1985/86 Yamaha Tri-Z 250 rebuild. Need help/advice/comments please.

[KevinJ97]

Wow!! What a tranformation. The bike looks totally diff. I woul have thought it was a whole new bike. Job well done.

[elvetost]

Thanks guys!

Adam, I cannot make much out from that pics, but she looks clean and willing! Sweeeeet!!! Start a new thread and post many many pictures man!
How did the heat cycle go? Ironed the bugs out?

Kevin thanks very much man! She aint done yet, not even close. I am waiting for parts (2 weeks from today) and then its a strip down and paint deal. Should be fun this.

Again cheers guys. Hope you all are having bucketloads of fun!
Chris

[elvetost]

Here's a little update on the project. The skid plate is now done, so are the frame protectors..
Pics...




Now on to the rest of the off-road "armouring/sizing". Next up, footpegs and skid plate for the swingarm/rotor/sprocket. Then it is oh-so-close to complete tear down for powder..
The missing parts for the Z are now ALL on the way. So once the mailman comes knocking (rofl?) this project will see a good boost..

Latters guys!
Chris

[adamszwheeler]

Looking good! Really digging those skids!

[JTHOMAS]

Man, that thing is lookin sharp!!where did you get the skid plate? Heres a pic of my z's, I am going to update the yellow one, or mabe go back to stock. not sure yet.
!

Here's a little update on the project. The skid plate is now done, so are the frame protectors..
Pics...




Now on to the rest of the off-road "armouring/sizing". Next up, footpegs and skid plate for the swingarm/rotor/sprocket. Then it is oh-so-close to complete tear down for powder..
The missing parts for the Z are now ALL on the way. So once the mailman comes knocking (rofl?) this project will see a good boost..

Latters guys!
Chris

[elvetost]

Sweet collection there man! I like the yellow one but the others are pretty sharp too!
A mate of mine and myself made the skid plate and frame guards. He is pretty handy this guy and can make you anything you want more or less, as long as you take your time with him and help out too.
He aint charging much either, and we get to do favours in exchange, like I fix his bike up and he builds me stuff. Works great.
Wish he could just weld a lil bit better. LOL. trying to help him with that..
Anyways, wait till he sorts out the arm plate and the pegs and I'll get more pics.
Cheers!
Chris

[JTHOMAS]

Thanks man, just got them outta storage last month.They had been storeage for lthe last 11yrs... keep us posted with pics.....

Sweet collection there man! I like the yellow one but the others are pretty sharp too!
A mate of mine and myself made the skid plate and frame guards. He is pretty handy this guy and can make you anything you want more or less, as long as you take your time with him and help out too.
He aint charging much either, and we get to do favours in exchange, like I fix his bike up and he builds me stuff. Works great.
Wish he could just weld a lil bit better. LOL. trying to help him with that..
Anyways, wait till he sorts out the arm plate and the pegs and I'll get more pics.
Cheers!
Chris

[smrover1]

I just picked up a tri z to my collection Nice work on the z

[elvetost]

A few bits and bobs have now arrived for the tri-z! I got no pics as of now as I am away (in and out more like) a couple of hunderd k's from home, so it all in a standstill while I make some time.. Looks like tuesday may be the day...

On the meanwhile, here is a pic of a bike I recently built (last 2 weeks) and have sold after riding it twice to a good friend of mine.. Oh well, at least its gone to a very good home and I paid my taxes too this way...
Enter kawasaki Z..



Started life as a z750, which I took apart completely, rebuilt the motor using a z1000 block,head, throttle bodies, threw some zx9 cams in there, zx9 flywheel, a 4-1 manifold from the z750(i wanted the low end grunt) a rapidbike 3 parallel ecu and some other odds and ends. Then I fitted the z1000 front end and the Z1000 rear end swingarm and all. I believe it is the only z750 with a z1000 swingarm ANYWHERE as it was a biatch to do and involved me jigging up the frame and arm together to be able to do cutting and welding of the swingarm dogobne mount.(needed to be moved to the other side of the arm)

The rest of the bits are more or less available in the aftermarket market, well except the hotbodies undertail that is made for a zx6r and the rad scoups that were ade by a friend of a friend in germany. There's the ermax chin spoiler and rear seat cowl too..

The bike was built as a daily runaround kinda thing, and as a silly bike to hool at the hills around. I did not go for the most power I could make (reckon I could get another 15Hp out of it) but wanted a LOT of low end grunt, instant throttle response and a nice tight well lasting package. All the parts used more or less came from the oem kawasaki parts bin, so the reliability IS there.
Its pretty fast too. I hate dynos but my butt dyno says its around the 135-140Whp mark.. Plenty enough..

Hey sorry for the off topic here, but hey, its my thread.
Hope you guys like the pics.

[elvetost]

Here's some pics of the tri-z as it was, just before I tore it down.
It is now in a million pieces on the garage floor, along with my 87 kxt, 87 yz250, 81 rm125 and kx/kdx hybrid. They are all awaiting a bit of sandblasting and powder coating.
I have the powder coater booked for saturday, so a LOT needs to be done by then.
Anyways, you can get a glimpse here of the (unfinished) pegs, frame protectors, skid plate that we fabbed for the Z. They all turned up GREAT and with a lil more work they'll be done.
Cheers!
Chris

[85triz-250]

That's a sweet bike to begin with I'm still working on mine but its a dog compared to that. I am trying to find a gasket for the pipe still.

[elvetost]

After a lot of cursing and pain, a couple of bent fingers and broken nails.... all the powder coating is done! Woooohoooo!
Here's some teaser pics for you lot. There's a few tiny weeny imperfections on the job, but hey, the guy is a good mate and he charged me minimal for for the work.
I done 4 bikes in this go (85 tri-z, 91 kdx250/kx250 hybrid, 87 yz250, 81 rm125x) and he only charged me like 150 euros for the lot...
Here's the pics:



Now the plan is to finish the tri-z forst and then move to the rest of them.
For the time being I CANNOT for the love of God remove the lower trees bearing race from the frame. There is no-lip to catch the race from the top and drive it out, so I may have to resort to welding a bolt on the race and use a slide to pull it out. So silly this yamaha, so silly...
Once this is done then the project will move forward at warp speed... Yeah right, sure...
Hope you like the pics chaps!
Cheers! Chris

[rdonald1979]

If your talking about the outer race then weld a stitch bead around the middle of it and it should pop out.

[elvetost]

Yeap, thats the one I was one about and yeap, I ended up welding my home made slide on it and then procedded to yank it right out!
Good call rdonald, thanks man!
ALso done A LOT of work on the bike. THe forks are back together, so are the trees, motor is on and a lot of various bits and bobs.
Tomorrow I shall have a roller and possibly start it up. Maybe...

Cheers!
Chris

[elvetost]

Hey guys!
The bike's been done for a while now. I actually might have to sell it on as I am in a bad financial situation right now. Got an offer I cannot really refuse..
Oh well, still got my KXT so its all good I guess and I can always try to find another one to do.
Anyways, here's some pics.



Since the pics were taken I have also done the calipers up in black and also did the stencil for the lettering on the seat. No pics of them, sorry.
I am LOVING the wide pegs and the colour combo. A world of difference in handling these pegs.
The trike reminds me of playmobil for some reason! :P
Bike has been getting a lot of nice comments from both my riding buddies and strangers. Which is always cool. Kinda like a good starting point for lots of beer and a good old chat.

Cheers!
Chris