By request my KX500 tecate

[suicyde]

Here is some pics of my build, some here thought you might enjoy.

I started with a set of bare cases, bead blasted, decked, and meticulously cleaned.



installed a fresh set of ceramic bearings



Fresh seals, ceramic crank bearings



balanced and trued crank, fresh Kawi rod



Larry modded head



new plate



coated windowed wiseco



v-force3's



rewound ignition



trans installed



crank installed



complete engine



the b-side



candy apple green powder



Forks mounted



engine cradled







pipe mounted





swinger etc installed



here is an old completed pic



Ive been working on getting a few bugs ironed out, it currently has a longer swingarm, and a longer airfilter mounted up. soon to get a few more mods.

[sandblaster]

Just out of curiosity, what ceramic bearings did you use?
I'd love to see the looks on peoples faces as the tri rigger blows past them 

[Polar-Bus]

Wow that engine is a SNUG fit ! Especially the spark plug ! Who fabbed that pipe ? Thats a NICE job ! No problems with kick lever clearence ? I almost took on a Tecate 500 project before my kart, but finding clean Tecates for sale here in New England is tough. All the ones I looked at were clapped out POS

[Foxx4Beaver]

Jesus...that thing is just bad ass!!!...awesome job,it looks like it came from the factory that way.By the pics,it looks like you decided to keep the thumb throttle?.

[Brute]

I can't imagine what terror and s**t eating grin a person would have smacking the throttle on that!

[suicyde]

Just out of curiosity, what ceramic bearings did you use?
I'd love to see the looks on peoples faces as the tri rigger blows past them 

the bearings are from world wide bearings, hybrid, steel races with ceramic balls. Its been fun, but its still not up to snuff for me to say its done.

I can't imagine what terror and s**t eating grin a person would have smacking the throttle on that!

Yeah its a little overkill for sure, but its not as crazy as you might think.

Wow that engine is a SNUG fit ! Especially the spark plug ! Who fabbed that pipe ? Thats a NICE job ! No problems with kick lever clearence ? I almost took on a Tecate 500 project before my kart, but finding clean Tecates for sale here in New England is tough. All the ones I looked at were clapped out POS

The frame has to be notched for the spark plug to fit, the kicker hits the fender, CPI built the pipe, and most 30yr old 3wheelers are junk, this one was no exception
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Jesus...that thing is just bad ass!!!...awesome job,it looks like it came from the factory that way.By the pics,it looks like you decided to keep the thumb throttle?.

tecates came with a twist, I personally don't like 'em. that one is off a quadzilla.

Thanks for your nice words I appreciate it!

[Rooster452]

Great job! You have to post some videos of that on the dunes. Bet it's a blast to ride.

[Motorrad]

THAT IS f**kING AWESOME!!

[Larry Wiechman]

 Beautiful work!!!
 
 Now I understand your user name.

[cobbs]

NICE!

[greencannon]

 I can say  i've swung my leg over a few modded out tri wheeled death machines along the way. But not one of that caliber...I am a bike guy through and through
but i will say that machine is beautiful. Not to mention quite dangerous in the wrong hands.
Nice job

[Polar-Bus]

I worked for a Kawasaki dealer  years ago, and the owner raced Tecates' on the dirt oval at Loudon NH back in 84 and 85. He raced the "200cc" class, and what he did was yank the 250cc engine and was putting in 84 KX125 engines. Anyone who remembers the BRUTAL power of the '84 KX125 would attest to that combo kicking the crap out of any other 3 wheeler in the class. Racers were purchasing a brand new Tecate, a brand new KX125 and Gary (the owner/racer) would build the race ready package. He built like 4 of those 125cc Tecate's >

[suicyde]

Dragged it out to take some current pics.


heres the new intake.


And the extended swingarm

[Foxx4Beaver]

This is just another one of those things that everyone should have in their garage for that "bad day" cure!!

[sandblaster]

The more I see, the more I like it.
Thanks for posting..