Black Tecate build

[jeswinehart]

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Had this thread started last night but storms raised cain with computer so I will try it again.
Lot of members reproduction parts on this build.
Mike from HRE is putting the finishing touches on a handcrafted alu gas tank for me to complete the build.
There are a bunch of little things I want to change already (more nickle chrome mainly) but that will wait for time being. Looking forward to getting it dialed in and putting the paddle tires on for some sand cruising at Silver Lake this fall.
The Mrs. has me starting on a down stairs bathroom renovation so the black Tecate will hafta sit covered for awhile.
The green 101 Tecate will be this winters project. It was given to me by Sandpuppy101 shortly before he passed away.

Thanks for looking ! john

[jeswinehart]

All right, looks like that post went thru alright ~ finally.
Many thanks to sblt500R for Kawasaki Tecate reproduction wiring harness, fender support, motor mounts, oil filler cap, primary sprocket cover.
just ben - handcrafted shift lever
Yamahondaman - fork cap covers
Cosmic Quads - seat + solely responsible for putting together group fender purchases.
Sportvetta (and Shawn) - awesome exstended axle (gave to me as Xmas gift).
T-3 lopes - also gave me a brand new carb.
Tecate Z - expert repair on a very troublesome kick start assembly (works awesome Ed).
And my wife for all the Kawi green parts ~ :)

[dirtflinger66]

Man that looks awsome, great job and attention to the whole thing. Let us see some more when u get that tank on. Makes me excited to get mine back together. Great job J.

[MIK6]

That looks incredible! I cant wait to see the tank on that!

MIK6 / Mike

[Dirtcrasher]

I like that all black look John!!

[wisconsinite]

That's gonna be a really sharp looking bike!!

[hondawasaki]

looks great! Ive never seen a "nice" black tecate, all the ones I've seen before yours have been spraybombed! looking forward to seeing it done!

[bandito90]

I saw the tank at HRE last week. It's going to look great on the bike.

[userj8670]

looking great John!

[thestud25]

Very classy John! Looks really good!

[TecateDan]

Wow that is some nice work John

[Jeepermc]

Very nice John!

[captainweezy]

Good lord Swinehart. That is a work of art. Def going to be one of a kind. That sandpuppy must have been a cool cat to give you a green machine.....never got to meet him.

[Bryan Raffa]

Do the 101 in WHITE!!!! =)

[tapper190]

awesome work John, it is coming along great!
Tapper

[cochran]

Do the 101 in WHITE!!!! =)
+1
Trike looks beautiful John! Now if we just had our tanks.....

[jeswinehart]

Tonight I have officially mothballed the Black Tecate build until spring of next year. I have no desire to stick a red tank on it for tuning and sand riding, for me, is just not gonna happen now ~ dam sure NOT with a red tank. Hopefully, I will have my bought and paid for tank by spring of 2013 :wondering
So in preparation of a upcoming mold project, the Bigred will take the Tecates work station. http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php/148252-ATC-speedo-drive-(transmission)-unit(s)-reproduction

Trying very hard to control tongue with this HRE situation, I will keep biting it a little bit longer.
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[trizilla]

any updates here? its not spring yet but i would love to see the tank.

[jeswinehart]

Now I just need to make some time to get the black build out + mount and see if it will start.
Perhaps this Sunday,,,
It might be a wee bit too shiny !

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[captainweezy]

Almost ready for the mud drags!

[jb2wheels]

That tank FANTASTIC! Lovely!

[yaegerb]

Beautiful John. Hey, if you want that tank to shine just send it over to me for some polishing....;)

[jeswinehart]

Didn't get much farther then fitment + fuel tank shut off install with all the other choirs the Mrs. had on her honey do list for me to attend too.
Custom green fuel/vent line won't be in till mid week anyway,,,

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[just ben]

I didn't know shawn made engine mounts, The tank looks sweet BTW

[Scootertrash]

I love black builds and that tank looks great!!

A little off topic:

Got any pics of the lift without a wheeler on it? Where did you get it and how much was it? If you want to PM the info so as not to derail your build thread that's OK

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=154764&d=1348704923

[JasonB]

awesome looking Tecate! And that tank is sweet!

[blue27]

Looking good John!!!

[MIK6]

Looks great!!! The Tecate dont look to bad either!!!
Lmao! Tell Liway MIK6 says Hi!

That trike is awesome! Tanks looks incredible!

MIK6/ Mike

[jeswinehart]

No problem Scoot ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBYA5zSpxyo
I put the u-tube vid up the night we got it from Ditchmud. It took a wee bit of thought how to get it too perform like we wanted.
Rich acquired it from a family member who works in a old folks home and it is from a easy lift/recliner type of chair. The kind that lifts and tilts forward to assist in handicap/elderly/recovering people in sitting down or getting up from chair.
Ditchmud was kind enough to think of me when his nephew come across it and snatched it up for me. So keep a eye open for a inexpensive/free easy lift chair. It stows away on a hook in wall wonderfully.

[Scootertrash]

Nice! I just found a lift chair for 50.00 if it's still there. ;)

[wolfspider]

looks great john!!!:cool:

[jeswinehart]

Decided to get the Black build out from corner of storage and see if it worked. Just about a year ago all I had to do was add oil, water + gas but simply rolled in the corner of storage area and forgot about it.
Last Sunday I rolled it out + added fluids,,, kicked it over way to many times, had the Mrs. pull me around with the Bigred only to discover it was not getting fuel thru the brand new never used carb.
Not sure whats up with that carb. Rolled another stock Tecate out that has not been started in 2 years + fuel smelled worse then a bad fart but it started on 2nd. kick and idled.
Took that carb off and bolted on my Black Tecate and had a short test ride on it.
While the Mrs. was pulling me around the yard I discovered the engine must have had some work done to it compression wise because I could barely get it to turn over in 5th. gear plus it has a slow drip from case centers,,,,
So I decided to pull the motor from the stocker, sand blasted it and freshened up the paint. This afternoon I swapped out nickel chromed bolts from the motor I did not much care for into the stocker.
Decided to have a look at the flywheel and was totally amazed it run. Swapped that crusty one out for one of my encapsulated flywheels (after cleaning up the coils).
I suppose I will be test riding the Black Tecate again tomorrow once I get the engine re-installed.

[emmie357]

Wow, that tank shines.
Good looking build, hopefully it fires right up tomorrow.

[ironchop]

lookin good. I have that same problem. Life got in the way a couple yrs ago and my X got pushed into a corner. 2 weeks ago, I started draggin it out to finish and the gas tank is full of rust and varnish now from where I forgot to drain it, pcs. are missing from where I "borrowed" stuff for other stuff, and I had forgot about a bunch of little things I hadn`t wrapped up yet and I have two others in similar shape to get ready for TF. Not much time left!

I`m still in for an A1-A2 flywheel and I really like the green intake rubber (incorrect term, I`m sure) manifold. I suppose that's your product as well? Nice!

[tapper190]

looking great John, looks like a silverlake trip is in order now

[jeswinehart]

Yes, a Silver Lake trip (or two) should be in our plans this year !
I tinkered around most of the day on the engine install and got it running but definitely need some different jets then the stock sizes.
I lost my whole container of carb parts last year (maybe why I put it in the corner last year ?) , there was a kings ransom of jets/carb parts :( ,,,, time to order more.

[just ben]

How much tinkering did you end up doing John? Did you ever get any good ride time ? I ended up getting the other tank from kevin and the first thing I noticed was there is no hole in the rubber gasket under the cap to let the tank breathe. A simple fix but would make tuning nearly impossible.

[jeswinehart]

Yes I did end up putting about 2 hours of riding around the neighborhood on the Black Tecate.
As I recall the gas tank cap had just a piece of flat rubber in it and I swapped it out for a stock tecate rubber gasket/insert I had on hand. So that really never gave me any problems since I done that long before putting fuel in the tank. Can't recall if it had a vent hole or not on the rubber flat gasket that the tank came with,,,
After a couple of hours on it I just drained all fluids again and rolled it back into its corner cause I was on the hunt for a quad to convert for a daily rider to replace the Bigred.

Congrats on the score Ben ! Will it be at TF2015 ???

[just ben]

I wouldn't miss it.(tf) I only mentioned it because I would hate to see you dicker around with it forever only to learn the tank was vapor locked. The trike I am building has no purpose at haspin so it probably won't be there. It will be at pine lake in July though.