Building 2 Tecates

[tecaterob]

I have 3-86 and 1-87 tecates. I'll be building 2 at the same time for now.
First is a 86 as a few aftermarket goodies I'll post pics when they load.

Second is a 87 with KX 500 (540 Big Bore). Using for DRAG..

Trying post some pics, but wont load... I'll keep trying

[tecaterob]

Do u guys use photobucket to load the pics??

[ezmoney1979]

Do u guys use photobucket to load the pics??

I do. Can't wait to see some green machines!

[tecaterob]

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Here 1 pic

[tecaterob]

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[tecaterob]

Need to take some other pics. This was before I moved. I went to Georgia and then came back to Miami Fl.

[ezmoney1979]

Nice rides! That T-4 is amazing. Thanks for sharing:beer

[8686]

Very sweet, thanks for posting!

[tecaterob]

Thanks for the T4 comment. I loaded that pic by mistake.

Getting my cases from powder coating on Saturday and will start building the motor.

[ezmoney1979]

Thanks for the T4 comment. I loaded that pic by mistake.

Getting my cases from powder coating on Saturday and will start building the motor.

Yeah, I can tell there is a lot of love in that T-4. Don't be shy, there are a lot of quad riders here too. You can always start a thread on the T-4 in the quad section, hint hint:beer

[tecaterob]

Do the TRX hubs fit ?

I read somewhere the 300ex fit, but when I tried they didn't..

[ezmoney1979]

Yes, trx450r, 400ex, 250x/300ex, 200x and many more fit the 86-88 Tecate splines. I'm not sure why 300ex didn't work for you. Aftermarket axle maybe? Some aftermarket 86-87 Tecate axles used the earlier 84-5 spline count in order to use the 4/4 hubs for running 8" wheels. But now that I looked at your picture closer you seem to have a stock axle.

[tecaterob]

The 300ex hubs fit my T4, but not my stock T3 axle. I ordered some TRX hubs for my 70, I'll see if those fit.

I want to run 8in rears. We have a lot of rocks in Miami Fl.

[tecaterob]

Last night I put the swingarm together with axle. All new bearings, seals. I have rolling now.

[tecaterob]

Been looking all over the site and haven't seen inverted folks on the tecate. I only see them on the 250r's. Does someone know anyone on the site that can help me with this??
I'll be interested in making some triple clamps also for them and not modify the OEM. I can use the chromed one on the kx500 build.

Thanks in advance

[3 Wheel Drive]

Jason Hall is the guy you want to ask about triples for inverted forks.

http://shop.3wheelerworld.com/productdetails.php?productid=224
That one is for a tri z, but he can make them for the T3 too.

[tecaterob]

Got back my rear shock today. Will post some pics on Saturday when I get to the shop. First tecate seems to be coming along quicker then I thought.

[86T3]

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php/164965-Any-Tecate-s-out-there-with-inverts

Tons of inverted fork threads lately, your search must be broke:beer

[250rmanfmf]

Looks great so far, will be keeping an eye on this thread as I am still trying to get a couple more parts for my Tecate build.

Keep it up!

[tecaterob]

What parts do u need? There's a bike being sold here with enough parts to build another bike. He was at friends shop and ask if I would be interested in it, but he wants 1500 and its not in the best shape.

[tecaterob]

Second bike (drag KX540) will be a while. Nick is making the pipe and then have to wait to get the bike back to FL. Those of you interested in a pipe should it get with him on the new products, he's making some while my bike is there and no more.
i have the big bore kit already, but I would need to do all the work to the motor and lighten everything else.
So I'll finish the first one faster... I need to start riding again its been a long time...

[tecaterob]

Worked a little today at my friends shop which is where the bike is now. I forgot to take pics before I put it up on the rack, so I took some pics in the rack (sorry for the bad pics). It's a roller now.
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[tecaterob]

Got my cases from powder coated tonite. Well start match porting them to the cylinder this week or next. Ordering all the seals this week, but I need to finish polishing the cylinder and head ( a lot of work ). Cylinder and head are more then half done...

[SUPERBEAST]

i like that black and green color scheme you have going there

[tecaterob]

i like that black and green color scheme you have going there

Thanks..The bike won't have any blue on this build. Rear Wheels are Hiper Locks and I going to powder coat a new front in black. I should be receiving my decals by next week.

[tecaterob]

Before I started polishing the cylinder and head. My friend at Performance ATV said he can do the 295 kit and porting now. I got back today. I also got my calipers and engine mounts from powder coating.
I also found my Motoplat I was looking for in another box.
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[C.J]

Sweet!!! These are going to be a pair of fiiinnneeeeee bikes,,, subscribed!

[tecaterob]

Thanks you..

[Curtis-Tecate3]

Hey Rob,
Is that an aftermarket shock on that sideways photo above? If so what brand.
The reservoir on my 86 is silver and that one looks kind of gold..

Just curious. Its coming out great.

[tecaterob]

It's OEM. I've had the bike since 1990 and have never able to figure that out. I will be putting an aftermarket shock later when I finish both builds and use this one on the 3rd build.

[tecaterob]

What's reeds is everyone using now?? the KX 500 guys love the vforce 2..

[tecaterob]

I received my seat covers today. They look awesome. It's the colors I wanted. Got them from Ceet Racing.194548
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[C.J]

What's reeds is everyone using now?? the KX 500 guys love the vforce 2..

2's are what all the Zilla guys run. We run 3's in our 250's though

[tecaterob]

I have a 2 for the 500. I guess I'll try the 3 for the 250.

Thks..

[JasonB]

In for updates! I love me some t3 and t4's!!!! Don't get me started on 500's lol. That t4 is beautiful can't wait to see how these t3's turn out

[mjquadracer]

I received my seat covers today. They look awesome. It's the colors I wanted. Got them from Ceet Racing.194548
194549 how much were they? do they have to be grip material or standard, also can I get one made for an a 85

[tecaterob]

They will make anything you want. I like the grip material.

[tecaterob]

I got some pics from the pipe being built by Nick for the 500. Almost done.
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[86T3]

Is that a mid to top rpm range pipe?

[tecaterob]

Here's the info


http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php/160127-KXT500-pipes-for-sale-LIMITED-TIME

[86T3]

It says its mid to top but you had the option to change the range, did you change it?

[tecaterob]

No I didn't, Since I'm building it with a 540 kit. I wanted some mid to top. I should have some torque with the kit.

[tecaterob]

Been working on the bike slowly. I should have my 500 back by the end of the week. I also picked another pipe for the 250 from Nick.

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[tecaterob]

Picking the 500 today. I'll post some pics tonite or tmw.

Does anyone know who makes the decal set? I can't find the sets I have.

[86T3]

The pipes look great! Im not sure about the decals but i have seen them before. I think maybe the guy who got banned from CA made them?

[tecaterob]

I'm also looking for a good 86, 87 frame. No rewelds, bents please. Let me know. I have enough parts to build a stock perfect bike.

[tecaterob]

Got the bike and its a lot more then TLC like promised on the 500. Wrong radiators, frame doesn't have #'s, motor mounts aren't right. So now I'm looking for another frame ....
Here's the pic of the bike.
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Here is the pic now without the wheels and without plastics.
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Here's the pic of the pipes. The 250 & 500. Nick did a great job !!!!!
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[tecaterob]

Got the pipes back from ceramic coating. I'm still working on getting a frame and still building the 250 motor. Found my box with labels and extra plastics !!!!!
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[6speedthumper]

Damn man, those pipes are blinging! lol

[tecaterob]

Great news. Someone here gave me a lead about a frame. Called him up and he had 2. I bought them and a set of radiators he had. He has a lot more parts in boxes. He going to give me a list and I'll help him sell them. Here's a pic of both frames. Sending a frame to get notched tmw for the spark plug. Start building again.
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[tecaterob]

Here's a pic of some parts he has.
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[tecaterob]

Got my 500 head back from installing a compression release valve and now sending motor to weld, balance crank, 540 kit, port, and to match head. My 250 motor should by ready soon. Here's a pic of the head.

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[tecaterob]

I'm also think of doing this to my 250 head. It's a trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro to start with the Motoplat.

[86T3]

Who's doing your crank work and who's doiny the engine? What kind of hp are you shooting for

[Dustin87R]

Need to take some other pics. This was before I moved. I went to Georgia and then came back to Miami Fl.

What part of GA did you live in?

[tecaterob]

Who's doing your crank work and who's doiny the engine? What kind of hp are you shooting for

Pinsonnault Racing is doing all the work. HP # ??? The most I can get out of it. They said if i go bigger i can cooling issues and i lose the power valves. I have another motor that I might do a their 640 kit later.

[tecaterob]

I forgot to post the way the motor was mounted from the other owner. What a bad job.

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[tecaterob]

What part of GA did you live in?

I was in Cummings

[TheBlueWale]

I really like the +4 westcoast you have there.

[250rRoostmaster]

I forgot to post the way the motor was mounted from the other owner. What a bad job.

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Wow... Some people are just not mechanics and should leave stuff alone lmao

[Billy Golightly]

Who/Where did you get your pipes coated?

[tecaterob]

Bullseye Powdercoating
Miami Fl
Joe 305-278-2111

They do all my powder, ceramic, gun, etc coatings

[Dustin87R]

I was in Cummings

Did you buy an 85 T3 basket case from a guy in Gainesville? I'm trying to track my old one down.

[tecaterob]

No I only have 86 and 87 T3's. I bought the 500 from Ca.

[tecaterob]

Got my 500 frame back from the welder. The bike is completely apart and now ready for powder going this week. Going green on frame, hub, brake, sprocket holders.
Also finished the porting on the 250 motor. Putting bottom in together and waiting on the gasket set.
Pic of frame
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[tecaterob]

After talking to Jason I have decided to get inverts on the front. These are going on the 500. Im still looking for the forks but will keep you posted and pics.

[tecaterob]

I have a question in regards to the radiators for the 500. Should I use the stock T3, KX500, over size if the make for the 500?
Any help would be appreciated..

[C.J]

I'd do some measuring and see how the over sized 500 fits up to the stock T3 rads.

If they are considerably larger and will fit without any major issues (like triples hitting) then I'd go with the big rads


92 JP Outlaw hybrid (in progress)

87 LT265R (not much left stock)

[86T3]

When you say oversize do you mean the Chinese rads that advertise 30% more cooling capacity?

[tecaterob]

Oversize I'm thinking, but don't know which brand to get.

[C.J]

These?

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=261352701314


92 JP Outlaw hybrid (in progress)

87 LT265R (not much left stock)

[tecaterob]

Yea something like that. I send an email to PWR to see if they have anything. I perfer USA. I'll keep looking for something made here.

[tecaterob]

I've also heard good things about the Warp9 ones. Has everyone here tried them?

[SUPERBEAST]

fpsracing and blackworks are in the usa

[tecaterob]

Got my forks on Saturday and sent them to Jason today. Should have my powder coating done this week.

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[tecaterob]

Got my 540 motor in this weekend. Builder said it should make about 90hp. Ordered a 44mm carb on Friday. This bike should start coming together real soon.

[C.J]

That's pretty damn intense!! That'll be a fun bike lol


92 JP Outlaw hybrid (in progress)

87 LT265R (not much left stock)

[86T3]

Jason is a wealth of knowledge and a great builder. He has my kx500 motor at his place now and a 4 stroke project also, I'm sure you will be more than happy with your forks when you get them back. Who is building your motor? I don't think I could handle 90hp, that thing is gonna rip!

[86T3]

Just looked back a couple pages and saw that i already asked you who was building it. I've heard a lot of good stuff about pinnosault, I'm looking forward to hearing how it turns out

[tecaterob]

I haven't had any time lately. But I finially went to pick up the powder coated stuff fr the 500. Engine is put together already. Going to start putting everything together until I receive the inverts for Jason (can't wait).
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[250rmanfmf]

Very cool! Cant wait to see the final product.

[tecaterob]

Been very busy at work and with the kids. No time for the T3. Worked a little today and trying to figure out the mounts, spacers etc. I notice when I was installing the bottom bolt it was a little lose on the motor. No wonder the bikes vibration some really bad, Betwwen the bottom bolt and the rigs on the mounts. I should get a lot better with a good install and a balanced motor. I'll be ordering a new bolt from kawasaki tmw and go from there.

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[userj8670]

Any updates on this? I just love that color of the frame!

[tecaterob]

My bolt should be here tmw for the button motor mount and will install the swingarm, axle by Thursday. I switched my color scheme from the 250 to the 500. Also waiting on Jason to finish my inverts.

[tecaterob]

I finially got my bolt yesterday. I'm going to take lots of pics on mounting the motor since some have been PMed me asking how to. Ill be drilling the hole on Monday.

[tecaterob]

Drilled the hole today. Here r some pics.

Here's the difference between the 250 and the 500 bolt.

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Here's the size of drill bit used

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Here it's installed

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Here's a pic of the top. Spark plug aligns perfect. Pic is just not in the middle

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[tecaterob]

Mounted rr shock and Swingarm. I'm going to start making the front & top motor mount.

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[86T3]

Is that a +2 swingarm? I had a +2 on my stock 500 with one of nick's pipes on when I got it. It worked decent but if your motor makes the kinda of power you think it is I think it's gonna be a little short. Also, I had problems with the torque of the 500 pulling the right side of the axle back and throwing off the chain adjustment. I had HRE build me a +3 chromoly swingarm with a honda style carrier to help with this. If you have the same problem you might look into having a new one built

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[C.J]

Man, this is an awesome right up on the 500 build. Thank you for keeping it so updated. As soon as I get my hands on a 2nd gen T3, this is what I plan on doing with it. I prefer the KX5 over the CR any day of the week so this thread is going to come in handy soooooo much when I get to it.

Keep it up, Rob!! It's looking great so far man!!


92 JP Outlaw hybrid (in progress)

87 LT265R (not much left stock)

[tecaterob]

Is that a +2 swingarm? I had a +2 on my stock 500 with one of nick's pipes on when I got it. It worked decent but if your motor makes the kinda of power you think it is I think it's gonna be a little short. Also, I had problems with the torque of the 500 pulling the right side of the axle back and throwing off the chain adjustment. I had HRE build me a +3 chromoly swingarm with a honda style carrier to help with this. If you have the same problem you might look into having a new one built

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I believe its a +4. I have a +6 also but that's too long. I don't want to lose too much handling. We will see what happens. I think I will go with a HRE in the future. I just want to finish what I have for now.

[tecaterob]

Finished my templates for the front and top mount. I'm going to my friends shop tmw to start making them.

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Also installed the rr carrier and axle.

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[tecaterob]

Been a long time. I finially got my inverts. Took long but they look awesome. Now waiting on the stem, new front hub bearings, and Honda 250r front axle. I had to change something to the front. This has been taking a lot longer then I wanted but I'm happy the why it's turning out. Also sent my rear shock to onformula for a full upgrade. Should have it by next week.

Honda
125r forks 04-07
250r front hub
125r front brakes

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[tecaterob]

I'm going to start another thread with just this build since the other one is on the back burner, but I wanted to show you guys the inverts on I got from Jason Hall. I love them!!!!! I also received my rear upgraded shock onformula and look great.

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[Dimitris]

Really nice work buddy

[86T3]

The color on your frame is incredible.

[phantomtracer]

Wow!
Amazing work!
It the shock body powdercoated?
The frame color is amazing!

[tecaterob]

Wow!
Amazing work!
It the shock body powdercoated?
The frame color is amazing!


The black on the shock and inverts are both anodized..

Thanks guys

[tecaterob]

Rear shock on....

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[onformula1]

This is a incredible build!

Now I know why you wanted it all black.

[Dimitris]

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We have the same frame color buddy. Amazing job indeed

[tecaterob]

Thanks guys!!! Hey Dimitris nice bike, it's looks like the bike that was for sale here in the states not to long ago. I saw the build on the KXriders if that's it.

[nd4speed]

oh no is that the KXT500 that was raced up Sand Mountain in Utah? Dimitris that is my favorite Tecate build ever

[tecaterob]

oh no is that the KXT500 that was raced up Sand Mountain in Utah? Dimitris that is my favorite Tecate build ever

It is, I was looking at the pics. I tried to buy the bike but I was late. Now I know who bought it. Congrats!!!!

[Dimitris]

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I also have this babe too. Thank you guys. If you need any input, you are welcome

[tecaterob]

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I also have this babe too. Thank you guys. If you need any input, you are welcome

Dimitris, I have to say my friend you have nice freaking Tecates...

You should do thread showing your collection..