My project Z =)

[tippmann]

Hey I wanted A real project ! Have to say that 3wheelerworld forum with all those project that peaple post made me like ! Me too i wanna build one ! haha ! so I have some way done, but ill post pic from the start-up to where i am presently in my rebuild... I apologize all grammar, syntaxe etc i can do im from canada quebec. ( yes a damn frenchies,) That my third 3 wheeler that i work on(Yamaha 225 drs 85, atc 200x 86) but its the first one that I completly rebuild! and btw i had to do it cause i bought it in really bad shape.. Here some pics of before.
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YOu can see Plastic are broken and Painted with brush... tune have a 2''1/2 x 5'' right out of the cylinder... Front and rear suspension blowed NO electrical working some missing parts but compression was good. motor was freshly rebuild . but i splited case ... Transmission all good !!! yay .. on the 6x bolts who holding clutch sping's, maybe 3 were same lenght.. :( and the Seal on the fire side where at 45 degree ( still trying to understand how he sealed :S) water pump washer between the PIN and case were not there like the one what set the gap of the impaler. The clutch case were all cracked around the kick. Fire stator were repaired with some electrical tape and one of the 2 ''bobinne'( dont know the english word sorry) where cut. and i pass many more stupid thing that i saw there.

[tippmann]

So After everything was carefully placed in some box and my motor was completly in piece started some powder coat on the case.
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My best friend father had a powder coating system that he not use .. so i caught my chance to not use spay can on the entire 3 wheeler ! haha.. Used black mat powder for all case cylinder and head. only have couple of pic of the case when they were still HOT ! ;P

[tippmann]

SO here couple of pics of my motor 2/3 assembled. Were waiting for part.... always a piece ... wascher missing.. and i broke my inner clutch hub... so i had an extra one ! yay but 2 stud where you screw the bolt who hold spings were broken. Then ordered from ebay ! and some washer for my water pump who were missing.(from yamaha dealer)
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[tippmann]

Then my friend told me that his father were selling is powder coating kit !! He accepted my offert !! haha! Then i had to take a descision about how i want my trike.. after houre of thinking and many time on Bikepic.com watching tri-z i found out what i want ! Black and red! :P so i passed my command on eastwood powder coating. Metallic red for frame hub and some other piece... some mirror black for black part and charcoal gray..
Here couple of pic of my frame Being Cleared then assembled with my swingarm and with steering head.
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[tippmann]

Here Couple pic of piece I coated.
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[tippmann]

I Polish some piece.. Motor mount kicker cap , exhaust bracket and the shock bone linkage..
Only have the pic of the bone here..
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[tippmann]

Ok so I finally completed my motor ! YAY! Phase 2 wrench report are done to it ! had a simple mistake out my cylinder that i milled instead of cylinder head... yea .....:S but sqish test done at 0.90 mm and compresiion at 185! so everything seem to be tight ! COmpression will lower once the motor will run with gaz.. so i should hit the 170 -175 psi. Hope so... Up to now im In the Wrench report spec !:P
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[tippmann]

Here my motor in the frame !!! FINALLY .. thing start to go fast when the motor is set in his bed. You can see Polished motor Mount. There my coated kicker that look great there too ! ;P
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[tippmann]

Ok I wanted v-force 3! i had some on my yz 250 and I really loved this! so I emailed moto tassinary with some picture and a mesuring tape of my intake... then he sent me that !
144189 Kx 125 03 to 08 i think... well did some research on forum and fell on a reply of mosh saying that with the v-force i need some softer petal.. then i Bough the part number #682m ..

I got the v-force then i swapped the petal.. and installed this lovely thing on my Z
144190Yea there my brand new 38mm flat size mikuni there too :P

[tippmann]

Here some pic of my new Dg front and rear !I polished the rear one ... omg dg are so cheap... the part of the tune that go on the cylinder was too long... so cutted approx. 1/4 of the flange... and the rear part was 1 inch away of the hole he have to screw so got it shortened about a inch ... tested out the exhaust on the bike and it will be perfect!... BTW i hate cutting brand new piece.... well like most of us I suppose. :P

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Oh yea new grab bar too ! :D

[tippmann]

yesterday my friend came at my garage to help me out on the wiring ... so here a pic. We did most of test everything seem to work.. well with a brand new stator it have to be ! :P no worry now everything is connected right we will redo some of the cable and put a trailer plug near the steering head(it will be cleaner) some cable are too long other too short.. is not easy to set all lenght when you have no damn idea where they have to pass on the frame(clymer wiring diagram is confusing.) and to made all connector fit the same place.. so those are my last picture that i have ..

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Ill keep ya update as soon as i get something new out my Z.. with some juicy picture If you guys have any idea to share with me go ahead:)

[Matt85'350x]

It's looking good!

[Swinger]

Seems to be coming along nicely and very fast. Looks great so far.

[JJMF1979]

Your doing a great job!!! oh and being french is no excuse for bad grammer lol

[tippmann]

Your doing a great job!!! oh and being french is no excuse for bad grammer lol

haha you should see me write in french... its pretty similar of my english

[Bryan Raffa]

:Bounce:Bounce:Bounce:Bounce Come on.... that's lookin sweet...:pics::pics::pics::pics::pics::pics::pics:

[tippmann]

For now stuck at waiting my command of powder ... all my piece rdy to be coated.. caliper handlebar front rim rear master cylinder some other piece too. Front and rear fender are in the mail.. like front slider from 3ww shop. i have to find out light switch off a banshee/blaster or warrior .. mine is crappy and the half of the kill switch button is missing.. I bought some 400 ex hub i hope they will fit right my shaft, if this part good ill buy some New itp 400ex itp rims.. But still not sure if I should buy some 8 '' or 9''..... !?!?!

[tippmann]

So worked hard on my Z this last week.. here couple of pic ! im pround of my termostat housing ..! :)144874


Got my chain slider from 3WW shop too .. thx thousand time perfect fit!144875

caliper fresh paint ! 144876

[tippmann]

I bring my old tri-z shock and my 01 raptor shock to a pro suspension friend..the 01 raptor was a real pain to fit on my z, i got it in place once and i had hard time so i Asked my friend about doing something same lenght with what i got. I really wanted to keep my raptor spring cause i coated it earlier.. Then he found in is old stock a tri-z casing (I was like ? wow nice find !) Mine was not reusable.. so It ended with all new anti-friction shock head, all new seals ! with His tri-z casing + the raptor stem with the (rebound adjustement) and a 1'' shim to get my orignal lenght of 13''1/2 ,, the raptor shock was 14''1/2 here a pic
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So here some pic with my Coated rear axle and how the back look like
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[Lil Earl]

Very, Very, Very Nice and did i say its nice haha. great build

[tippmann]

Ok and here some pic of my RED BULL SHOCK ! naw but my reservoir was damn ugly so my friend had an nice idea about it144880

and some other pic of how everything look like144881144882144883

So for now waiting on my Banshee light switch to finish off electrical part ( oh my rear del light is placed too some pic inc!) then red front fork boot, Black seat cover , new handlebar, Airbox cover and radiator shroud off DC plastic Incoming too... Ill keep ya updated as sooon i have New Stuff !

[JJMF1979]

Here Couple pic of piece I coated.
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Your powder looks nice hopefully my stuff comes out like that when I get set up

[tippmann]

Thx you should see the metallic blue i did for my friend banshee ;)

[tippmann]

Ok I finally been able to stop my head leaking prestone by the front Stud !!!!!!!! after many try ! .. I Got the phase 2 mod of my cylinder but the guys that did my job was a damn baddies... so i got my cylinder at a reputed shop to redo the job right. so i had a 0.008'' on the cylinder and a 0.007'' on the head to cut off o.O + my bore was not a perfect circle.... so he bored 0.001'' to get it right.. i now have 0.004'' clearance around piston so its perfect! But with the total of 0.015'' off the head i had a problem with my Piston to head clearance.. so i been in every car part seller to finally found out some thicker gasket sheet around (0.008'' more then stock gasket) so did my squish test and got a 0.033'' and a compression off 185 lbs.. Probably he will detonate... but ill simply buy some octane to mix with my gaz , this should solve it.

Trike will be rdy soon !! ill get my front kenda tire and rear holeshot with brand new rear Itp t9 rims this monday.. should get my new shroud, airbox cover, seat cover, air filter, banshee light switch this week too.. ill only wait after a b.o Piece in my front suspension..(planned on the 23.. hope it will not retard) then some sticker on my new fender and the Z will be rdy for the road test! :P

[MTS]

looking very nice!!!, intrested to see how it runs set up like that.

[tippmann]

have an experienced guy comming home tomorow to help me set up the carb tight. ill update ya ... .funny thing is that i have no trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotr ailpro idea how it go... never drived it and the last 3 wheeler i had was a200x so i hope it will be a blast!

[tippmann]

New tire !!!!! and brand new rear rim!145172145173

Oh yea ill swap out for red prestone later

[tippmann]

188686 188687 188688 Sorry late post but here what the Z look like now.. And i found out 2 new project. so the Z gonna sleep inside ftm

[El Camexican]

Looks good! Better late than never:beer

[Cornholio]

hahaha! I love that its in your living room!

[tippmann]

3 years later... tri-z still in the living room with the same head leaking issue ! Nice news ! no ? Gotta finish the R then the X and ill see about that z issue