I had posted in input thread before, just specifically for before I followed through with the buy, but now I feel the need to start a build thread.
I purchase a 1986 Honda 200x from a guy in Tuscaloosa that said he needed to get rid of it. When I talked to him, he said he had gotten it in a box. It had had a bent exhaust valve and had jumped time, so he put new valves, timing chain, and timing chains gear in it. That's all he said that he did. He had mentioned that it smoked when it got hot, so I figured it was gonna need a top end overhaul anyway.
When I got to his house, he mentioned that the kicker was messed up when he got it, so he done some "custom welding." Needless to say I needed a new kicker.
I rode it around, and it smoked. Endlessly. I figured that was okay too since I was getting it at a decent price.
I pulled out of his yard with a 200x worth, I think, more than 1000.
I'm getting the engine rebuilt by Dales Cycle Shop in Iuka, Ms. I have a choice on some different pistons, and specifically don't want the compression of a Wiseco. He gave the option of a Shindy kit, with a .06 over bore, that he already has in stock. Any more or better ideas for kits would be appreciated as I will not be able to get him to rebuild it until later in June.
Thanks to pistolpete88, or Pete Thompson, I grabbed a set of good hubs, swinger skid, and "new" kicker.
Off to the powdercoater as I type.
I plan to make this one my own, and may steal some other ideas along the way. 😉😉
1986 Honda 200x
1985 Honda 250sx
FOR SALE