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Thread: Is the tri moto 125 the biggest peice of junk ever

  1. #16
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    Are you sure the gas is mixed properly ? 32:1 ...... depends on what brand you use i guess...... but start there.. you say it smokes alot.. does it burn tranny oil ? does the level do down as you ride it ?

    if the tranny oil stay's put.. you know is mix oil smoking.. vice versa.

    your gas tank full of rust ?

    carb been cleaned and adjustted at any point ?

    what seals were replaced ? dry cracked ???.. but wich ones ?
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    84 ATC - 200 ES, Jimmy-Rigged, don't ask.( Sold, 03-17-2005)
    85 ATC - 250 SX, Pride and Joy, Bottom-Less Money Pit.
    84 125 M - The Mini-SX not running yet. but won't be long.
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    The more people i meet.. the more i like my DOG !

  2. #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by rustbucket
    I think I got a lemon here. I put new seals in , the old ones had popped out and were hard as a rock. Fired it up rode it a little and still smokes real bad and no power can't go any higher than 3rd It will load up a minute then you down shift and gas it and its fine for a while. This is the same crap it did before a redid it and it was a different motor. I think I may have to set it on fire on roast hot dogs over it I've seen johnson snowmobiles that ran more often than this thing.

    Same thing I bought.
    Last edited by chris200x; 12-31-2007 at 12:31 AM.

  3. #18
    rustbucket is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerFirst time rider
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    Its using the oil injection right now and no plans to take it off. I can't ride it long enough to tell if the trannie oil goes down but even if its overfilled it should make a difference for the crank seals it would normaly leak out the counter shaft seal or shift shaft seal. I wish i had a dollar for every time i cleaned the carb on it. The crank shaft seal were replaced yesterday. I did put a little bit of mixed gas in it to help with the break in of the new top end. but that little bit of oil shouldn't do this. I'm going to pick up some fresh gas try a new plug, fix the rip cord and drain some trannie oil out and see what it does then maybe I can get some one to take a pic of how bad it smokes.
    Or we could start a contest to see who has the smokiest trike. I'd win for sure.
    1980 trimoto 125 mods include a ripped seat broke fender and bent handle bars
    1981 trimoto 125
    1971 suzuki ts 185 it will spank a 200x
    1966 gmc 3/4 ton

  4. #19
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    any of you guys know how to test the injector to make sure it gives proper oil/gas mix ?

    if possible.. drain the injector reservoire.. and mix a batch of gas manually.. try running on that . ( Get a few more opinions before you do this.. ... i have NOT done it myself.. but think it's logical tho !! )
    Currently :

    82 ATC - 200, plain jane, almost mint. ( Sold, 03-17-2005)
    84 ATC - 200 ES, Jimmy-Rigged, don't ask.( Sold, 03-17-2005)
    85 ATC - 250 SX, Pride and Joy, Bottom-Less Money Pit.
    84 125 M - The Mini-SX not running yet. but won't be long.
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    The more people i meet.. the more i like my DOG !

  5. #20
    rustbucket is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerFirst time rider
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    Found out the crank bearings toasted after i started running it. Any one have some?
    1980 trimoto 125 mods include a ripped seat broke fender and bent handle bars
    1981 trimoto 125
    1971 suzuki ts 185 it will spank a 200x
    1966 gmc 3/4 ton

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    kando is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerFirst time rider
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    I mentioned to check crank bearings when you put in your seals on my first post. Oh well it would of saved you some time.................LOL.
    1982 YT 125 Yamaha 1984 Honda 200 m

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    Beat any hard tail Honda? Get real! The things handle like a bar stool.

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    Quote Originally Posted by greenhuman
    Beat any hard tail Honda? Get real! The things handle like a bar stool.
    So does the smaller hard tail Honda's

    85 Tri-Z's
    85 Quad-Z,
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    83 YTM 225DX,
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    82 Tri-Zinger 60 For sale,
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    Mine handled horribly, until I widened it. I only went 1.5" per side, and it made a HUGE difference.

  10. #25
    rustbucket is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerFirst time rider
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    I did check the crank bearings when i put the seals in they were fine then. they toasted while I rode it for llike 15 minutes I didn't check the clutch side but i noticed the other was bad when i removed the rip cord to fix it and the fly moved like a 1/16 in . I've had lots of suzuki bikes and a couple yami and kawis but i never had any with bad crank bearings and only one junk seal.
    1980 trimoto 125 mods include a ripped seat broke fender and bent handle bars
    1981 trimoto 125
    1971 suzuki ts 185 it will spank a 200x
    1966 gmc 3/4 ton

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