I'm having a bad trike month! #$%&!!!!

[hang&rattle]

Thanks guys for being so patient with my questions and complaints, I'm pretty pissed off at the moment. Now the 85' 200x is backfiring even with the new spark plug. I think it started because I may have jumped it a little to hard the other day, my fault, but can't always help it. What are some of the causes of the backfiring? If I know a few I can trouble shoot and do MORE work on it.:mad:

[Chillian]

I'd check your intake boot first, backfiring can be caused by a lean condition. If nothing else changed like a new pipe or filter i'd bet your intake boot has a hairline crack or something, you can always start it up and spray some starting fluid at the boot area if it picks up rpm's you have a leak..

[shortline10]

Main jet is lean or partly clogged . Packing in the pipe is in need of replacing .

[hang&rattle]

I think you fella's are on to something. The tailpipe was dented in from the brake (bottem'd out) and knocked the tailpipe partly off. May have rattled the packing a bit. What sucks is I jus' put my spare Tail pipe on sons 200x, #!@$%!!. That jarred the head pipe, can now see smoke out the exaust port. I'll work on it tonight or tomarrow, need to step back today, to pissed off.

[sdm111]

If you can see smoke coming out the exhaust port like the head pipe isn't sealing then that is probably the reason for the backfiring.

[atc350xer]

I hear ya... 2 weeks ago, I had 5 out of 7 running... now I'm down to 2 out of 7 :(

[hang&rattle]

atc350xer- So it ain't jus' me.....huh. My son's yt started knocking and blowin' oil and it was beating the piss outa him, tried to unsuccessfully build a 200es, expensive, difficult, p.o.s.. $600+ down the drain traded for a 200x, Onnie's happy. Daughters 125m runs pretty good. Thought I got a good deal on a dissassymbled 85' Tecate and even got to ride it a little, the most difficult and expensive thing to fix happenend, electrical. 2 1/2 trikes out of 7 runnin'. Not quite the investment of $1000's of dollars I was looking for. & absoutely no trike mechanics in Montana. I'm at the mercy of whoever can help or when I come up with thousands of dollars. I've been a real bad mood already for the last 3-4 years, now I'm really feeling pissed. & almost broke, not outta $,- broke.

[200XMichigan]

Maybe there is something in the air. My 200X ran real good for the last year. And I just put carrier bearings in it, adjusted the valve clearances, changed the fork oil, cleaned the oil filter rotor, and a bunch more. Well last night on a ride with my girl friend I came through a big mud hole and when I gunned it I heard a sound from the engine like teeth on gears skipping and then that was it. My engine is locked up. Sounds like yours should be any easy and maybe free fix. I think the gasket for the exhaust pipe is only like $2 from Honda.

[harryredtrike]

id check the head pipe at the motor and see if it is loose.also what has already been stated

[hang&rattle]

harryredtrike- right-o. Puff of smoke out head pipe. Get this: dealership wants $18 for headpipe gasket. Are they plated in gold or platinum? Denniskirk, as far as I have seen, doesn't have gaskets for head & tail pipe. Who? Where? How? do i get/make a couple of gaskets? Considered asbestos stove rope & silicone. Montana sucks for anything needed mechanical. No industry or commercial opportunities here.

[Chillian]

http://www.cheapcycleparts.com/model_years/307-honda-1985-all-terrain-cycle-ATC200X/assemblies/3637

Number 1. $2.33

[hang&rattle]

You, are a beautiful man Chillian!, that is what me & my son needed for the 200x, good, good find!