Bought This For $100

[trail rider]

Yesterday I bought this 1986 honda atc 125m from my neighbor for $100. He said it hadn't been started in a while and said that the shifter didn't work. I thought I was going to have to dig into the motor but it turned out that it was just the shift lever was loose and the gears are okay.

This thing has no front fender, the rear fenders are torn off, the seat is gone, It has 2 rear flat tires and no air filter. It is electric start and has a pull start but the battery is gone.

After I cleaned out the carb I sprayed some starting fluid in the intake and hooked a battery charger to the starter motor and after about 5 min. it started.

But It smoked worse than a steam engine, literally .

After I got it running good I rode it around the house and up the road. I'd say I got close to 35 mph in 4th with 2 flat tires. You would have laughed your fucking ass off if you seen how much it was smoking

 

So when I get the time I'm gonna have to get a new set of rings Anybody know anything about redoing the topend in a 4 stroke?

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is it a 125M or a 200M? I'd say you got an alright deal. I've come acrossed my fair share of 200x's for 100 to 150 dollars that were in running condition, put another hundred or 2 into them and sold them for 600 to 800 every time.

 

I've had like 7 -10 of them now. Good threewheelers and a bunch of fun. I just sold one that I got for 150, put a new front brake system that I already had, throttle assembly I already had, newer rear shock I already had, used tires that were nicer than the ones on there, and sold it for 750 bucks.

 

It still needed rear axle bearings and such, the guy was this older guy that rode like 3 or 4 times a year with his buddies and just wanted something to play with.

 

If your looking for a 3wheeler to keep, I'd go with a 200x, 350x or 250R, from worst to best. Lots of parts for them and they are all good threewheelers. If I were you I'd dump as little money as possible into it and make a profit on it, and continue either doing this with cheap 3wheelers till you make enough investment to get a 3wheeler that is a true good time, or just make some money off it and go looking for a good 250R or 350x. The 200x isnt far behind with a hopped up engine.

[banshees and beers]

I think you got a great deal, just fix it up enough to ride once. Then you can jump it off a pier into a lake, that would be bad ass. Just don't forget to tape it and put it on here.

[MULLET~BOY]

any thing that has a motor in it is worth 100 bucks

[trail rider]

Actually I was thinking of fixing it up and keeping it. You may think I'm crazy but that thing is fun as hell to ride .

 

It is easy as hell to ride wheelies on since you sit right over the back tires. After I get the motor fixed and running good and I fix the brakes on it I am going to get some small tires for the rear and I'm gonna go flat trak out in the grass (and maybe on the ice in the winter )

 

I'm gonna call it the Honda "Boss Hoss"

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if you think that little trike is fun, try riding a 200x, 350x or 250R. There like 10 times as fun. Trust me, I've been playing with 3wheelers as long as I could climb up onto one. I've had a 125, 185s, 185m, 200m, 200x (like 7-10 of them now),350x,250R and those are just the hondas.

 

If you really want a 3wheeler to keep to play around on, at least stay with something that says 200 on it. The other ones are alright, but just dont have that seat of the pants funness that the bigger boys have.

 

Do what you want, any 3wheeler is better than no threewheeler, and they are all fun to play on, just giving my opinion on my experience with them, and fun factors I've had with them.

[Holyman]

The smaller the cc's the more fun. There is nothing more fun than an ATC70 the 90 and the 110 are just slightly less fun. The run forever and take abuse like a crack ho.

They are the best couple hundred buscks you can spend.

[frocashmoney24]

hell yea, i like every 3 wheeler i ever road cept a big red, mullet, your tellin me a weedwacker is worth 100 bucks?