Red haired step child...err- green haired (lots of pics)

[falloutboy]

A couple weeks ago a guy answered my brothers want ad for a 350x frame. We went to pick it up and discovered he also had an 86 Tecate, as well as many many other things. He told me that he had a bunch of other parts to go with it.

One thing led to another and now its in my garage. It is definitely a project but the price was too good to pass up. I've always been a Honda guy in the past so this will be a nice change of pace.

The biggest thing right now is I have two bottom ends without a stator cover and no cylinder. It is also missing the RH (kickstarter side) radiator shroud. I will be on the hunt for these shortly, so if you have one you would consider selling, pm me.

here's some pics:







One of the goodies:


Some of the parts the came it with:


Can anyone tell me what kind of reed cage this is? It was in a Boyseen Rad Valve box but there are not marks on it that I can find. I noticed one of the petals have a tear in the corner...







any help identifying the maker of this would be helpful:




another goodie:

[dcreel]

Now that's a serious haul.. Looks like a great start..

[tommerp]

Very nice buy... I see a lot of really nice goodies in there. SCORE!!

[Senator]

Right on dude!

[dcreel]

Just noticed 4/4 Durablue hubs.. schwing... Those 10" ITP wheels will polish up nice too...

The '84 4/4 pattern is the only Tecate pattern that will allow 8" wheels.. Is the axle extended too? Very nice..

Got a pic of the carb?

[JasonB]

good catch! Glad to see another green machine on its way back to glory. Lots of sweet parts in there and A LOT of potential, I will be watching the progress on this build. Really want a Tecate the more I see them around, especially after watching that guy clean up at TF last year in the open drags with a mild built 1st gen Tecate with extended swinger.

[sportvette]

Wow. Great find. Lots of goodies there!

[ezmoney1979]

Thats the score you were talking about! Very nice! Your heart must have skipped a beat when you first laid eyes on that Calfab. I have all the parts you need (cylinder, stator cover, RH shroud-broken) and more. Let me know when you are ready for them. I think that silencer is from a later model KX250. Congrats on the new ride! Oh yeah you might want to look into this- http://medford.craigslist.org/mcy/2777149806.html

[poohbee1]

find of the year in my eyes i love it. what else is in the box.

[falloutboy]

Thanks for all the positive comments guys! I got the bottom end out tonight. It feels like the kick starter gear is slipping. I'll have to check the other bottom end. My plan is to freshen it up with new bearings and seals. dcreel- I think the axle is stock.

[dcreel]

Dang.. Flat slide Mikuni (TM) Looks to be a 38mm judging by how it fits in the airbox boot.. It's too bad you don't have the cylinder.. Wonder what kind of work was done and by who to the cylinder. What kind of pipe and silencers came with it?

[falloutboy]

it looks like the stock pipe. the only silencer I got with it is the one I posted above, which doesn't look like it will fit.

When I was sorting through parts today, I got to looking at the two heads I have and noticed the domes appear to be different. One is real round looking and the other has a real defined edge

[sportvette]

it looks like the stock pipe.

post some more pics of those pipes. i may not agree with that statement...need a side view as if it were mounted to tell...

[ezmoney1979]

it looks like the stock pipe. the only silencer I got with it is the one I posted above, which doesn't look like it will fit.

When I was sorting through parts today, I got to looking at the two heads I have and noticed the domes appear to be different. One is real round looking and the other has a real defined edge

One of them could have been modified for a big bore or you could possibly have KXF head, although the bores do appear to be the same, so Im probably wrong on the KXF idea.

[falloutboy]

A quick update: I decided to go ahead and rebuild the whole motor. New bearings, seals, gaskets and fresh paint. EZMoney is hooking me up with a cylinder and stator cover so that is 2 pieces of the puzzle solved. For now, I'm kind of at a stand still on engine parts (and money- I still have parts for sale, hint hint ).

Here is my first attempt at polishing the power-valve adjuster cover. I'll probably, go back and redo it,as there are small imperfections and then top it off with some SS bolts. I'm thinking I'll polish stator cover too once it gets here.