3 Wheels 65 HP....do it!!

[Darius1502]

I think my next project must be something with the KX 500...

I mean look at this stock:

Late 80's engine is still the fastest **DONT TYPE AROUND THE WORD FILTERS** in the world!! Eat crap YFZ 450....Big 80's two stroke tech. will still destroy you!!

The KX500's liquid-cooled 499cc two-stroke engine features the Kawasaki Integrated Power Valve System (KIPS), and pumps out nearly 65 horsepower for incredible off-road speed and acceleration. Powerful disc brakes in the front and rear rein in those ponies, and fully adjustable suspension components provide more than 12 inches of wheel travel.

[Jeb]

And from what I've heard in the past it's an almost drop-in for an 86 KXT 250 Frame.

[NOS_350X]

What are the hp numbers for other 80's 500's?

[Pigga]

haha yea i always give my freind crap about my 200x('s) destroying his blaster, and he "says" hes buying a YFZ 450 and then i showed him that movie of the 500r killing the YFZ. and i told him dont make me do it... and being the Trike hater that he is. he still thinks a pimped out YFZ cant beat the 500r but if i can get a hold of one of these motors i think it would shut him up

[Darius1502]

You damn right he would.

Hey Jeb..there is a guy in Texas at area code 254 selling an 86 Tecate for $1200. It runs and he has new original plastic too. Is that by Dallas?

I don't want it...too much time spent on this stuff as it is. Someone else might.

[MassTrike]

Ive started my conversion with a 84 kxt frame, let me tell ya, theres a lot of re-configuration to do, especially with the front down tube, i had to cut it shorter and wishbone it higher than it origionally was to fit the exhaust. its a project that got put aside for a while due to the flow of trikes that poured into here, good deals latley. Sadly it wont be ready for TF, maybe next year. Also to those interested I might be selling my Franks +2 tecate swinger!

[1984kxtTECATE]

Well sounds like I need to get a KX 500 engine and convert my 84 T3 project.

[70binder]

i know where you can get your hands on a liquid cooled (i think) 650 yahama street bike, down at the end of my road for $500

[1984kxtTECATE]

i know where you can get your hands on a liquid cooled (i think) 650 yahama street bike, down at the end of my road for $500

That would be sweet, but sadly I never filled out the W4 Tax form so I got to fork over some money to uncle sam

[Jeb]

Darius, 254 was broken out from the old 817 area, which is now Ft.Worth and immediate suburbs. 254 is the rural areas west and south.

PM me the number. I think I know where this KXT is.

[Derrick Adams]

What are the hp numbers for other 80's 500's?

I know the 85 500R made 48hp stock. That's my next trike conversion..

Darius, lets see if you can build a converted and fabricated bike as well as you can restore those stockers!! You may end up with my dream trike.

[Darius1502]

Derrick...I am not the wrench and torch master. I could'nt even figure out my own carb..ha ha!!

Serioulsy one day I will do it. Once day I will build a Tri Z 450F and take a Tecate and dump a KX 500 engine in it.

[ATC crazy]

Just google the phone number and the exact address will be displayed (except for cell phones)

I would love to get my hands on a XR650R motor and put it in a trike (like the street legal ATC650X in PA that was in Dirtwheels)

[Darius1502]

Did you guys see this article:

http://www.files.3wheelerworld.com/M...Laeger500R.pdf

Beautiful picture at the beginning...just awesome!! Now tell me why we can't do that with a YZ 450F...?

[toyota200x]

That article is so awesome. I had no idea that a company made a conversion. We should ask Lagaer to make a kit to convert the new cr 250r's. That would be rad.