Pro Tec 175 Beginning

[bandito90]

All I did to e 90 was do a few laps around the yard.I did run the rd and put the tach on.

[the great gazoo]

I knew you guys would get the 125 running when I heard the "pop" from the ether, & if Lou does what he says he's going to do to that motor, nothing'll touch it!. Thanks to both of you guys, you really checked me out. I'm in the process of locating the fuel tanks for the 175 right now, I"ll snap some pics in a bit & post 'em up.

[Vealmonkey]

Brian, I wish you could have stuck around more so we could have gotten you running. You're really close to being back on 3 wheels again. I might have to make up some nylon spacers for the swingarm to frame gap for you though. It won't be hard to slip them in place.

[the great gazoo]

Yeah, that'd be cool, I got the pics, I also noticed that the rear sprocket needs to come right about a 1/4 inch. Can't stay on, the woman's having the Mac tuned up & the guy's here. Oh, I found my tanks, but no straps............Screw it, outta time. load pics later.

[Vealmonkey]

So last week I was on ebay, and I see this listing for this nos yt175 exhaust pipe. The seller has 1 picture showing the exhaust in it's original plastic bag, where the plastic bag has been slid around on the shelf so much that is is white and no longer clear and the plastic bag has a hang tag on it, but you can't read it in the picture and it isn't really listed in the auction. It has a buy it now of $66, so I go ahead and pull the trigger, I figure WTH right?
So this box arrives yesterday afternoon, fast shipping at least and the shipping price was less than $10, so not bad so far. So I open the box and lo and behold.... It's a NOS PK Racing yt 175 exhaust pipe with what seems like all the original hardware!!! I open the bag up and the pipe appears to have only 1 small ding and a couple scratches, so it wasn't even all rusted up or nothing. The original tag on the exhaust is nice and intact also. Now I'm just trying to figure out what I'm going to use it for?.....
I took a couple pics. Hope you like them. I"m happy with my buy.

[bandito90]

Great buy,Pat!You find all the rare goodies at a great price.LoL.How long was it in before you bought it?

[Vealmonkey]

Less than an hour. Right place at the right time I guess.

[bandito90]

Can't wait to see this one in person.

[old-yellow]

Damn! Pat you find all the rare parts and cheap but anyways nice find and I can't wait in till I see finished pictures of your trike.

Alex

[jason 32]

nice guys, i wish i would have kept mine , i hate the old no suspension trikes,but i also didnt want to hack up a real nice ty175, plastics on mine are a lil faded thats all! its in real nice shape

[the great gazoo]

Wow! Nice find Pat. I'm starting to think you're spending more than 18 hours a day on Ebay. Frikkin' sweet! I think you need to get another YT175 & make it a flat tracker!
Anyhow, I said I"d post up these pics, so here they are. Oh, & I got a 5/8 lock nut & cut washer for my swing arm. Still lots of little things to do on it. Well, here goes....

[chris200x]

s!!!!! Now ya gotta come up riding so Al will quit bustin my balls and start bustin yours!

Looks good Brian!!! you gonna let me taker er for a rip?

You need some flames comin down the sides!!!

[Vealmonkey]

Great pics Brian. We still have a couple hours to have everything finished and then be able to have you tear it down for some final cosmetic touches. Hopefully we will have you running Sunday.

[Louis Mielke]

I took my 125 for a no seated ride today! Man that thing freakin flies! It's really peppy for a 125. Maybe it's that 175 carb. hehe.

[Bryan Raffa]

I need another little pinger NOW.. Nice pipe veal!