrained eye for now , the rear sprocket is the one bill gave me with the nos parts is it the wrong profile ?? I know nothing about these bikes so im learning as we go . you like those nos Dunlop KT733 s those were a find from Pete in the UK didnt think we would ever find those .

I love thoes Tires!!!!! the nos sprocket has elongated holes in it..that one is solid.. and the hardware was a greenish color I forget the name now .. the hubs and sprocket color was called Nebular gold ,,but like you said to the untrained eye..

You did a absoute Fantastic job!!!

if you dont mind me ask'n how mutch you got wrapped up in it?

do you have the airbox tube?

[GSXR750RIDER]

that looks great. very nice job.

[vintagemotorsports]

thanks bryan,
Its good to learn the little details for the next one (LOL)
I am needing the carb to air box tube rubber joint as well as the hose that goes from the boost box to the reed block those were both missing you have any you want to sell ?? I dont know what he has into buying the bike and parts from bill but i know my end he has in the 10K range into it alot of that was parts there is an incredible list of nos parts on this bike would be hard to replicate again I know bill had spent almost 6-7 years collecting what he did plus all the stuff i found .

[MrPretty]

It's always great to see something in such good condition. Especially since I was too young to remember seeing what one looked like new.