If you’ve seen those powered, specialty drift trikes you can buy now, you’ve got the idea…combine the best elements of a quad, but remove one wheel and learn to shift your weight to kick the ass end out and before you knew it you were a powersliding fool. It’s difficult to explain the fun a three-wheeler is compared to a quad to those who don’t know, but I’ll attempt it here. There were others…the fluffy-tired Honda ATC185 that my younger brother loved to roost around on, and the ATC200X that we both learned lessons about speed with…I found the upper limit of fifth gear, he found out that all the brakes in the world won’t stop you from hitting the neighbor’s Ford Courier head-on when the tires lock up. I churned up the open area enough that you could’ve planted just about anything you wanted after I had ran through a tank of gasoline. An auto-clutched workhorse, it instead spent most of it’s time in the yard being used as drift trike practice. After starting out on a Honda 50 minibike and going through a few small-displacement, low power trail bikes, it was a Honda 200 “Big Red” that gave me my first real taste of power. For many kids, an ATV or a dirt bike is the logical next step between a bicycle and their first set of wheels and I was no different. They are groomed and slowly brought into the world of loud engines, sideways antics and the fun that can be had. You covered this awesome (and I think it should be a sticky), great job!! I think I have just a couple more written down but I have to find my 'swap' book to check it out.An automotive delinquent just doesn’t happen overnight. Opening that bore is chicken when you have a mill with an adjustable boring head he he he he he he he !!!! 83/84 250R 35MM forks help allot as well!! Honestly, when I build one, I never use the 87 3rd gear but always the kicker shaft and that seal I can buy. Good ol Honda, always making tiny changes in hopes to improve it!! I love those valve eccentric adjustment changes Best idea ever!! I only have 2 backupsĭid both years have the same fork boots number or accordions? (lack of a better word I wish Honda left ATC on the seat sides and Honda on the back. I took pics mostly of the changes I'm fairly certain of. I think I showed a few of those items if you google '3wheelerworld 20 day build' Or stuff Dirtcrasher in that search, reword it and you can find it. The decompression seal is DC'd so my bearing shop gets me rubber coated dual lip seals that are 1mm less in width but the ID and OD are stock and cheaper at the shop The clip for that shaft is gozo as well so I just use a regular circlid. But, I have bored a clutch case for the larger shaft and got a stock rubber coated seal sizes at my bearing shop so I didn't have to open that hole too. The larger diameter large kicker shaft has round holes and thew other year has elongated holes (forget which year is the one people want. Oil orifices in some dowel pins are changed to meter the oil flow differently, so wherever they are, the STUFF gets a bit more oil. I guess I didn't understand what 'rod' meanted but it's just Cahb Pahts or 'carb parts' LOL. EDIT, I see where you said 'clutch shifter rod'.

The 87 has a shoulder on it so it sits within a seat to separate the plates when the clutch hand lever separates the clutch plates. I just glanced at your changes I'm not sure if you mentioned the clutch disengagement bushing being different. Maybe the helmet holder was just one year Maybe not, I forget!! Did one year have shift lever 'lightening holes' or was that both?īoth years with that oil drain, thank you Japanese engineer!! I have about 8 destroyed RH threads that are backwards threads.Īlso, I HATE that gearshift plate!! It shifts so positive but it seems as if Honda hardened these just a bit too much. And why can't every owner realize that the cranks have LH threads.

I have 3 87 motors, all with 'I don't know whats wrong with the gearbox?' I love buying those. That 3rd gear slight change is not worth the compromise of the metal lost within the gear hub itself. That's pretty dam good!! And I LOVE those 87 tank decals!!

1986 atc 200x