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    my new toy!!

    Yeppers, i bought me a new toy!!

    1987 Kawasaki Tecate 4, its a little rough, but it goes like STINK

    when i got it, you turn the gas on and it overflowed out the carb, so i tore the carb apart, thoroughley cleaned it, checked the reeds, they were good, looked up the cylinder, its MINT same with the piston, the crank seals are good, as are the bearings, its been rolled though, because the rear plastic is broke, but i still drove it all day today

    i am ordering rear plastic tommorow, and getting new grips, the stock grips have gone gooey and its disgusting to drive with them!!

    heres a few pics, no action shots, sorry,







    see the PIMP silencer on that baby??

    that and the pipe is going too, FMF pipe and silencer, soon as i get some coin again

    ohh, and the deal with the TriZ sitting on the bench, as soon as i put the motor back together (i am almost done the rebuild) its going for sale, but i cant find the motor, its in one of like a million boxs we have since we are in the process of moving, lol

    thanks for looking

    Curtis
    Currently Trikeless- but I have a LT250R

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    Mike_Ham_250R is offline Even team-red-rider is cooler then me. Arm chair racerJust too addicted
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    Awesome, but don't sell the Z -_-.
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    Sweet ride Curt, cant wait to see her one day... Have fun, and the Z, send her my way.

    lol giver stink and have fun
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    hey Josh, talk to me on MSN, and maybe we can arrange a day of riding and you can test out the T4

    Curtis
    Currently Trikeless- but I have a LT250R

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    ohh, i forgot to mention, its getting new tires and rims ASAP, the rear rims are both bent, lmao, its a wild ride

    Curtis
    Currently Trikeless- but I have a LT250R

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    little rough, yes...sweet it is too. i think a t4 would be a good bike to have in any collection. someday, i will probably add one to mine
    1985 Honda 350X - a lot of performance stuff, everything but a cam, hope to get one soon
    1984 Honda 200ES
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    well, i couldnt really figure out why it had no real low end, so i took it into my work (i work at a Cycle Salvage) and had the mechanic try and set the carb (except its a fixed jet?!?!?!) and he took it for a spin and then he told me to put my hand on the silencer after about 5 minutes, so i did, at the end, it was cold, at the base, i couldnt touch it, the exhaust is SOOOO plugged, it had a huge restriction, making it have no low end, hard starting, and not idling.

    so, on my lunch break, i removed the drain plugs on the silencer, and started it up outside, and instantly a big cloud of crap came out the 3 drain plug holes, and it ran soooo much better without the restriction

    The plastics are going on tommorow, and my co worker has a DG silencer for it, so for 25 bucks, i get it, and supposbly its supposed to open the low end right up (i find it hard to believe, and aftermarket SILENCER making more bottom end??)

    I will post pics tommorow night of the new plastics (i only bought rears) and hopefully the new silencer on it

    Curtis
    Currently Trikeless- but I have a LT250R

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    nice wheeler, but dont sell the tri-z....and the drips are probly gooey cause they are gel grips intended to be used with gloves only, very popular back in the day...
    1985 Honda ATC250R drag trike with s/t kit and full drag CR hybrid motor and drag chassis...
    1986 Honda ATC250R daily rider fully modded engine, +4 swinger,etc...
    1997 Polaris Storm 800 triple, boyesen reeds, dg individual silencers, 240 studs, 123mph on radar...

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    yea, they grips were gooey, so i got rid of them last night and put on a nice set of O'neal O's

    I also put a new handlebar pad on it (i couldnt resit for 10 bucks) its green and says Kawaski factory FX racing, pic tommorow.....

    Curtis
    Currently Trikeless- but I have a LT250R

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