My New-Look Zilla and partial history

[CARNZ]

Sup guys, as most of you know, I picked up a 1987 Quadzilla in the end of January (big thanks to AWK for pointing it out and posting the CL ad on here) I:I

When I got it, the plastics were beat badly and it had the original front tires that weren't holding air. Aside from the cosmetic issues, it still had the stock carb (which is known to be trash on the 1987s) and it was a MFer to start!

Heres a before pic of the zilla(all I had added at this point was Douglas Blue Labels with Dunlops up front):

I didn't get a picture of the other side because at the time i was embarrased by the massive cracks in the plastics lol

Here's a video of it running with the old plastics on there and it was dirty as hell as I had just ridden it earlier that day. (that knocking noise is the stock piston thrust washers worn out, they have been replaced with the upgraded billet ones and the engines nice and quiet now)

I finally decided to put on my new plastics and decals and man, its such an improvement
Maier White Front and Rear Fender with OEM Suzuki BlueHood. With reproduction 1987 graphics designed for the White Fenders.

sorry for the dark pictures, i got them on late last night and wanted to snap some pics! and BTW, Maier fitment SUCKS for the zillas! I had to mod them quite a bit to fit (all on the inside so its not visible from the exterior)

Thanks for looking,
Carnz I:I

 

[CARNZ]

mods:

Engine:
*Billet Thrust Washers
*Wiseco 87mm Piston
*JH Ported Cylinder
*AAEN Version 1 Midrange Pipe
*Keihin PWK38 Air Striker Carb
*Boyesen Dual-Stage Reeds
*DG Type-II Silencer

Drive:
*RMA 38tooth Rear Sprocket (stock 42)
*Primary Drive 14tooth Front Sprocket
*D.I.D X-Ring 520 ATV Gold Chain
*TM Designworks Powerlip Lower Chain Roller
*All Balls Upper Chain Roller
*SB Designs Case Saver

Other:
*RAD Bearing Carrier with Tapered Rollers (On Order)
*All-Balls Swinger Bearings
*Pivot Works A-Arm Bearings
*Douglas Blue Label Front Wheels with Dunlops
*Douglas Red Label Rear Wheels with ITP Holeshots
*All 3 Brake Calipers Rebuilt and Painted By Me, with EBC Brake Pads all the way around.
*New Suzuki OEM Front Master Cylinder

 

[specialized7]

Looks Great man, i wish i had a zilla to mess with. She goes good eh?

 

[slickerthanyou]

I like those zilla's they are fast!

 

[Awk08]

i was never a big fan of the looks of the zilla or lt's,
but that white looks awesome !!!!!
good work bro

 

[GIXER7502006]

WOW the white really changed the look, it looks great, u hav to be happy with it and lets c some vids of that thing flyn

 

[little3mil]

cool, i like the white too obv. (ive been rockin all white plastics from day one) maiers always fit like sh*t even the blaster stuff, from all my experiences with them. look real good on there tho, great job so far

 

[CARNZ]

thanks everyone. yeah I think the white is a huge improvement over the yellow. I love white quads.

I have some more stuff to do still: paint frame, swingarm, and a-arms.
one of these days I'm going to clean it up really well and get some well-lit pictures.

ill see if I can do some videos toooo, but I don't know if anyone will want to bring a camera to the riding spot.

 

[slickerthanyou]

thanks everyone. yeah I think the white is a huge improvement over the yellow. I love white quads.

I have some more stuff to do still: paint frame, swingarm, and a-arms.
one of these days I'm going to clean it up really well and get some well-lit pictures.

ill see if I can do some videos toooo, but I don't know if anyone will want to bring a camera to the riding spot.

Bring that beast to AWK mountain , I'll vid ya all day long!! (only if i get to take if for a spin!!)

 

[Paulie B]

Looks good now! I'm glad it went to a guy who will spend the time and a lil $$$$ to restore it back to it's former glory

 

[00blaster200]

looks good! i'd love to have one of them

 

[CARNZ]

Looks good now! I'm glad it went to a guy who will spend the time and a lil $$$$ to restore it back to it's former glory

hehe i'm trying man, I hate to see these old machines get parted out or trashed completely. its harder and harder to find them in good shape, well hard to find them in general.

I plan to get another one and do a restoration on it, all OEM plastics and everything.

 

[blasterdad]

Looking good, there goes the neighborhood!

 

[HawaiianBassHed]

too bad they don't have a sick hood for it like the 250s.. I would love to have a zilla in my collection one day. after a nice rebuild lmk how long of a run it can do, someone was telling me it would never make the 45 mile XC race here as it's not reliable enough and it just falls apart and that I shouldn't run any 2 stroke in it. funny is he's a 2 stroke guy, he has my old 88 trx 250 actually and it's almost done and alot nicer than when I sold it to him, PEP shocks all around and all...

nice zilla!

 

[CARNZ]

I think a lot of the reliability issues from zillas came from the stock piston thrust washers. they are known to fail often which leads to destruction of the bottom end as well, with the billet thrust washers.they are much more reliable.

I'll keep u guys informed on how it does. my compression is getting a little low(hasn't been rebuilt since 92) so I'm going to rebore it and keep rollin.