fordtech90
12-11-2012, 03:51 AM
Ok so when I grew up before I could barely pull start our 200M we would ride it all over the county, it was an old farm 3 wheeler and in northern missouri they were quite normal still. As we grew on up my step uncle realized the 3 wheeler he had left in the barn to rust was running great and came and took all our fun from us...after 10 years that kinda upset everyone but we moved onto to our timberwolve that we got the following christmas..tore it all up around the farm we were older and more ignorant haha and as times moved on ive had 300ex's 400ex's 450r's all sorts of things...but recently sold all and spent more money on vehicles. Anyways unfortunately my great aunt and uncle passed away this year leaving me a couple like new 70s and 80s ford pickups (uncle was a mechanic and veeeeery clean) and last but not least an 84 200es big red ..full with windshield, turn signals, horns and a hand shifter due to the inability for him to lift his foot. When I saw this BR it instantly brought back all those memories and how these were actually made to ride! It has never been out of the yard...every bolt, plastic, and stretch of metal is like brand new...it looks as if it came off the showroom floor.It had been sitting for a few years so the carb was seized up (the slide) so firs things first I pulled it off dissasembled and let it soak in the carb bath then continued cleaning and reassembled of course not to my surprise it fired right up no smoke no problems purred like a kitten...I cannot believe the care my uncle put into his belongings and I was too young to realize it when I used to come to their house for holiday dinners. There were only two problems I had to repair..someone at one point put slime in the tires causing two pin hole rust spots the wheels were unscratched still looked polished new minus the pin holes.. so I removed them sanded them down with a wire wheel welded and patched the holes and in process of finish sanding them for paint I plan to leave the BR how it is and enjoy it! BUTTTTTT this has gotten me in the mood to build a bike...im really looking for a 250r atc to either build up or swap a cr500 into and build for the dunes..chromed out stretched...sick machine. However, im having trouble finding a 250r that A: isnt a million dollars or B is worth saving....if ANYONE has one they would sell please feel free to comment or PM me hopefully this isnt against the rules..