I still haven't ridden a Tri-Z, but I have ridden 81, 83, 85, & 86 250R's, as well as an 87 Tecate. The Tecate was sweet, but I still prefer my 86 250R.
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I still haven't ridden a Tri-Z, but I have ridden 81, 83, 85, & 86 250R's, as well as an 87 Tecate. The Tecate was sweet, but I still prefer my 86 250R.
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i've ridden all three and own 2, soon to be 1. (selling my all orignal very nice Tri-z on ebay) i liked the 250r best even though i haven't got to drive my tecate much at all to determine how awesome it is, a new stator is on the way though.
1983 Ford Ranger 302 4x4
'04 TRX450R
'97 trx300 4x4
'93 trx300 4x4
'08 700 grizzly 4x4
'87 trx250x
'85 atc250sx
'85 Tecate x2
'85 '83 '79 atc70
'85 atc200s
'85 atc110
'83 XR500R
'77 '79 XL75
'73 xr75
'96 kx100
'80 JD spitfire x2
'88 terrapro
2 JD gators
At The Back Of The Pack
Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
I owned an 85 R in 88, I now have an 85 and 86 R and have ridden an 84 T-3, and several 85 Tri-z's. I hated the 84 T-3, it rode like crap. It was like a supecharged BigRed, LOL! It was fast as heck and handled horribly. Not to mention that stupid twist throttle. I like my buddy's 85 Z, it has great low end and the handling is good, just not as good as either R. My cousin had a Tri-z 85 model many years ago and it was good, just not very fast. It was stock and my buddy has the wrench report mods on his. They are like night and day. The Tri-z feels like I am sitting on top of it while the R feels like I am a part of the bike. I like my 85 350x as a just ride around bike is great! I want to try and ride an 86 T-3 as those were supposed to be far and away better that the 84-85 models.
06 Yamaha Bruin 4x4
04 TRX Rancher 400 AT 4x4 GScape
86 ATC 250es Big Red
84 ATC 200s (31 yrs running strong)
13 F150 4x4 SuperCrew 5.0
00 Excursion V-10 lifted with 35s
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07 CanAm Outlander 650, 05 TRX 450R, 85 ATC 250r, 01 Kawasaki KLF Bayou 220 , 02 400EX, 85 ATC 350x, 84 ATC 200x, 85 ATC 350x , 98 KLF Bayou, 86 ATC 250r
At The Back Of The Pack
Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
Here are a few of mine. The T3 is definitely the fastest. My tri-z(s) are '85s so I can't really compare the suspension to the other 2. I would put my Z on par with the Rs in terms of speed.
'8? ATC70s
'8? ALT50
'8? YT175
'83 ATC185S
(3) '85 ATC250ES
(5) '85 YTZ250
(2) '85 ATC250R
(5.5) '86 KXT250
'86 YTZ250
'86 KXT500
'86 ATC350X
'87 KXT250
'87 ATC250SX
and a couple of Mancos
Just Too Addicted
Arm chair racerJust too addicted
This weekend I got to ride a 350X and a 250R for the first time. WOW! Got to have 'em!!!!!
86 250R
86 250R
86 250R
85 250R
82 250R
86 350X
81 185X
85 250SX
87 200X
Sitting on my can can, doing the pan-o-ram..
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