ATCT
01-04-2008, 01:41 PM
OK, so I've been searching for an OEM grab bar for my Tecate the last month or so. I find THIS on eBay, and win it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&item=290193019043
So I receive it today and I notice 2 things:
1) this hasn't been used at ALL. it's NOS, but just looks like it hasn't been in a plastic wrapper it's entire life, so there's some minor scuffing. Eventually I'll want to get it PC'd so it doesn't rust, but it's fine for now. (Man, Kawasaki used really cheap paint, as evidenced by this bar and the stuff currently on my trike--the handlebars, frame, etc....) But anyway, it's pretty sweet I got a discontinued NOS OEM bar for 41 bucks.
HOWEVER,
2) this bar isn't in the style of the original grab bars put on the Tecates in 84 (and I suspect 85). Although tough to tell by the pic, you can see that it's not bent up in a 90 degree angle like the original bars.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh180/ATCT_250R/66b7_1.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh180/ATCT_250R/a0987_1.jpg
So, I decide to do some searching for this. This bar is part# 55020-1179. I go to Cycle-Parts.com, look at their fiche, see the bar (bent at 90 degree angle like one originally on my Tecate) and put one in the basket (which gives me the full part#) and it is, in fact, a different part #. It's 55020-4026.
I then decide to check a couple of other Kawasaki online OEM parts stores, and do a search for 55020-4026. Nothing comes up. I then do a search for 55020-1179, and the search results, are indeed, a grab bar for both the '84 and '85 Tecate.
So, my question is this, does anyone know if Kawasaki, at one point, changed the grab bars for the 84-85 Tecate? I mean, the original 90 degree angle bar really doesn't stop the trike from toppling back onto you if you flip backwards, so I could see them changing the design. I just have never seen one.
Just wondering if anyone can shed some light on this. I'm going out to my storage unit this weekend to see if it aligns properly on my frame.
So I receive it today and I notice 2 things:
1) this hasn't been used at ALL. it's NOS, but just looks like it hasn't been in a plastic wrapper it's entire life, so there's some minor scuffing. Eventually I'll want to get it PC'd so it doesn't rust, but it's fine for now. (Man, Kawasaki used really cheap paint, as evidenced by this bar and the stuff currently on my trike--the handlebars, frame, etc....) But anyway, it's pretty sweet I got a discontinued NOS OEM bar for 41 bucks.
HOWEVER,
2) this bar isn't in the style of the original grab bars put on the Tecates in 84 (and I suspect 85). Although tough to tell by the pic, you can see that it's not bent up in a 90 degree angle like the original bars.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh180/ATCT_250R/66b7_1.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh180/ATCT_250R/a0987_1.jpg
So, I decide to do some searching for this. This bar is part# 55020-1179. I go to Cycle-Parts.com, look at their fiche, see the bar (bent at 90 degree angle like one originally on my Tecate) and put one in the basket (which gives me the full part#) and it is, in fact, a different part #. It's 55020-4026.
I then decide to check a couple of other Kawasaki online OEM parts stores, and do a search for 55020-4026. Nothing comes up. I then do a search for 55020-1179, and the search results, are indeed, a grab bar for both the '84 and '85 Tecate.
So, my question is this, does anyone know if Kawasaki, at one point, changed the grab bars for the 84-85 Tecate? I mean, the original 90 degree angle bar really doesn't stop the trike from toppling back onto you if you flip backwards, so I could see them changing the design. I just have never seen one.
Just wondering if anyone can shed some light on this. I'm going out to my storage unit this weekend to see if it aligns properly on my frame.