What aftermarket frame is this?

[thedeatons]

Anyone know???

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HONDA-185s-200-200X-200ES-250R-ATC-AFTERMARKET-FRAME_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43981QQitemZ45919 97148QQrdZ1

[Vealmonkey]

I wish I knew what frame that was, but if he would ship it, I would buy it. I'll probably have to go back to TN. to buy a 200 suspension frame that I know is there. I should have brought it home when I bought the suspension 70.

[thedeatons]

Come on, someone has to know????

[BLAZERONE22]

I wish I knew what frame that was, but if he would ship it, I would buy it. I'll probably have to go back to TN. to buy a 200 suspension frame that I know is there. I should have brought it home when I bought the suspension 70.


I am guessing, but thats what that looks like. 185/200 aftermarket frame.

[xd 200x]

the rearend looks sketchy at best 200s brake leveer I think . I dont klnow how good it would be. but ask him

[Bigbore]

Its a full suspension frame for a ATC 185S. It was made by Nicholson ATV RACING COMPONENTS, in Spring Valley California. Its the same one I raced in '82. Good frames. In '82 they ran $685 w/ shock BUT NO FRONT END. One guy in Colorado did run one with a XR 200 in the same frame.

After the introduction of the 200X they died off for poor sales. A good one to look for would be a Nicholson frame for a XR500.

Good luck

[xd 200x]

so basicly it's just a low end 200x?

[Bigbore]

NOT even a 200x. The X has better suspension, motor, etc.

[Meat-BoX]

It Rare though, It might make a sweet Auto X project. :w00t: The rear end just looks wrong to me for some reason, but im sure it would make a cool cruiser.

[Blown 331]

6 hour drive for me but I'm watching it.

[xd 200x]

Im thinking about it. Long ass drive from michigan though that xr200r moror I got would look cool in there

[Blown 331]

Well a friend of mine will ride with me so I think I'm gonna through a bid on it. I can't go too high since I'm gonna have some gas cost as well. I wonder what the reserve is?

[Bigbore]

Ask him! I don't see why you would want it? Any 200X is far superior. Remember these where what 185S owners wanted and and was the best thing they could get before the 200X. How many 200X rollers are out there? I've got an ATV junkyard 20 minutes from me with around 8 200x'x from stripped to rollers.

[thedeatons]

You would want it for the history... If I had the chance to buy a '69 Yenko Camaro roller I would, even though there were better, faster, more comfortable Camaros later on, it's still a piece of history that could never again be remade.... Why do you think people restore 1200cc VWs from 1951???

[Vealmonkey]

Hey Deaton, You got a '51 vw?

[Blown 331]

Ask him! I don't see why you would want it? Any 200X is far superior. Remember these where what 185S owners wanted and and was the best thing they could get before the 200X. How many 200X rollers are out there? I've got an ATV junkyard 20 minutes from me with around 8 200x'x from stripped to rollers.

I want it for exactly why thedeatons said. I think it's cool and unique. I have a 200X roller that I will build, an 85 250R and 85 350X and just sold my 04 450R and will be getting an 06 in the spring. I'm not looking for a suspended 185 to race it or anything and I know any of the bikes I just mentioned are far superior but that not why I want it. I'm looking for a unique project plus I have tons of 185 and 200 parts so this won't cost me much at all.

[Bigbore]

You would want it for the history... If I had the chance to buy a '69 Yenko Camaro roller I would, even though there were better, faster, more comfortable Camaros later on, it's still a piece of history that could never again be remade.... Why do you think people restore 1200cc VWs from 1951???

This ISN"T a '69 Yenko....:lol: More like a '84 mustang with 4 cylinder wanting to be a BOSS 302. History... Why don't you look for a ATC 110 with alot of chrome, paddels, and a bandito seat cover, it'll have more HISTORY.

That's the problem with the people that weren't there to live it! :wondering

[thedeatons]

Not sure what you're getting at here... it was a simple analogy. Just because I never owned one doesn't mean that it is more or less unique and special in it's own right... Surely the fact that it is a custom frame built in So-Cal for a trike is worth something to someone who would like to see this stuff kept alive.... Considering I have seen more Banditos than these frames makes me think these are even more rare....

[Bigbore]

Sorry. I didn't mean anything by it. I'd still kill for a '69 Yenko though....

[thedeatons]

Okay, no worries then!! Believe it or not, my buddy had a '69 Yenko clone a few years back.... The guy he bought it from bought all the Yenko parts from one that was in the junkyard, so you couldn't tell the difference.... He said show hosts used to run up to the car at car shows with VIN idea books to see if it was real.... It was a nice ride.... He sold it for ~$10,500 a few years back....

[Vealmonkey]

Man, I sure would like to pick up one of those seats with the stripe material. When I was a kid, they seemed to be all the rage at the dunes back in the late 70's and early eighties.

[thedeatons]

You can still get the fiberglass bucket seats in the Hot VWs magazines, even upholstored in the black vinyl!!!