Restored 85 Polaris 250R/es

[atctim]

I finally finished up my Polaris P3 this weekend. I thought I would share some pictures of it since you don;t see pictures of these everyday. Please excuse the poor quality pictures as they are from a cell phone.

Special thanks to John Swinehart for helping me out on working some things out with this trike.

It is a great ride!

http://www.venustel.com/~tkeister/workzone/85-polaris-1.jpg

http://www.venustel.com/~tkeister/workzone/85-polaris-2.jpg

[fabiodriven]

That is sweet man. I love those "off the beaten path" trikes.

[code200k]

there is one of those right up the road from me ,in the front of a polaris dealership sitting in a busch ..i and many others asked if the owner will sell and will not..shame.. nice looking trike always wanted to have one you did a good job as always ..

[MonroeMike]

Rare bike, looks great.

[dansvan]

metric in the front sae in the back. Gotta love it

[harryredtrike]

is that the right front tire looks like its low in the front.looks great though,nice job

[seadoo650]

Looks great Timmy. Now take it out and get it muddy.

[atcquebec]

Wow, i would trade my girlfrind for that trike,
they are very rare in Canada and i'd love to have the chance to see one .
take a good care of it.

[ScottZJ]

Very nice job! I have tried to get one of those time and time again and keep missing the chance. I hope to add one to my collection in the future.

[sandpuppi101]

She look's awesome Tim,it look's like you did a fantastic job on it.I've ridden Swinehart's P-3 before and it was deffinatly different but fun at the same time.I know that John really like's riding his but I don't think he's much into working on his,LOL.Glad to see another p-3 up and running and glad too see it's your's Tim,Look's Great Bud..

[aldochina]

very cool, I always wondered how those rode. More like a utility, but with the 2- stroke engine.

[keister]

I take it the final re-assembly went down with out a problem.
Is it all complete or are there any little odds and ends to finish up.
Looks great - can't wait to ride it again - I love how it handles!

[rdlsz24]

That thing is sweet. I like the rear tires. The engine looks like what they still put in their quads today lol.

Rob

[atctim]

Thanks for all the replies guys. Yeah - it is all together. I almost had it all back together and found a piece I didn't know where it went. Upon going thru the manual I found that it was a transmission brace - had to pull the tranny back out to put this piece on. Set me back about an hour as you have to remove everything in a certain order as others have mentioned. one last thing I have to do is get the front tire remounted on the OEM Yammy wheel - I thought I could get away with using another 3 bolt Honda wheel I had - but the offset is about 3/4" off. Still ride-able though. I also did away with the Oil Injection when I did this build after hearing some nightmares about them.

[MudBug]

sweet bike! is that an XR650 I see in the back? I might have one of those by the end of this year

[atctim]

Yes MudBug - it is a 2008 model.

[dirtface]

Looks great Tim!:w00t: I'll have to put some dirt on it the next time I'm up. Do they have alot of power and get up and go? I had a 1986 250 4-wheeler years ago and it was kinda sluggish. But everyone on here that owns one of these seams to praise them.

[atctim]

Thanks Doug - next time you are up here you will have to ride it. I wouldn;t call it sluggish at all!! It really gets up and goes. Would smoke a Big Red or 200S in a straight line for sure!

[dirtface]

That's cool, must have been that fourth wheel that made it feel that way.:lol:

[atc sam]

new mx trike lol looks mint love it

[Tri-ZNate]

Thats awesome Tim. I always liked those suckers and that came out real well. Definatly on my my "NEED" to get list

[Kintore]

haha bout time you finished it up eh!


cant wait to ride it, closet thing to riding a sled on a 3wheeler!