OK, restoring an 85 Tecate 3. Any good advice is very welcome.

[awames76]

i got a home made track but no one to ride with incase there a porblem, a month ago there was about 10 rides [bikes and quads} here and a guy broke his colar bone. im not experenced at jumps the jumps need work. also have some woods to ride in.

[Mony25]

sounds cool we need to get together some time and ride

[awames76]

yeah. its fun to ride around with the family but they all have utilitys there slow. what kind of bike do u have. i got a blaster

[Mony25]

I have a trx and an atc 250R

[awames76]

as u can see in my pic i ride with my kids alot [2 and 5 yr olds] the wife has a 84 trx 200 only made that year, was changed after that it sucks to find parts. but we have fun and thats what matter most

[HoosierDaddy]

Nice to see more local people.

[awames76]

yeah i know there 370 and a few others are from valpo area [i think] alittle far to ride for a few hrs.

[HoosierDaddy]

It looks to be an uphill battle to find even simple parts for my Tecate.

[nd4speed]

Originally Posted by HoosierDaddy

I've been out of the game for a looong time. Now that i have my hands back on a trike I want to fix up, I am finding that information about it is nearly impossible to find. I have asked a few questions here and have seen some good answers.

It will probably be another 3 or 4 weeks before I get to tear into it but I am planning on taking everything apart and stripping and repainting everything and fixing stuff as I reassemble it. It will be a project that will certainly take me some time. I'm not made of money. But I want to do this the right way. I know the engine runs but the boot between the carb and engine is torn and when it's started it revs way up so I don't want to start it if necessary until I can get it addressed. It was stored for a long time and all the rubber seems dry rotted. So I definately have my work cut out for me.

Questions I would have is, how difficult should I expect it to be to get parts? Does anyone know of a repair manual for the 85 Tecate that is that I could find to help me along the way? While replacing engine parts, is there anything that is interchangeable form KX's that would be better or more accessible? I have a ton of questions but that's what i can think of for now.

Any advice/warnings/heads up you guys can give me would be greatly appreciated.

3wheelerworld.com ASAP

All of your questions have been answered there.

Here is a boot I sold on ebay for $27:
eBay Motors: 1983 1984 1985-86 KX250 TECATE KXT250 INTAKE BOOT CARB (item 260243438211 end time May-25-08 18:15:55 PDT)

These intake boots have gone for over $120 NOS while other nice ones go for cheap. If you want to lose the airbox virtually every KX500 KX2500 boot fits but angles to the left side.

83-84 KX250 has the same motor. KX250 top end is better and so is the stator/flywheel (but no lights).

Ebay for repair manual. Don't think 3ww has one posted for free.

LOOK here:

Kill a Bike! Save a Trike! - 3WHeeLeR WoRLD FoRums

[chavo80]

hey get some pics of your tecate.