pics of my 84 t3

[Yamaha_Rules69]

Well, I finally got around to getting pics up, thanx to Honda's_better for some help. I bought this trike last Saturday night. As you can see, it needs a LOT of work. The engine runs I know, because I sprayed starting fluid in, and it started on the first kick. It needs a carb, shifter, and clutch to run. The berrings were shot in the rear end, and some parts were welded together, but I finally got most of them off. Since the pic, I have taken out the engine, and re-painted the frame, as well at the swingarm. I bought new bearings yesterday, and also put those into the carrier. It's comeing along slowly but surely. Well, I hope you enjoy the pics. Let me know what you guys think. Thanx.

[Yamaha_Rules69]

another..

[Yamaha_Rules69]

You can tell than I dont know how to post multiple pics. oops Here's another.

[Yamaha_Rules69]

Here is one of the engine. Look at that pipe. o It looks really bad, I know. Those are actually wires holding the pipe on in the back. I have no idea what that pipe is off of. I know the seat is off a ks125 kawasaki dirtbike, because I found a little brochure under the seat pan. LOL. Well, enjoy. )

[Xowner]

wow it looks :shock: anexia (spelled it wroung) lol but im sure it will look better !!!! ;)

[Psyonyde]

how much did you pay for that beauty?

[Yamaha_Rules69]

A heafty $40. lol you cant go wrong there, huh?

[Jeb]

Hey, that's a great price!


What the hell kind of pipe that is, I have no idea! :shock:

Some custom drag pipe I guess.

How 'bout that dirtbike seat!

[Yamaha_Rules69]

Your guess is as good as mine Jeb. LOL. It does sound pretty cool tho. I took it off, and am going to buy a stock pipe for it. As far as the seat goes, It latches right on. I hope the guy didnt weld brackets to the frame. How does the stock plastic/seat go on? The previous owner actually tried to weld re-bar to the back of the frame as well. Must have been trying to make a grab bar huh? lol

[Billy Golightly]

Wow...I no longer have the ugliest 84-85 KXT, and you paid $60 less then me. Congrats!

[Jeb]

The rear plastic bolts on in 4 places under the seat. Then the seat has a latch that fits down through 2 slots in the plastic and latches to the frame. It's better than the 86 I think because the 86 seat bolts to the plastic and then the seat/fender together bolt to the frame. At the same time though it sux because the seat can come off in a wreck, sometimes even from riding hard, and you have to remove the rear plastic to get the cover off the airbox to get to the air filter.

If that seat thats on it has a latch, it may be working with the stock frame. If it bolts on, he has "customized" it.

Speaking of the frame, it may just be an illusion from the wrong seat being on the trike, but it looks like it's missing some of the rear frame work. It should come out from under the seat and make a 90 degree curve and each side is welded together. Then there is mounts for the tail light, grab bar, and rear fender support.

[Jeb]

Another thing if the rear frame has been chopped off is that it might be missing the muffler mounts.


Anyway here's a pic of a healthy frame. look under the fenders and you can see the tail light & grab bar mountings (that's my stock 86 grab-bar) Also, that's my seat for sale and rims & tires!

[Yamaha_Rules69]

Thanx for the info again jeb. ) Yeah, I think it is missing part of the frame in back. The latches must be the right ones tho, because there are two of them that latch on, as you mentioned. I'm going to have to weld extra mounts or supports on there then, if I want everything to bolt on properly. ? Man, I just keep finding out more and more problems with this thing..

[REDMAN225]

not bad for 40$

[Jeb]

I would almost sell my frame. But I think I'll hang on to it. I may get the notion to go frame up on another one someday. You can probably find one close to you and won't have to mess with shipping. The more I look at old pics of my 84, the more I HATE that I parted off all those nice parts I had. :(

Another thing I see your is missing that you might want to round up is the head stay. It bolts to the frame backbone and the boss on the back of the cylinder head.

[atcpunk107]

Wow only 40 bucks you cant go wrong their .You should see the pile of junk my friend wants me to put together for him.Everything is their but just in a pile he said he would give me 100 to put it together but i havnt seen any money yet

[200x Basket]

i would look into buying a rolling chassis. by the time you rebuild that it will cost a easy $1000. there is a 3 roller combe on ebay right now for $500

[Yamaha_Rules69]

I actually got the thing running and rode it today. ) I was suprised how much power it had. It actually jerked my arm when I hit the gas in first gear. The front end dosent want to stay on the ground sometimes. LOL. I picked up a carb from the guy who sold it to me. It was a Mikuni, I dont think that was the stock carb, but it worked pretty good, and fit into the rubber manifold. There is a gas leak somewhere by the petcock that needs to be fixed, I'll have to silicone it or something. I had to drive it without a pipe, because I took that one off. Didnt like the pipe that was on it. It was really loud, and my ears were ringing really bad with no piep at all. I also couldnt shift out of first gear, beceuse I didnt have the clutch hooked up, and I didnt have the correct shifter on it, and couldnt shift up. Well, I just thought I would let you know that the beast is getting a little closer to actually being a running machine. I still need a shifter, and exhaust for sure. Thanx again guys. -D

[TeCaTe_MaN]

that pipe looks like someones failed attempt at making a drag pipe :shock: for 40 bux that is a steal the piston is worth more than that good find :D

[Kilborg]

cool trikes, i like buying them in that kind of shape.

[GreenLightening]

The more I look at old pics of my 84, the more I HATE that I parted off all those nice parts I had. :(

Hey Jeb the more I look at my 84, the happier I am you got rid of those old parts. :D


I would have bought that thing for 40$. hell of a deal.

[nuttybazerko]

do you have plastic? i have red plastic, not one crack anywhere!

[TeCaTe_MaN]

there is my tecate (if it worx) bought it for 800 bux and got sand skate 2's on douglas rims for free with the deal

[Jeb]

The more I look at old pics of my 84, the more I HATE that I parted off all those nice parts I had. :(

Hey Jeb the more I look at my 84, the happier I am you got rid of those old parts. :D

I do take pride in the fact that my old parts went on some very nice 84/85 KXTs! And you have one sweet 84 GreenLightening!

I've still got Tires, Rims, & Fuel Tank I need to get rid of. The frame, seat and some other odds & ends I will keep. A resurrection is taking shape in my mind.

TeCaTe_MaN, I like the look of your Tecate! Have anymore pics?

[Yamaha_Rules69]

Jeb, my tecate is sitting on 22x11x8 tires, so they have 8 inch rims, and stock had 10 inch. When I rode it the other day, the rims seemed to wobble a lot on my axle, even though I had them tightened down pretty good. Maybe my hubs are the wrong ones? The hubs are kind of round in shape. One other possibility they are doing this would be the fact that I dont have them tightened down enough. I went to my local hardware store, and just could not possibly find the right metric thread axle nut to hold the hub on. I bought some 3/4 inch nuts with a fine thread, that fit on there somewhat, but you cant tighten them down all the way. Do you think its my hub itself, or the nuts?

Also, I have a mikuni carb on there. Does that sound like the right one? It seems to fit into the manifold just right, but it dosent run all that great. The jet that the needle fits into looks like its drilled out or something! It looks a lot bigger to me, than what its supposed to. ? Also, I dont have a clutch or cable on there at the moment, and the case of the engine appears to be broken on the edge, where the clutch goes into the engine. You can see the clutch move inside through the little break. I can move the little lever back and fourth with my hand. Is this right? Should'nt it have some resistance even without the cable or spring hooked up?
One more thing I noticed was that there was antifreeze comeing out of the little overflow tube. What caused that? Is that normal?

So many problems to fix. LOL. Well, what do you expect for $40? At least it runs. Im going to try to restore it back to how it should be. With a little money and time, it always works out. Thanx for all the help.

[TeCaTe_MaN]

yes, i keep getting asked by my friends if i have pics so i went out yesterday and snapped alot of pics....got some action shots too!! :D (little wheelie)

[TeCaTe_MaN]

yes, as far as i am concerned mikuni carbs came stock on 84/85 tecate's (not sure about 86) beause mine and all my friends t3's have mikuni carbs and no you should not be aboe to move the clutch with your hand.....not sure what causes that maybe all but one of the bolts came out of the clutch basket or the lever is backwards... :?

[Jeb]

Perhaps the nut holding the whole clutch on is loose.

There was only one Tecate that didn't have a round slide Mikuni Carb stock. The 1988 Tecate 4. It had a Keihin Flat Slide.

The 84 had a 32mm
The 85 had a 34mm
The 86/87 had a 36mm

If I remember right! :-D


As for the hubs, judging from what I could see in the pics you definitely do not have stock 84 rear hubs. Stock 84 hubs are completely round and have pretty big lugs. It looks to me like someone wanted to run some 8" rims so that welded on some hubs they had. Go back and look at my pic earlier in this thread. It shows stock hubs (red) and rims.

As for the coolant issue, something is pressuring the coolant system. is the oil in the crank case milky?

[crazyorigin]

excelent tecate, gotta love those weight reductions and custom drag pipe, cant beat the price, you should have given him a tip, 40$ is next to nothing.

[tecatecrazy]

If you your clutch cable is off of that little lever on the left hand case then you will be ableto turn that little lever 90 degrees towards the back very easily by hand. If it turns counterclockwise pointing towards the front of the bike then you definatly have a clutch problem. hope this is understandable.---Joe 8)

[Manny55]

I want to see a pic of this when your done with it.