Possible 87 250R found..(UPDATED) 7.31.06

[Dammit!]

My money is on 86. Blue boots, red headlight, 86 seat. Looks like someone just put white plastics on it and a different decal.

[petesatc]

I'm still skeptical.... lot's of white paint on it..... (swinger, exhaust, front fork W/ decals there) The decal looks like a CR250R decal doesn't it???

Bruce

Hey Bruce
nope i checked and the cr250r (all years) don't look like that....all i can say is the decals are real 87R or look real...... and if they were painted fenders you would see some red somewhere as it's not in showroom condition,so on rub marks would show through...

[Lomax]

Looks like a nice machine no matter what year it is, the pic isnt quite clear enough to make a good guess, I looked at the shrouds on the one pictured and compared them to the red Maier ones on my 250R and the lines Look to be a little cleaner but its really hard to say 100%. Like I said, nice looking machine regardless of its year.
-Will

[atcmatt]

I would say it is just a mock up. He has gone with a white theme, as can be seen on the lower fork tubes and the exaust heat sheild.

Matt

[Dusty]

well it would deff. be nice if it was a 87 but the rear plastics dont have the decal R on each side....if i was to guess ide say its a 85/6 with the 87 shrounds and decals

[OldSchoolin86]

VIN................

I think if Santa is real there is a chance for an 87. It just doesn't make sence to me that Honda would have any of them in other places but not here in thier biggest market. Honda bailed on the 87 and went to sport quads.

[edog]

He was real....so the 87 must be real.lol
Looks like a wanabe to me.

[Dirtcrasher]

I hate to upset anyone, but I've seen this go on for at least the 7 years or so now after I stumbled upon 3WW and I don't believe there are ANY 1987's 250R's or 350X's. Look how many new members we have and how many people have found this board in the past few years including some people that were actually involved in the industry. Someone found a seat which could have been a reproduction but where are all the other parts?????? By now EBAY has posted just about any rare ATC item available and we just haven't seen any 1987 parts or a whole machine with a good VIN # anywhere. We have members in other countries and even they have not seen anything. It's great to dream and hope but the 87 250R and 350X do not seem to exist....anymore.

[jason85atc250r]

About the 87 R's. Now if Honda had to destroy any 86's they have left why would they still produce an 87?

they actually cut up alot of 85 atc 250r's also. Burgards cycles in Spring Grove PA got a lot of complete rear ends from a guy in Louisana. he got about 100 of them and at least 150 rear ebnds from 86atc 250s. he got a lot of 85 and 86 350x ones also.

they were at a scrap yard just heeped up in a big pile. he bought them for $150 each. there was alot of plastic also.

[Orangecnty250r]

Something,somewhere, someday will be found...They were built... test ridden... and photographed for the brochure (That wasnt a photoshop mock up!!!)....It took how many years to find the Titanic. We are a society of instant gratification and skeptics....do you know how many people who have no idea how to use a computer are left out there who may be holding a part. Mark my words.... even if its only a single authentic part like a shroud, rear fender, or decal... something will turn up.

[350x'inNY]

There was a guy a few months back that was selling duplicate 87 350X tank wings he made up to match that brouchure. I don't know.... you go look at it and tell us Pete!

Bruce

[Red Rider]

Whether or not Honda ever produced an '87 ATC250R, I don't know, but I really doubt it. As Dirtcrasher said, all these years have gone by and none have ever turned up here or any of our other favorite websites. With regards to this debate, I do know one thing for certain, based on that '87 brochure, that was gonna be one ugly three-wheeler!

[wolfspider]

go check it out dude, buy it if possible!!! if it is an 87 250r the reason for the mismatched parts would probably come down to availability, pete checked for 87r parts and nearly all were discontinued so you put on what you can get, right!!
i hope this turns out good.

[eh_tee_see]

I thought i'd bring up one thing that ive had bottled up for a long time but never had the heart to let it out. That brochure is not accurate. How could you trust a brochure which shows the 87 250sx headlight as being red when it was white? (though the one in the brochure is the large type like the 86 and 7 had) And what are those reflectors doing on every surface of the bike? Every 87 big red and 250sx ive seen never had any of those plastered about them. Also, the 350x for both years it ran had looks exactly similar to the 200x. For example: same decals, same color fenders, frames, headlights, swingarms, seat cover printings-everything. The 87 200x had a red swingarm and awesome looking tank decals and there was no decal on the seat, and the 350x in the pictures had a silver swinger and doofy looking decals and the old 86 graphics on the seat. I don't beleive that is what honda would choose to do for its father and son bikes. Sorry to dissapoint, but that ad simply can not be trusted. Furthermore, here is what I beleive the 87 350x actually looked like.

[wolfspider]

reflectors were standard atc issue on canadian, british and australian hondas and still are on honda atvs.