Greetings,
I'm new here and just picked up a 1986 TRX70. It is not all original or complete and I'm trying to just get some information that I haven't been able to find on various searches.
My first question is the frame. It is red. Every other frame I've seen is black. I suppose someone could have painted it, but I don't see any black under the red paint and the quality of the paint seems far too good to be a garage rattle can job. Were any of the TRX 70 frames red? I thought it might have been stolen and painted, but I finally found the vin and don't think that is the case.
Also, I have a Keihin (japan) carb on it, but I think its the wrong carb -- at least it doesn't look like the one in the FSM. This one does not have the sediment bowl on the petcock. It has PB cast into the carb housing. It looks more like the carbs from an earlier ATC70, which I suppose it could be. Its been gotten into and part of the intake is cracked where it bolts to the carb. The centers on the carb mounting bolts are 48mm, not 42mm. What size came on the TRX70 originally? I was looking at the cheapie Chinese carbs, and all the ones for the TRX70 seem to have the petcock and choke on the right side. The one that is there now has them on the left.
The pull start has been removed down to the stator. What would be involved with getting something that would work to pull start the engine?
Thanks in advance.