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re: 85-86 Honda ATC 250R's

Posted on 6/13/26 at 1:34 pm to
Posted by kook
Berrytown
Member since Sep 2013
2146 posts
Posted on 6/13/26 at 1:34 pm to
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350x
I did too. You Could easily lift the front wheel in all gears.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
66360 posts
Posted on 6/13/26 at 1:42 pm to
Owned one for about a year in Pennsylvania. It was in rough shape and I was gonna fix it up but never had the time. Sold it when I moved back south. It ran but was rough.
Posted by Croozin2
Somewhere on the water
Member since Dec 2004
3450 posts
Posted on 6/13/26 at 2:39 pm to
Yep, had an 83. Have always had the itch to own another. However, broken bones don’t heal as quickly as they used to.
Posted by Seth Bullock
Member since Nov 2024
403 posts
Posted on 6/15/26 at 4:05 pm to
Had an 86 3 wheeler and 88 4 wheeler way back when. And still carry a few scars from each.
Posted by JackieSonnier
South Crowley
Member since Nov 2023
480 posts
Posted on 6/15/26 at 4:11 pm to
Need to get a bvc trike.
Posted by TigerBear1971
Member since May 2026
385 posts
Posted on 6/15/26 at 4:18 pm to
In 1984 my dad surprised us w a TRX125 Honda. May have been the first year Honda made 4 wheelers. It was stable and fun but a Pig. My BIL at the time had a 200S that would pull your shoulder out of socket trying to start. One day he showed up with a gold rim 250R in 86. Every day we rode after, which was at least twice a week for years, he would fishtail on me riding by and I ate nothing but mud and dust.

Everyone remember the Bible, Dirt Wheels Magazine?
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
43357 posts
Posted on 6/15/26 at 4:37 pm to
My brother has like 4 of these completely restored. They are sick. Has Kawasaki Tecate 3 250 as well. The Tecate 3's were actually faster than the ATC.
Posted by pdubya76
Sw Ms
Member since Mar 2012
6579 posts
Posted on 6/15/26 at 4:48 pm to
I have an 87 Big Red 250. I don’t ride it much but it cranks and goes when I need it to. It was a nostalgia buy about 10 years ago and I probably will never get rid of it. It will throw you off if you don’t pay attention to it.
Posted by rattlebucket
SELA
Member since Feb 2009
12932 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 8:07 am to
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
9855 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 8:14 am to
There wasn't a year that went by back in the elementary school that these things didn't knock a kid out of school for a few days. And then they came back, the whole class would sign the cast.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
72623 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 8:15 am to
That 2 wheel turning radius tho...

Damn those things were fun. Unfortunately once everyone started getting four-wheelers it became impossible to navigate the trails with a 3 wheeler. You were on rails.
Posted by msap9020
Great White North
Member since Feb 2015
2187 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 9:09 am to
Had an ‘84 or ‘83 200S which was the 200cc engine on the 185 frame. Loved that bike.
Posted by HeadedToTheWoods
Sportsman's Paradise
Member since Dec 2013
1347 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 12:51 pm to
I ised to race ‘86 CR 125 but to this day, hate 3 wheelers.
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Were you in the Hare Scrambles state circuit, if so what class ?
Posted by ThatTahoeOverThere
Member since Nov 2021
5140 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 1:02 pm to
Posted by ThatTahoeOverThere
Member since Nov 2021
5140 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 1:04 pm to
Loved the CRs

I had an 1985 RM 250

Posted by subMOA
Komatipoort
Member since Jan 2010
2065 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 1:13 pm to
The greatest thing I ever rode- also the thing that nearly made me have a ride in a helicopter.

Best memory- Yamaha had come out with the Raptor. Kids in the Spillway on Raptors ripping around. “Hey, y’all wanna race those old things against these?” “Yeah, sure”….snickering. Even a bone stock ‘85 would destroy the Raptor. The other bike we had with an Eric Gorr cylinder, fabbed pipe hidden under a stock heat guard, and a head that…If I remember right….was reworked from a Yamaha or a Suzuki something or other- I can’t remember what the deal was with that- it was like racing a top fuel dragster against a sportsman car.

Those were the days! I had (actually still have) a full Jeff Fredette KDX that would make an arse out of a stock CR250.
Posted by upgrade
Member since Jul 2011
15119 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 2:13 pm to
quote:

they were much safer than a four wheeler


I’m gonna disagree with you here. I’ve flipped a few 3 wheelers. Never flipped on a 4 wheeler.
Posted by Touche Pas Ca
USA
Member since May 2021
87 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 3:08 pm to
A friend of my still has his he bought new, it’s in excellent condition.

I ride it once or twice a year and I’m finally smart (old) enough to know when to save it before it bucks me off.
Posted by Indiangensing
Member since Nov 2017
2466 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 3:16 pm to
In 2002, I bought a 1982 Honda Big Red 200 for 200 bucks from an old farmer my dad knew. Man I had fun with that thing even though all my buddies called me poor because i didn't have a 4 wheeler lol, I had more fun with the 3 wheeler than they ever did with the overpriced extra wheel...my dad gave it to my sister's ex boyfriend when I was in the USAF in Germany... still makes me mad haha he thought I forgot about it in the garage...
Posted by CobraCommander83
Member since Feb 2017
12547 posts
Posted on 6/16/26 at 3:52 pm to
My brother had a Honda FatCat. A Dirt bike with 4 wheeler tires. He busted his arse on it a few times.

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