1985.5 Tri-Z 250R Build

[mcgyver331]

Well here I go again. Found locally on craigslist, Just had to tear it down right away.

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[mcgyver331]

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And on to the rebuild pics.

[mcgyver331]

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Well thats what I got done so far.

Thanks for looking

[Bryan Raffa]

L@@KIN G@@D BRO! make shure you pull the pins out of the swingarm and grease the rollers and everything...pull the dust caps off, clean the two washers and flat bearing... grease the snot out of it!

[sugarhead]

Stick a nice Rz 350 engine in it:D a trinity stage 5 w toomey t 5s that would be sick.

[Bryan Raffa]

Stick a nice Rz 350 engine in it:D a trinity stage 5 w toomey t 5s that would be sick.

come on man you just blew the guys buget buy like 4k....LOL

[ATCeeya]

how are you painting everything? i hope your not going through all this work and rattle-canning it

[sugarhead]

I think it looks good,your right but a modded Shee is sick wheelies thru 5th gear.I love smokers.

[tri-Z ripper]

Hey let the man do what he can. Not everyone can afford powder, or a body shop paint job. At least its not going to the dump! or rusting in some field or sitting in someone's about to be collapsed barn somewhere. So i say sir, clean it ride it till you Repeat the process again!

[sugarhead]

I agree tri ripper its sad to see so many trikes just sitting outside rotting to death.Way the world has gotten so fricking politically correct I doubt we'll ever see another set of wheelers.I wouldnt mind having to sign a waiver and if I flip it and it breaks my neck thats on me,not you or Honda or a bunch of trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotr ailpro lawyers.

[mcgyver331]

Hey let the man do what he can. Not everyone can afford powder, or a body shop paint job. At least its not going to the dump! or rusting in some field or sitting in someone's about to be collapsed barn somewhere. So i say sir, clean it ride it till you Repeat the process again!

Powder coating is expensive. I can get a good result with primer, paint and clear out of a can. my budget was blown buying the TRI ZEE!!!!

[k00leo]

What did you use there to paint the motor? what kind of paint? it looks pretty nice.

[clutchcargo]

Looks good. Keep the pics coming.

[Tri-Z 250]

:idea:PM Dirtcrasher on the boards...he can work that fork leg for ya, it's bent.

[mcgyver331]

What did you use there to paint the motor? what kind of paint? it looks pretty nice.

500 degree High heat engine paint from autozone low gloss black

[mcgyver331]

Finally 99% complete!!! you can chase that 1% into bankrupcy lol.

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let me know what you think!!! Good time frame? Got busy last 2 weeks couldn't do much.

Like the X2 in the background?

[Jason125m]

Great rebuild man, and quick too!

[k00leo]

wow that looks great.

you did a good job.

[Tri-Z 250]

:idea:PM Dirtcrasher on the boards...he can work that fork leg for ya, it looks bent.

Did you replace or repair the legs? I swear, the early photo's the left one looked tweeked. Not so on the finish...Looks GREAT! Plastic cleaned up real nice...Time to go mud it up!:lol:

[tommerp]

What paint did you use on the pipe? How do you think it's going to stand up to the heat and s4i+ being thrown onto it? just curious as mine needs a good once over...

[mcgyver331]

Did you replace or repair the legs? I swear, the early photo's the left one looked tweeked. Not so on the finish...Looks GREAT! Plastic cleaned up real nice...Time to go mud it up!:lol:

I looked after that and they were both tweaked bad.

I bought a set of supposedly good ones on ebay and they came in a fork oil soaked box(first sign of abad seller) then I opened up the box and threw a straight edge on em and you guessed it tweaked also. I finally found a set locally.

New to me forks. Good shape $100 bucks

[mcgyver331]

What paint did you use on the pipe? How do you think it's going to stand up to the heat and s4i+ being thrown onto it? just curious as mine needs a good once over...

I've used the rusto 2000 degree paint with good longlasting results.

Must clean the exhaust down to baremetal and clean with thinner.

You can get better exhaust paint.

[racer....X]

Looks great!

[mcgyver331]

ok so tiny pic is down, hope i can get my pics or dig em up on my server.