calfab, klemm research, and other old school racing goodies (pics inside)

[brapp]

just picke dup this 86 tecate a lil rough around the edges but with a lil work she will look as great as she runs!!!!! pics soon to fallow i am postign from laptop and generator right now as i have no power

[brapp]

here goes i foudn a tecate on craigslist the other day lookign for a chasis for my kx500 motor. i came acrost a buste dup tecate but runs . the guy hd liek no pics and said he broke his back on it 12 years ago.

[brapp]

i also found otu the airbox cover is a ufo built part back int he day.

[3Razors]

The CalFab on that swingarm looks unique in that is has a skidplate. I havent seen one like that before. My Calfab has skidplate mounts, so maybe they offered an optional skidplate?

[brapp]

the guy i purchased it of fof said he bough tit off a race shop 12 years ago and had number54 on the number plate that was on it btu when he wrecked it it for destroyed but i think i steped in tril pro and came out smellign liek a rose on somethign once again.

[brapp]

and noone has noticed the klemmresearch sectional pipe yet either? and the skidplate forms tight to the swingarm and has 2 bolts with threadded bosses liek its ment to be there.

[chris200x]

Nice score josh! you lucky SOB. is it an 86 or 87?

PS.. if it runs as good as it looks... I better bring the tow rope! LMAO!!!

[Meat-BoX]

Brapp, you would be a god if you got that SkidPlate reproduced for the few of us that have Cal-Fabs:beer I would want one for sure and mine has the holes for a skid plate to be mounted. Just not sure if the 84-85 Tecate Cal-Fab is different than the 86.

Other than that, this is one of the best scores this year so far:w00t:

[MO dx]

Dang Brapp YOU do step in stuff. It isn`t the one you told us about on the way home from your place at the pennsylyucky ride a few weeks go we looked for that one on the way home but couldn`t find it. So you gonna sell this?

[brapp]

actualy it is the one i spotted awhile backjust never stoped.

[brapp]

what does a factory tecate shock look like? i dont really seem to know. i am drawign a blank.

[factoryX]

dude, that swing arm with the skid plate is worth over a grand....

[MIK6]

AWESOME FIND BRAPP!!!!

You going to rebuild it as a 250 first, or go straight to the 500?? Let me know when you going to tear down / rebuild, i'd love to help out w/ the project.
Ohh and the offer for few cases for that cal-fab still stands LOL

MIK6 / Mike

[brrcuda]

Since you dont have a headlight - you wont need that HL switch - let me know, I have been looking for 3 years for one. dam poachers.:lol:

What next?- you paid a 100 dollars for it.

I am excited for you.

[Dirtcrasher]

Well, I FINALLY got a Durablue myself....

But Calfab, Westcoast, more Durablue's and Works shocks are on my list!!

Very nice find Brapp, I wonder if the CalFab even pulled your eyes out of their sockets - I doubt it..... Your just too layed back :lol:

Real nice find, I'm sure it was reasonable...... Damn HICKS!! :D

[brappette]

Mo are you kinding me. He is never going to sell that thing. The Tecate is the only thing that I have been hearing about for the past couple of months. I was talking to him today a few times and he sounds like a little boy in a candy shop all crazy like and hopped up on something.....LOL. Oh well at these he is happy, now to go home & see if it is in our bedroom or the bed has been moved downstairs....



Dang Brapp YOU do step in stuff. It isn`t the one you told us about on the way home from your place at the pennsylyucky ride a few weeks go we looked for that one on the way home but couldn`t find it. So you gonna sell this?

[Russell 350X]

Nice buy Josh! What year is that one?

[brapp]

i am pretty shur eits an 86 and it runs liek an animal as it site but the rear shock is blown and i am now on the hunt for reasonably priced plastics.uggggggggggg i dont even wanna know what i am gonan spend on some of the parts. and i need a ufo numberplate and shrouds.

[MIK6]

BRAPP.. DG plastics for your # plate, hornet for shrouds and light plastic.
Can you post a picture of the swinger / carrier form the back. if it has parking brake parts on the rear caliper it prob a 87.
It looks like it also has a KX cylinder on it, they were usually grey, kxt black. w/o pulling it apart its just a guess.
MORE PICTS PLEASE LOL

MIK6 / Mike

[brapp]

well needless to say it needs work but i am gonna pull the tank and rea rplastics off and clean it up spray it down and get the crudd off her. but aside form allthe stuf fi am stoked cause i just completed my tripple threat i have the 250ratc, and trx, tri-z, tecate, 350x and hopefully someday haveign a2nd gen 200x but well see someday.

[dirtface]

Very nice find, Brapp. I really wouldn't be surprised if that Tecate doesn't have some racing history in it's past. I don't think the average person back in the day would have bought all of those goodies. If you could add it up that stuff new back in the 80's was alot of money. Keep us updated on the progress with it.

[mxnick]

Where was the "race shop" that it came from? Is this possibly Donnie Luce's old factory bike? He was #54 back in the day, and i think that factory kawi used Klemm Research.

[dirtface]

Where was Donnie Luce from? It would be cool if it was a factory racer.

[brapp]

here is a few more pics:D

[trizilla]

i just completed my tripple threat i have the 250ratc, and trx, tri-z, tecate, 350x and hopefully someday haveign a2nd gen 200x but well see someday.[/QUOTE]


nice find brapp!!! bet your feeling pretty good about snagging this 1. you do know i can satisfy your urge for a 2nd gen 200x right? you know what im after, when you got something good to trade let me know.

[brapp]

well see mr zilla!

[MIK6]

I hate that grab bar, but i do like the rear fender mount set up. Pull 2 pins and it comes off in 1 quick piece. Big carb, awesome pipe and a KX cylinder!!
spent some phone time today w/ brapp, that things got a ton of potential!

Hope to ride it at raffas!!

MIK6 / Mike

[MIK6]

Hey brapp what size is that front tire?

MIK6 / Mike

[brapp]

dunlop kt781 23x9x11

[oldtime3wheeler]

Brapp thats a nice Tecate. After riding Mik6's i want to get one.

[Orangecnty250r]

Awesome Score!!!!!!!

[firefirefire90]

dude you have to find a way to get those shroud stickers reproduced!

[mxnick]

Donnie Luce works for Yamaha now, i think he runs their ATV teams, but i am not certain. He was from So Cal, i think.

[brapp]

who is the decal guy here on the boards.i can get some pics and make the entire klem research logo from whats on both sides.

and then i an gonna see what it would intail to build the swingarm skids to spec.

[sblt500r]

that looks like a stock shock. probably had the spring changed

that skid wouldn't be that hard to make. its the stock one thats a pain. i could make the stock one like that but theres no where to mount it on the stock swinger.

how many calfab swingers are out there?

[NINJA]

That is a sweeeet find Brapp! I'm "green" with envy. Poor little guy looks like it was pretty neglected but at least he can still run.

[cr480r]

It looks like it also has a KX cylinder on it, they were usually grey, kxt black. w/o pulling it apart its just a guess.

KX cylinders were also black and share the same cylinder as the KXT in '86...

[03 ORANGE SHEE]

nice find!

[brapp]

i couldnt sleep last night laye din bed just thinkign the possibilities of this machine and thinkign of come of the history it may have behind it. i just wish i knew more abotu the tecates so i can spot any neat tricks or tips.

[brapp]

does anyone know how to ge tthe color back into the tank? or is it liek the hondas and can be wet sanded back to a nice color?

[chris200x]

I dont' think you can do anything with the tecate tank brapp. I think DC plastics was making the 86/7 tank covers with the shrouds built right into them. you can also get the #plate too. you can kill two birds with one stone there...

couldn't sleep last nite eh... You my freind have the sickness!http://www.3wheeler.org/vb/images/smilies/headbang.gif

[MO dx]

I`ll make it easy on ya so you can sleep agian just sell it to me and you won`t have to worry about it anymore.:D

[brrcuda]

you can sand out the white oxidation but not the brownon the tank . I made mine shiny again but still brown. It will look much better with a little sand and polish though.

[scooterroo]

find one of them tank covers is also an option.

[ScottZJ]

You can call Tony at Ceet and he will send you one for 50$ plus shipping. It makes the tank much more appealing.

http://www.fototime.com/%7BACEAA562-A0CC-479E-9D48-CDF08951AA27%7D/picture.JPG

[brapp]

chris you obviously havelt paid much attention to my basemnt lol
and how do i contact dc plastics????

[chris200x]

www.dcplasticsusa.com or... http://stores.shop.ebay.com/DC-Plastics__W0QQ_sasiZ1QQ_sidZ138962051?_nkw=tecate

after you fix it up all nice and purdy... I'll trade you my 350x for it!:naughty:

[brapp]

willthe dc front numbe rplate work on the 86-87 tecates the only one i se elisted is for an 84-85 style?

[brapp]

bump bump bump new aditions comign soon!

[dcreel]

Awww come on now.. Thats cold, man.

[200x Basket]

post up some good pics of that pipe.

[brapp]

thank you scott for the rear plastics i have your parts boxed up ready to trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro just need an address. and tomarrow i will get mor einfo and pics up after i get afew things shipped out.

[tecat-z]

Dam dude, how did you score this bike when nobody else could. I thought i remembered the bike in pics i58829 put up long ago. Def has some nice pieces from the past.

[brapp]

it helps the thign was 15 minuites from my house. and here are the pics you requested. and i didnt mean to step on anyones toes.

[brapp]

here are the pic of the sticers you wanted there tecat-z

[Bryan Raffa]

you bringing this bike....next weekend?... 3 of them high strung things...;) :w00t:

[JohnR.]

How about some high quality pics of the Klemm shroud stickers and the CalFab arm stickers? There used to be someone on ebay a few years back that made the CalFab ones but I don't see them any more. Riding MIK6's T3 last weekend has gotten me hot to get my T3 back in order. I've had a CalFab swinger hanging in the shed for 5 years now. Unfortunately the meat head that had the T3 before me had a Klemm pipe on it but he smashed it when he wrecked with his girl on the back and tossed it.

John

[ghostridermb]

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp334/k10seibel/532a9776.jpg

I dont know much about this rare stuff just saw number 54 and ya anyways don't know if that helps any

[factoryX]

so the bike belonged to donnie luce?

[dcreel]

How awesome would that be??

[Buster Brown]

Wow, just read this whole thread. That is one cool find there! What a great bike. I'd love to find one like that to restore. No green here yet , but that's one ripe for the fix'n up! Congrats to ya!! ;)

[brapp]

the pic you poste dis an 85 but the one i have is an 86 racer.

[factoryX]

the reason he posted it is the number on the number plate...

[brapp]

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/pppics/sKxt250007x2kxts.jpg



i am thinkign this might be it?

[factoryX]

It matches your bike parts wise... You can see the airbox in the pic, but wrong color frame... but every thing you have is on that bike, even the tires match..

[chris200x]

It matches your bike parts wise... You can see the airbox in the pic, but wrong color frame... but every thing you have is on that bike, even the tires match..

I seen brapps kawi up close and someone at sometime spraypainted the frame green. It could very well be the one pictured above. :wondering

[factoryX]

well wouldn't that be killer...Are you going to ride it when your done?

[brapp]

its takign everythgin insid eme not to just rebuild the suspension and throw my kx500motor in it.
after allits what i origionaly bought it for and just prett ymuch sight unseen and still bought i t the calfab and other stuff wa sjust a turn a probably into a definitly.

[factoryX]

well then just pull the cool stuff off and throw the 500 in there.

[firefirefire90]

don't ruin a piece of history dude...

[factoryX]

Just a regular tecate frame.... jeez... It would probably be an upgrade to get a new frame....

[brapp]

its not just a regular tecate frame the entire subframe is completly diffrent than the stock tecate the seat latch/ fende rbrafe is completly diffrent and the cradle looks diffrent too

[factoryX]

ok, buy another tecate frame then...

[firefirefire90]

why not bring the trike back to it's former glory?

[JohnR.]

That's what I'd probably do. However, everyone keep in mind that the KX500 motor is almost a bolt in, no hacking of the frame is necessary, just modding the top motor mount from what I'm being told.

John

[i58829]

The top angled tube must be cut to clear the plug/boot, but if its been welded on before then it can be welded again if it was taken back to the race setup...

[brapp]

exactly former race glory is awesoem and my plan but the interchangability of the 500motor is just an insane idea

[200x Basket]

while the kx500 swap is easy it is not that easy. that is the only big frame mod but you have other hurtles to get over. i have built one kxt500 (not my mutt) and have thought about putting my kx500 motor into a roller t3 that i have.

while the calfab is made of gold it will be useless with a kx500 on there. i recently flipped my Mutt over in 3rd on grass with a +6" swinger and it will do the same in 5th if i ain careful.

[cr480r]

its takign everythgin insid eme not to just rebuild the suspension and throw my kx500motor in it.
after allits what i origionaly bought it for and just prett ymuch sight unseen and still bought i t the calfab and other stuff wa sjust a turn a probably into a definitly.

No matter who it belonged to or what it was used for... Its still just a 20year old japanese manufactured 3-wheeler... Do whatever you want with it..

[brapp]

yeah i knwo wher eyou allare comign from but i ahve done abotu 5 or 6 of the kx500motors into the tecate-4 chasis, a lt500 into a lt250 hybrid chassis, a gsxr1100 motor into a lt500, a frc450 into a 400ex, a cr500into a 400ex, and a blaster motor into a klt110, a trx250r motor into a trx 90, somotor swaps arent a major deal for me it sjust the fact that i love the tecate 250 the way they are and always wanted an ols school mx trike, but on the othe rhand i want a nasty kx500 powered tecate-3 i am gatherign little parts to put the chasis together and make it runnable with the existign motor i can stillride the kx500in bike form. so i am gonan do it up as a 250 first and then mabey onc ei get allthe bugs worked out chasis wise them mabey the 500 may make a jump over.

[mxnick]

Hey, so it sounds like this bike was one of Donnie Luce's old Factory KXT's - if it had the modified rear subframe, as listed by the other guy on here who was in Florida and had a former factory Tecate. Pretty cool! What did you ever do with the bike? I bet it is worth some huge coin if it is still set up as a race bike...

[yooperman]

if you still have this bike you have any updated pics of its condition now? and you should post pics of that modified subframe. i am digging that skid plate was there ever a repro run on it? because it was sounding like there might have been. what is that other calfab piece you have a picture of in the first set of pictures of the trike? i couldnt figure out what it was. i am gonna have to do some reaserch to get more info on my shock now, because yours is stock and mine looks different and has a sticker that says graydon proline on it HMMMM i am wondering if mine has a good one on it lol.

[bcredneck]

would a factory race bike have a different seirial number or even no number

[sportvette]

brapp -

maybe you could help out here. same questions as yooperman. im having sblt500r custom fab up a skid for my calfab. did you ever look at the repro of this? or can you provide yours for him to copy it (if he needs it)?

also, having frank (fmnrd) looking at reproducing those shroud decals with klemm research. did you ever get anywhere with this either? can you check with him on anything that might help with the project, images or stencil, etc...

if you could help out, really appreciate it. thanks.

[scooterroo]

if you still have this bike you have any updated pics of its condition now? and you should post pics of that modified subframe. i am digging that skid plate was there ever a repro run on it? because it was sounding like there might have been. what is that other calfab piece you have a picture of in the first set of pictures of the trike? i couldnt figure out what it was. i am gonna have to do some reaserch to get more info on my shock now, because yours is stock and mine looks different and has a sticker that says graydon proline on it HMMMM i am wondering if mine has a good one on it lol.

doesnt graydon proline make rc car parts?

[yooperman]

http://www.graydonmanufacturing.com/nerfs.htm

This is graydons web site mostly nerf bars, exhaust's I didn't see anything about shocks though so wondering what mine is now.

[mxnick]

Dupe post, having internet issues. sorry!

[mxnick]

I might be wrong and thus sound like an idiot, but those rad. shroud decals look like stock OEM KXT 250 decals with cutout Klemm Decals stuck on top of them on the stripe. pretty simple to mimic, actually....you just need the Klemm decals. Thats the hard part.

I recall a few weeks ago some dude here on the board had another "factory" kxt posted. I cant find his post, but I do think it is worth comparing his posts, and details on his bike with this, and with the goal to determine if in fact they are factory rides. I had not heard of the other dude and dont know who he was (perhaps we was a tech on the team?), but I do know that the "team green" seat cover on that KXT he has was the real deal from way back in 1986. My memory says they are both 86 models. With only the #31 and the #54 as top riders back then, as well as Jacky Meadows (what number was he?), it shouldnt be too hard to determine or compare these.

This KXT, well, I am not sure about, but with what was discussed with rear grab bar and removable fenders, it sounds like they could have been similar. Though Donnie Luce didnt wear Gear Racewear (I think he was a JT guy), but that doesnt mean that someone didnt purchase this bike from Donnie and or the team and put some Gear stickers on it.

By the way, Gear was a PA company, and this bike was located in PA, so it would make sense that a second or third owner changed the decals to suit their personal sponsors - or tastes.

Anyway, sorry to dig up some ancient 2009 thread here, but it would be cool if we had two former historical race bikes.

Hopefully this rig didnt have some nitro infused kx500 shoehorned into it a very historically significant machine...