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oscarmayer
01-17-2011, 02:22 AM
I know, I know, Shat appp!!!! :p but in my defense i got rid of all my parts bikes and only have a 200x nearly done, my hot rod 200e and now this.
I picked up a 1984 200ES BigRed.
Story:
The bike belonged to the lady's grandpa that I got it from. She and her ex went to get the ATVs and this ATC from the family farm when the Grandpa passed away last year. Her ex was into tinkering with ATVs and thought he would fix it up. The are now waiting for the finalization of their divorce and she wants the space in her garage. She posted it on Craig's List for $75. that's how much she paid for the pull start her ex said he needed to make it run. So I paid her the $75 and talked for a while with her.
Dudes, let me tell ya, She's amazing. She's as beautiful inside (mind and personality wise) as she is physically. Whom ever she dates her will be a very lucky guy. Anyway she told me the story of the bike and all that. She didn't want to part it out and I was the only one that didn't ask anything but can I come get it.(she doesn't know anything about mechanical stuff)

Here is how the correspondence went.
email from me: So you still have it? I'm very interested in getting it
from her: yes I'll be home xx:xx time Call me after xx:xx time.

I did all that then did not hear, her sister's kid came a week early and she was at the hospital with the family working the birth of the new baby. That's cool i congratulated her via txt and thanked her for her reply.

Last night I go to get it and I'm stoked. new tires!!!!! good shape! and complete!!!!

As soon as I got up I started working on it. I felt like a kid at Christmas!

I turned the fuel on the peacock on and it spit fuel. the line was old and had a big crack. so I made a list as I troubleshot the bike.
1- new fuel line
2- new power cable (old one was broken off battery connector)
3- replace starter solenoid for good measure
4- replace starter (old one is rusted locked solid)
5- rebuild carb (open bleed screw on bottom and no fuel this says the float is stuck so the carb needs a rebuild.

Good thing is I have the following as spare parts for my hotrod 200e. (will replace as these are harder to find)
1- new starter solenoid and power wires and even starter power cable with fuses.
2- good starter
3- 200E carb kit. (200e and es use same kit)

So I purchased fuel line, and went at it.
replaced fuel line and even added a filter.
replaced all the positive battery wiring with new 200E stuff I had
digging around for 200e starter in garage. (it's a mess right now so it's hard to find. lol)

Now the nest stuff ended up on the list after I added more acid to the battery and charged it. I learned it's not getting power to the lights and oater parts of the bike. A lot of people just toss the old stuff out and don;t repair it. this stuff was in mint shape. the internal contacts were just dirty, so I took apart the power/light/starter switches yes even the contacts and cleaned everything. I checked all soldering connections then reassembled. BTW, if you look at my Sig, there is a link to bike manuals. there's a section on my site for articles I have written. one of them is switch rebuilding in case you wanna try it. I also did rebuild the key switch as well. once done, lights worked perfectly and everything was tight as it should operated like new!!!

what's left?
Find my spare starter and isntall, then rebuild carb. Do that and I'll have a awesome running trike! The front forks are locked so I'm goig to have them redone. Gotta find someone who does it. ocne i ride it and ensure it works proeprly, I'll park the bike inthe corner and start to slowly take it appart redoing it. I'm relaly going to do a restore on this not showroom, but nice. I want to make sure the forks are done correctly as I want them to last. I cannot find a set of 84 ES as some of the ebay idiots post the 200e fronts as the ES which are different. The ES has steel housing and the E had alloy. the ES has bigger fork tubes and internals.

I'm adding photos as well for you guys to see my $75 purchase.

I forgot to add. the first pic is how i foudnthe bike, the rest are of me working on it. The last is of the power/light switch in parts.

ironchop
01-17-2011, 02:33 AM
that was a helluva deal for $75

93cr250
01-17-2011, 02:42 AM
you should give that to me

atc350xer
01-17-2011, 02:43 AM
awesome deal... and in great shape too!

ironchop
01-17-2011, 02:50 AM
have you tried to turn it over? inspected all the pertinents?

tried to start it?


"Dudes, let me tell ya, She's amazing. She's as beautiful inside (mind and personality wise) as she is physically. Whom ever she dates her will be a very lucky guy."

Uh Huh..............are you sweet on her or this deal?....maybe she just seemed like a great gal cuz she sold you a nice project for $75:lol:

Jeepermc
01-17-2011, 03:11 AM
pssh...where's the pics of the girl and how much? lol.... Remember, behind every great woman is a guy who's tired of putting up with her crap...

oscarmayer
01-17-2011, 04:51 AM
LOL
i tried to start it and that's when I found other issues. ( clogged carb, bad power cabeling, and more). Using tyhe pullstart, he has good compression and since I fixed the power wire issues, has solid spark. So once i drop in the starter and redo the carb (tomorrow) I'm gonna fire it up.
after it starts and comes up to temps, I'll adjust the timming chain and go from there. I imagine it probebly needs a valve adjsutment as well as fluid change. (which i need to check prior to start up. or else it could trash a good engine)

oscarmayer
01-17-2011, 04:52 AM
Uh Huh..............are you sweet on her or this deal?....maybe she just seemed like a great gal cuz she sold you a nice project for $75:lol:


LOL. Maybe she seems sweet because of the deal. but that's ok. makes for a great story none the less. ;)

oscarmayer
01-18-2011, 02:30 AM
woohoo! she runs!!!!!
i had the spare parts and carb kit for my 200e. so I used them on the ES and it works! it started and ran today! it poped if i idled too low or on acceleration which tells me that the timing, valves and chain need adjustment. but for now, I got a runnin bike! i'm going to work on take the fromt shocks off and rebuilding them. They are locked (dampers do that) and rather than ride on them damaged I'd rather now damage the tubes and redo them. so I'll redo them.
wish me luck on that! lol

200XMichigan
01-18-2011, 10:14 AM
That is a sweet deal. Should've told her $75 buck and you'd take her out to diner.

You're going to love that trike if you do much work with your 200E, shaft drive and reverse are an awesome thing. Remember to check the rear diff fluid. A lot of people forget about them, mine looked like muddy water, but at least it was full.

oscarmayer
01-19-2011, 01:33 AM
yea i will. before i even go for the first ride, i plan on changing all the fluids. I just wanted to hear it run.

i'll use a light to inspect the inside of the rear end prior to filling it as well.