They are a blast!

I had the same one….with turf tampers on the back….was a blast…

Sold my stretched 85 a month ago. It now feels like a loss in the family. I was racing a friend’s turbo Razor and on the sand I got it up to 74 mph. Plenty fast enough to die. A chance we cheerfully take. Merry Christmas to all!

I think your speedometer is off the tecate should do 84 out of the box

I've had a few myself and wish I kept everyone of them

It was the golden age for ATVs!

Had that on my wall as a kid Got Every Dirt wheels and 3 wheeler action unfortunately threw them out when I moved out in 96 from home always wanted a 250R or 350x had a 85 200x that was built

Oh boy you're a rare one who enjoys both of those!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks brother.

Merry Christmas, steve!

Thanks brother!

Thanks man.

I hear you... we about the same age.

You guys ever hear the Story that Honda was going to build an Atc 500 but one of the riders testing it crashed and died so Honda Shelved it. I know I read it somewhere years ago

Thanks brother.

Right I agree, why no 6th gear on that??

​@@TheMapleDude1The 84-85 KXTecate had essentially the 82-83 KX transplant case, with a few different parts. I've drug a banshee and kept up till the top of fifth.

Thanks!

Thank you and merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas cobra! As always thanks for watching and commenting!

If you want your 65 miles per hour trike to do 75, 80 , or more all that is necessary is small axle sprocket and /or larger output shaft sprocket. I.E. , change final gear ratio.

LTR500 Rattled itself apart and always broke constantly. Was definitely a beast 𝙉𝙊𝙏 everyone could ride or handle but my LoneStar Banshee smoked them easily.

@@harrypalmer291 yes

@@harrypalmer291And a 2 mile straightaway to finally get it there.

Appreciate it thanks for watching! Those were the days.

Oh I am aware the idle does hang some... and I've replaced the intake gaskets I know they are good. The boot also looked fine. I've never heard of it being a cylinder base gasket, though.

@@TheMapleDude1 It could also be a crankshaft seal gone which is more like the case here since you say nothing seems obvious. Had that happen on my Honda FL350's as well.

yea my dad bought one new in the day and said all the gears the front wheel would come up, very hard bike to handle. I'd say this bike has lost most of it's power Tecate should of took 1st.

@swiftlyswiv8227 power is good on the T3. the 250r has mods.

Thanks brother!

Great times!

Thanks Greg!

Thanks Earl. We are keeping it alive!

Get it back out and bring it back to life. Sounds awesome!

what gearing did you use ...stock sprockets would never get 90 mph...lol

@@crashalexander7232 Was re-geared for running Smaller diameter old school paddle tires slightly smaller than stock . If memory is correct I think it had 15 tooth counter shaft sprocket & 38 tooth rear at axle . Engine also ran a few rpm over stock limits as well …. Up to around 9800 rpm or maybe even 10,000 . We fully balanced Crank & flywheel, ran Wiseco piston , and with Jim’s stage “3” porting & the pipe we built it transformed that thing , along with 38mm flat slide Mikuni Carburetor and modified Reed cage from I believe a Yamaha YZ 490 . When it came on the pipe , IT CAME ON THE PIPE!! 😉. Three wheelers at 90 plus mph are pretty damn scary to hang onto & I got pitched off a few times & still have the scars to prove it , on legs & right arm from broken bones & such . One of my favorite things to do back in those crazy days before I got married & had kids was to jump the Osborne overlook road out at Glamis dunes along with a couple others . We would set up spotters to direct / detect traffic & would hit the crossing around 50-60 mph and launch probably 15-20 feet into the air for over 65 feet long to land on a nice downhill dune on other side to cheers from on-lookers. I completely destroyed my rear shock on one such landing completely ripping out its internals and blowing the reservoir hose & reservoir clean off the bike . To say my buddies & I were a bit nuts would have been an understatement back then.

My Trix did 90 as well ported polish 85 with 86 carb and timing noise teeds donuts of and circumference 200 ft across donuts in fifth gear

@@maxmotta1200 put down the meth pipe bro ...lol

Thanks brother.

Overall great machines!

I totally agree... the Tri Z is the coolest by far!!

Wow amazing that you have them. Cause you rarely see them in my area.

All these are classics I dreamed of when I was a kid. I never had them when I was young.

We will.

Those were the best days man. These machines take me back to a better time. I hear everything you just said.

Thanks man.

Thanks for watching brother!

It took a long time to do it.

Thanks

Thanks! What do you ride??

@@TheMapleDude1 ‘23 Can Am Renegade 1000 XMR.

@thenarrowpathatvchannel4316 might be fun to do a video of these old school vs that monster.

@@TheMapleDude1 now you got me thinking! Google maps says we are only 2 hours and 5 minutes away from each other. Maybe we could set something up in the spring? I’d come down to do that if you’d like to. Let me know what you think about it.

@@thenarrowpathatvchannel4316 email me at tim@themapledude.com we should be able to at some point.

None here yet.

That's awesome! I'd kind of like one of those 1sr generation tecates!

Crazy trikes!

Well it was my childhood dream. It took me a long time to get to this point!

@@TheMapleDude1 Right on man! Congrats on them, you have some beautiful machines! I have a collection myself but they’re all modern. Rzr xp, Husky TE300 2stroke, couple sportsman’s for me & the kids, a few smaller KTM 2strokes that my boy races, & a few TTR’s they ride in the woods. I still love my 2strokes, easier to rebuild & so much fun in the woods. I doubt any of them will go up in value though like these

Im right there with you!

3,250r- 1 ,triz rode it handful of times it started to implode on itself. And my buddy had tecate. Nice bikes all of um but I'm more of Honda than any thing.

Me TOO ... ! ALL THREE OF THESE WERE THE BEST OF THE BEST ... ! AND I TOO , WISHED THAT SUZUKI WOULD HAVE MADE A TWO STROKE 250 CC THREE WHEELER TO COMPETE WITH THESE ... ! THERE IS ONE OFTEN FORGOTTEN "SECONDARY BREED " OF TWO STROKE HIGH SUSPENSION RACING / SPORT THREE WHEELER THOUGH ... THAT COULD AND WOULD OUTRUN ALL THREE OF THESE AWESOME TRIKES ... AND THAT IS THE MIGHTY TIGER 500 . ( ACTUALLY ONLY A 482 CC AIR COOLED ROTAX ENGINE ) ... BUT STILL ... WAS THE " KING TRIKE " OF ALL OF THESE. JUST LIKE THE SUZUKI QUADRACER 500 " QUADZILLA " ... IS THE " KING QUAD " OF ALL TWO STROKE QUADS BACK THEN TOO. I ALSO WISHED HONDA , YAMAHA AND KAWASAKI WOULD HAVE ALL MADE A 500 CC TWO STROKE RACING / SPORT QUAD BACK THEN TOO ... ! AS I ALWAYS HAVE HAD AND ALWAYS WILL HAVE MUTUAL / EQUAL RESPECT AND LOVE FOR ALL FOUR OF THE " BIG - NAME " BRANDS OF ATVS / BIKES ... SUZUKI , HONDA , YAMAHA , AND KAWASAKI ... ! 500 CC LIQUID COOLED 2 STROKE ENGINES IN RACING / SPORT THREE WHEELERS ( FROM THE FACTORIES ) ... WOULD HAVE BEEN SOO AWESOME TOO ... ! BUT NOOOOOOOOO ... ! THREE WHEELERS WERE TOO UNSTABLE AND TOO DANGEROUS ! 😮😅😮😅 ( ONLY ACCORDING TO WUSS -PUSS PEOPLE AND NON - SKILLED RIDERS AND BIASED NON - EDUCATED GOVERNMENT BEAUROCRATS / POLITICIANS ) OF COURSE ... !

These machines bring back memories of a great time to grow up.

They still out there!

Nice! Thanks for watching +

Thanks brother!

I can't ride trails with a twist throttle.

Yeah thanks. You're right you'll always have those guys.

You know it easy money!

Thanks creek. Merry Christmas to you and your dad!

Thanks brother!

That's not a terrible price

True

Merry Christmas!

I had a 86 350x aswell. Put a FTZ alcohol carb on it. And i could run with the 2 strokes. 😊

I have an 85 350x, I like the 86 look better.

No it wouldn’t, not if your 350x was stock anyway.

@ Well I'm afraid it did, not by a lot but 1st through around 3rd or 4th he would get me by a half a bike length but after that my 350 would walk away from him. And that happened time & time again. And yes my 350 was completely stock, he had some kinda loud ass pipe on his & he put little flat tracks tires on the back.

@@scottyellis3442 Well you see now, facts come out. And trust me, I have more miles on a 350x than most people have on their cars. The reason you believe your initial comment is because what you stated in your last comment. You stated the Tecate had tiny little tires on the back (likely flat tracks). Well, that is the only explanation as to why a 350x would take a properly running Tecate at all, especially in the top end as the flat tracks destroy top end speed. However, that’s where your story falls apart further, if the Tecate did indeed have flat tracks on, he would have DESTROYED your 350x out of the hole unlike your story of a few feet. Anyway, memories can be quite foggy after a few decades have passed.

We have a 350x too. I should race it with the R.

@@TheMapleDude1stock for stock,a 350x won't run with a 250r flat out but on the trails with its fat torque curve,the 250r would probably struggle a bit to keep up.

That would be cool.

Oh nice you have an 88, more rare than the 87 T4 we have.

Thanks brother!

Yeah definitely impressed.

Thanks man!

@@TheMapleDude1 miss my lt250❤️. Good times!!

Nw Iowa here same weather. Grew up on the east side of Iowa was just over to Beaver dam for mercury school. Great collection!!

@steveturner5287 thanks appreciate it.

I hear you. Ben there.

It's a crazy machine. Not easy to ride.

Thanks man!

Hey I love 3 wheelers too... but they ain't exactly well thought out machines.

They are all getting stupid expensive.

Thanks

Thanks

That's great man. Keep the tradition alive!

We have one.

I know, we rarely ride it the winter. And I think they were all somewhat rich anyway. Well except for the T3.

Thanks jeff!!

Thanks for watching... we really appreciate it. And thanks for the tips on cold start!

The big bad 3!

Yes it does... but the thing is this is the stock carb and they had no air screw. So they are hard to tune.

look for a crack in the boot between the carb and head or the bolts are loose from the gasket shrinking. its sucking air after the carb. spray ether around the boot to be sure. idling high after cracking the throttle isnt just lean jetting.@@TheMapleDude1

The carb needle also should have notches and is probably set too low. Move one up. Ski has the right idea, replace the intake manifold and check the reeds at any sign of cracking. 84 KXT, rocking the fat drum front.

I was thinking the same thing Carb or Air leak that thing didn't want to IDLE down. When NEW I thought the Tecate was the faster machine just handled like crap.

Reeds are basically new and so are the gaskets. Intake is what was on it when I got it, but it looked OK. I'll try the spray ether.

Thank you sir!

Yes it was a great time to be alive!

@@TheMapleDude1 just happened to stumble onto One of your videos where you do the top speeds of the Tri-Z, 250R, and tecate which was very interesting When we were kids back then everyone said that a 250R would do 90 and a 200x would do 70 and it's funny because it was" common knowledge" to all of us how wrong we were 😄 FYI I just subscribed and forwarded your link to a couple other people I thought might do the same

@@pbruteforce1 thanks

Sounds like a bad machine! Yeah the 250r is getting so expensive!

They quit making them in 1986 bud, would have loved to see them keep going.

He might be talking about the 250R quads. They were still sold in 89

@@leadboots72 but we are talking trikes here so ........one would assume he is talking 3 wheeler....which in fact were made until 1988 just not sold in USA after 86.

It is! Rare!

Ouch!!

I had to look all over to find them.

@@TheMapleDude1 Nice ! I want the Tacate. Naim a price

The 2nd generation 86 and 87 has that.

That stinks... there are so many memories with these machines.

Thanks for telling what you remembered happening!

That's a cool bit of info.

@TheMapleDude1 mine had Suzuki quadracer front fenders on it. Not sure if that's hie they came. I bought it from my brother in law. Kinda wish I still had it. It'll probably be a collector piece one day. Lol

Great machines!

@TheMapleDude1 they sure were. The one's yall have are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

That was me, I never rode them until last few years.

@@TheMapleDude1 yes all I remember is holding on for dear life on the straight away lol

That's a lot to teeth.

It's a tough ride.

Brown and wet here.

That's very impressive!

@@TheMapleDude1 indeed it is! Of course it's bored out, lots up upgrades

Yeah man!

Sweet!

Beautiful

No. New York.

Thanks brother!

I would like to get to some dunes one day.

I think thier are still aftermarket exhausts for those 2 but very pricey!

@@TheMapleDude1 I can’t even find aftermarket exhaust for a 91 LT 250R quad so I was just guessing the trikes were even harder

@@user-yn1kx2mn9i I think they are out there.

Scary and insane.

The 2nd generation R.

You're right.

We have one!

Yeah I know.

Good times, good memories!