dgpilot15
02-08-2009, 07:39 PM
I bought a raggy 1984 Kawasaki Tecate 3 ATC off an acquaintance way back in 1991. It was my first purchase of an off road vehicle. I knew nothing at that time other than where to put the gas into. After 18 years of wrenching on this ATC and my other bikes/projects, I picked up quite a bit of info about this bike along the way.
I became friends with Harry over at Trinity Racing who, at the time, was purging his shop of all of his Tecate parts. I was the fortunate recipient. He knew quite a bit about Tecates from years of working on them and custom building them. He pointed out that my Tecate had some trick parts on it that he hadn't seen since the racing days.
Here are some of the items. Who knows, maybe someone will recognize the list of custom items and remember this bike.
The stock motor was decked and had a custom piston made to reduce the engine displacement down to 200cc.
The stock rear shock was replaced with a White Brothers "White Power" racing shock.
The stock footpegs had three inch extensions welded onto the ends.
The rear swingarm was replaced with a plus 2" Champion swingarm.
All of the electrics were removed. Headlight, taillight, kill switch, lighting coil, etc..
There was a custom engraving done to the cylinder dome. it says "Hi Bodie"
The rear axle had four inch aluminum extension blocks installed.
The stock carb and thumb throttle were replaced with a Motion Pro twist throttle and a Mikuni 38 Flatslide.
I'm in the middle of restoring it back from the dead. I have some pictures of it but it has been greatly improved over the years from the turd it once was when I first bought it. I'll upload them as soon as I figure out where. I broke the frame jumping it back in 1994 and Harry at Trinity had a spare frame in the shop that he had raked the neck out three degrees for hill racing. Due to this, the numbers no longer match. I also installed a bunch of 1985 Tecate parts that he had given to me. Most noteably, the '85 front end with a disc brake and headlight.
I became friends with Harry over at Trinity Racing who, at the time, was purging his shop of all of his Tecate parts. I was the fortunate recipient. He knew quite a bit about Tecates from years of working on them and custom building them. He pointed out that my Tecate had some trick parts on it that he hadn't seen since the racing days.
Here are some of the items. Who knows, maybe someone will recognize the list of custom items and remember this bike.
The stock motor was decked and had a custom piston made to reduce the engine displacement down to 200cc.
The stock rear shock was replaced with a White Brothers "White Power" racing shock.
The stock footpegs had three inch extensions welded onto the ends.
The rear swingarm was replaced with a plus 2" Champion swingarm.
All of the electrics were removed. Headlight, taillight, kill switch, lighting coil, etc..
There was a custom engraving done to the cylinder dome. it says "Hi Bodie"
The rear axle had four inch aluminum extension blocks installed.
The stock carb and thumb throttle were replaced with a Motion Pro twist throttle and a Mikuni 38 Flatslide.
I'm in the middle of restoring it back from the dead. I have some pictures of it but it has been greatly improved over the years from the turd it once was when I first bought it. I'll upload them as soon as I figure out where. I broke the frame jumping it back in 1994 and Harry at Trinity had a spare frame in the shop that he had raked the neck out three degrees for hill racing. Due to this, the numbers no longer match. I also installed a bunch of 1985 Tecate parts that he had given to me. Most noteably, the '85 front end with a disc brake and headlight.