Kinda like this?Originally Posted by brapp
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Kinda like this?
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what ever we had last week died off with the rain and high winds..then again its december.. its never froze this early maybe back in the 70's but not these days .. Im thinkin another month atleast for the lakes..be ready..
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chris you can see my hand pointing above the Z!! I was laughing soooooo hard....
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Indeed you were. Billy Jr looks like a midget there
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hey you have to admit thse were soem sick doughnuts lol
ok here goes, 85 atc70,2 84 atc70's 83 alt50,83 atc110 , 70 us 90 parot green, 85/86 350x garage queen, stock rider 85 350x, project 85 350x 85 250r drag bike, 2 85 250sx's, alt185, , scat tracker?99blaster,85 250r rider,85 250r ice racer project ,93 kx500,99 xr200r, 91 dr250s ,89 lt500 quadzilla,88 lt250quadracer, 88 trx250r race full on race quad,, 01 yamahakodiak400, kawaki kd100,lt50 for my doughters,93 300ex, 230 quadsport, lt185, lt250 quadrunner,84200s, is that enough?
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Well it looks like its really going to happen this year. Tomorrow I bring my 200X Fenders to get drilled out and all that and the Tecate to get put back together and dialed in. Got a set of X-Systems bushings for the Cal-Fab and sent the check for the Cal-Fab stickers from Harlan. Got a sweet Braided rear brake line for her and the gasket for the clutch side. I cant wait to see how she pulls with a new Clutch setup. Everything in there is NOS except the clutch basket.
I hope the Barnett Clutch kit works. I seem to remember that for the Tecate you had to piece together a kit from different bikes? I hope not. All I will need to do then is a few minor things and then throw down some cash for the tires and studs.Im almost there and it seems I might get it done before the lakes freeze. I will be looking for a good pond to do some laps on and try to get her dialed in. Went over the mouth of Oneida lake the other day. Its frozen over, but not safe im sure. 30 miles of frozen lake before the new year. It is looking good for this year. There is an event here in Feb. on the south shore. I will keep an eye out for the info. See ya in a month or so on a lake near you.
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2006 Suzuki King Quad
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I hope you can still get the rear Cheng Shins. They get scarce when ice season gets near.
John
1985 Eddie Sanders ATC330r
1986 Monstecate
1984 ATC70 (awaiting 125cc transplant)
1984 ATC125M
1986 GSXR 750 - Keepin' it old school!
1999 Arctic Cat 500 4x4 plow machine
1999 Arctic Cat Thundercat 1000 (lake lizard)
1996 Arctic Cat Jag 440 L/C (ditch banger)
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I saw some 20x10x10's maybe 20x11x10's around the net. They are around 80 bucks each. Thats rough, but if I do em right I can mount them every winter. Other than that I have new Kenda Front Max's on both rides and may just stud them up. I dont want to but getting a front tire for the tecate is tough. That big fat front wheel.
Maybe I can ger some used fronts for the Tecate and 86 200x from here cheap? Any help?
I have some suspension worries. Can i run the 01 Raptor shock upside down? I drilled the suspension linkage up top
Maybe my builder can tool up a vinyl shim and we can go correct. The only problem is that the canister hose is so short that I bunjie it to the swinger. Kinda shetchy. What can I do to mount a longer line from the shock to the bottle?
What length studs should I run? Do you slime the tires after stub installation?
Rides go to the builders in about 8 hours. Im up way to late, im out. See ya on a lake near you.
84-85 Custom Tecate
1986 Honda 200X Daily Rider
2006 Suzuki King Quad
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usally you dont have to slime them for a few years ..when fresh studding..I have a set that I studded a few years ago ..still holding air.. I use stud's that go through the tire ,, they dont pull out
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In my opinion 20's are too tall for flat tracking, especially with a machine like the 200x that's already down on power compared to the 250r, Tecate, or any of the big 4 stroke quads. I ran them on my 250r one year and after that I went back to 18's. I know that the 8" wheels won't work on the Tecate but they will on the 200X and for that trike you really should just save yourself a lot of grief and get a wheel/tire combo of 18" Cheng Shins on 8" wheels. You can get the tires at www.treaddepot.com for $34 per each and the 20" Cheng Shins for 10" rims are $56 each. Unfortunately they are either low or out of stock on them right now so I don't know what to tell you. James Lucky used to have them and I'm sure there are plenty of other places to get them. Dennis Kirk has 9 of the 18's in stock for $45 each. I'd get 1" studs and when you stud the tires you should inflate them to around 35psi, stud them, and then lower the pressure down to like 10psi. That will help keep the studs from spitting out.
EDIT: If you want the name of a place local to me that usually stocks them I can get the number for you. He won't be the cheapest but he's a great guy to deal with. For the front you can just get any of the 23x8x11's will fit, even though the Tecate has a wider one from the factory. Dennis Kirk has the Dunlop KT576 for $48 and the Kenda K284 Max A/T in stock and fairly cheap. I've done all your homework for you now except come over and mount them so you have no excuse not to get it done.
John
Last edited by JohnR.; 12-29-2007 at 06:16 PM.
1985 Eddie Sanders ATC330r
1986 Monstecate
1984 ATC70 (awaiting 125cc transplant)
1984 ATC125M
1986 GSXR 750 - Keepin' it old school!
1999 Arctic Cat 500 4x4 plow machine
1999 Arctic Cat Thundercat 1000 (lake lizard)
1996 Arctic Cat Jag 440 L/C (ditch banger)
Loves Corn.
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Hey ChrisD.. I was tinkering today...
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What's engraved on the side of the cylinder Bryan?
this may seem like a dumb question.. but are studs necessary for this ride? Once you stud your tires you can't take them out correct? Will only a handfull of screws be enough per tire? I'm just wondering if I have to get a spare set of tires and rims for this ride? I'm a no0b!
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I would suggest a dedicated set of tires for studding and I would also suggest a stud in each knob on a set of the Cheng Shins I mentioned before. You can get really short studs that won't penetrate the "carcass" of the tire and those can be removed but there are two problems with going that route. One is that the studs will tend to fly out and the other is that you can't keep taking the studs out and putting them in, the holes will not hold them once you've done that a couple of times. For the $70 - $90 you'll spend for a pair of those tires for the rear its worth it since you'll get several seasons out of them as long as you don't ride them off the ice AT ALL. A quick trip around a paved parking lot or 1/4 mile up the road will ruin the studs. You can get away with the really short studs in the front tire since it doesn't see the kind of loading and spinning that the rears do and then remove the studs at the end of the winter.
John
1985 Eddie Sanders ATC330r
1986 Monstecate
1984 ATC70 (awaiting 125cc transplant)
1984 ATC125M
1986 GSXR 750 - Keepin' it old school!
1999 Arctic Cat 500 4x4 plow machine
1999 Arctic Cat Thundercat 1000 (lake lizard)
1996 Arctic Cat Jag 440 L/C (ditch banger)
HELLO, my name is stickers!
Catch me if you can
Thanks for that info John. I was just curious cause this will probably be my first and only time on ice. so I'm not sure it's worth the investment. but who knows.. I may love it and end up using them more often than I think.
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