Picked up a Z!!!!

[ATC-Eric]

Thanks man. It feels so good to be in the Z club

[Mosh]

Moshman,

When you say that the pegs are weak in design, do you mean where the frame meets the pegs, or the pegs themselves?

If it is the pegs, do you know if there are any aftermarket "hardcore" pegs out there I can pick up?

Thanks for all the advice.

Eric

actually,they are weak in both areas.the bolts only go in the frame like a 1\4 inch,so there is not much threads for support.we helicoiled mine and they seem to work well,but i think it will end up pulling the threads back out in the future. the pegs themself are also weak.the mounting plate is too weak and starts to droop,or bend downward after time.more-so when you jump the bike alot.also where the pegs are welded to the plates,and the pins they kickup on,start to woller out after a time.they were just a horrible design.as of now,no one really makes a ready to go foot peg mod,or beefy set of aftermarkets.but some members on the forum,have had some nice ones made up for them as custom sets.i think they were kinda pricey to purchase or make.you can do a search,on the forum for tri-z foot peg and find some good info on the topic.when i build my 310z, i plan on a whole new peg set-up or welding them on the frame. last thing i want in a drag race,is for one of them puupies to give out on me.

[ATC-Eric]

Im about to kick this overhaul into high gear! I have a boat load of parts and plans on the way.


I was wondering, roughly, how much have any of you out there spent for a powder job for the frame, and other misc. parts?

[Bryan Raffa]

I spent $100 for the frame and all the misc. parts i wanted....

[willcamach]

$100.00 is a great price i was just qouted $200.00 for a cr125 frame And that didnt include any sandblasting.

[Bryan Raffa]

It cost me $30 to have the frame sandblasted and everything else i did myself in the glass beadblaster for free..hours&hours of standing at that thing!

[ATC-Eric]

So I went to St. Joe today for some riding on the new Z. About an hour into it, I was doing a donut on the dirt, the bike hooked up, and bucked me the heck off!!! It landed on its side, breaking, not bending....breaking the left handlebar off!!! It also tore the noozle for the left fork off Just another thing added to my list.



While I was out there, it wasnt five minutes and I meet a guy on a 200x. We rode together until my fall. I told him about the site, he said hes been wanting to find some more info on trikes.... so we might get a new member here shortly.



The fall wasnt a bad of a thing, I'm kinda glade it happened (except my but hurting). Thats because I just found out I have some bad gaskets that are allowing coolent into the cylnder, and oil into the coolent. I would rather the old junk handlebars brake, then run into motor problems because of coolent. I also found out after trying to rejet it last night that the thing isnt really jetted like the seller informed me

So when I say Im glade, its because I have new handlebars on the way, and this is a good time to completely tear her down.

I have a crap load of parts on the way, I'm not going to stop until I have rebuilt every inch of her! Strip, paint, everything!

With gaskets for everything on the motor, does anybody have any good suggestions? Weisco? OEM? Tell me what you have had good luck with.

Also, I have been watching some Boyesen power reeds on ebay, would it be a good idea?

Thats all for now,

Thanks for the replys so far guys.

Eric