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newf fighter
10-01-2006, 06:42 AM
Guess you fellers are old enough to remember these old machines.:D We'll this is my Kawasaki Tecate 250 smoker that I've been slowly building into an oldschool racer. The lump is a KX 250 engine with aftermarket reed cage, reed spacer, 38mm Mikuni flatslide, MX port job, shaved head, DG pipe and silencer, fresh topend and a lightweight flywheel. The suspension is a Yamaha Raptor rear shock and I added progressive fork springs. Handling is helped by a +2 extended Champion swingarm and Durablue +2 wheel spacers. Great fun, even with the extended swinger it pulls the front wheel through 4th, real handful in the tight woods trails. [8)]

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Razorback
10-01-2006, 08:10 AM
Looks like it would be the most fun you could have with your pants on!

Speaking of which I went out with a Newfie girl for a bit when I was in Toronto man... She was... um.... WILD!! Family was really nice too. Her dad was a farkin Hoot!

Got me in to the Screech [:p]

newf fighter
10-01-2006, 08:43 AM
lol Razor. Nothing like a good ol newfie girl b'y. Did she teach ya any of the Newfoundland lingo?

dRRew
10-01-2006, 10:16 AM
awesome trike newf, thats crazy. looks so fun but as you said its a bit of a handfull!

Gix11
10-01-2006, 12:27 PM
I like the fact that in all the photos she's still running mate, Just can't wait to get out there hey?

Razorback
10-01-2006, 01:35 PM
Not really man our conversations were on a pretty limited range of topics... usually related to the words harder and faster [:p]

I went to her cousins wedding with her and there was like 200 people... I had to put on this yellow plastic fishermans hat thingy and drink that screech stuff till I didnt know if I was Arthur or Martha... because they wanted to see if Ozzies can really "drink" so I had to show em hehehe.

I loved Canada.... Toronto is so much like Melbourne its scary... I stayed in Pickering at her place for about 4 weeks... good memories...

newf fighter
10-01-2006, 02:49 PM
haha Sounds like a real good time to me Razor.

Gix b'y I was warming her up. Can't go near the thing without starting it, just sounds so good pinging away.

I know of a couple of these Kawi trikes in aussieland that are real nice, some Honda 250Rs as well. I'm dreaming of a Honda CB750 with a Honda ATC350X swingarm/axle/22 inch Hoosiers and 350X front forks/tire installed on it. When I find one for cheap it'll be my new street fighter trike project. All the trike running gear bolts right on to the streetbike frame so it'll be really clean. Solid axle and sticky 22's would make for a killer drag bike, a real hooligan and it won't be hard to legalize it with the CB VIN number. (drooling as I type lol)