Who has a bigwheel?

[pickleweasel_00]

Ok, so not the kind with plastic tires we all had when we were little, but the Yamaha Bigwheel? Or a Fatcat but I'm a yammi guy. And I know it's technically not a trike but the look like alot of fun... Any rants or raves about these things? I've been thinking of getting one but all the ones on eGay are too far away :(

[The Goat]

i thought you were talking about the one with the plastic tire...now those things were bad ass.

[Rustytinhorn]

1985 Yamaha Bigwheel 200. All factory original minus the stock airfilter, one screw, one seal, and one lightbulb. Just took off the original chain and sprockets for replacement the other day too. They are really fun bikes to ride.
As far as rants or raves go, they are their own beast. They are not a performance bike, but will go up anything you point them at. Lots of torque in the lower gears. They turn heads everywhere you go. Nothing better than going for a ride with a 3 wheeler and a BW in the back of your truck.
Like I said, they are their own beasts. They tend to go where ever they want, kinda like a horse. The steering is the hardest part of riding one. It takes a lot of man-handling to keep them pointed in the right direction. But like any other bike, every bike has its own personality and takes practice to learn. The general concensus about the BW and Fat Cats is that riders tend to either hate them or love them for what they are. Don't get me wrong, I love my BigWheel.


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A Big Wheels best friend.

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[rally4x4racer]

nice trike!!

my boys have a really nice BW80....

look at my sig....

[Rustytinhorn]

nice trike!!

Thanks



my boys have a really nice BW80....

look at my sig....

Sure enough. lol

[Vealmonkey]

I have an 85 bw200. It goes through snow, creeks, mud, just about anything. I have towed saucers and sleds with it in the snow, way fun. Parts aren't too crazy for them yet. Some of the air box bits are discontinued. I managed to find a protec header for mine and am looking to put a supertrapp muffler on it. I also have to replace the right side clutch cover due to an accident from a previous owner. I got pretty much 90% of the parts from the yammi dealer. My 85 is a kick start, 86 and later are electric starts. They also had a bw350, big bucks though. All honda fatcats are electric start. I like the kick start on mine. I also just put on a tri z front end with the disc brake and all. Can't hardly wait to put it through it's paces with the new goodies on it. The steering and ride are a little different with the low wide tires, but once you get used to it, it's quite a blast.

[pickleweasel_00]

those things look like a blast! now I really want one. I bet the 200 would be fun, but a 350? How can you go wrong with that?

[rally4x4racer]

prices for a decent 350 are about 3k and they are hard to come by

I would like to have one of each eventually.. an 80, 200, and 350.

[yyz4208@aol.com]

here is my 85 bw200 had it for about 10 years now

[pickleweasel_00]

i think i'm gonna star keeping my eye out, these look like a fun bike :D

[rydetriz]

they sure look like a lot of fun to beat around the trails with. you dont see them to much but this past winter i think there were 2 of them i saw out on the trails.

[Bryan Raffa]

I got a BW 200, Its just missing the side cover and I got a new clutch plates and springs ,, just havent put them in.

[Vealmonkey]

Hey raffa, your big wheel has no front brake?

[Bryan Raffa]

ya it got fronts,,drum,,, other side..LOL

[350xBomb]

I had two 200s and a 350, but were a lot of fun but not my cup of tea...i actually liked the 200 better cause its a little lighter and the power difference isnt that noticable cause, in my opinion, they are both turds. all they needed were 2 more valves.

[85ATC]

I miss mine a bunch. I had to sell it about 10 years ago to get some cash for college. They will go through anything. I had it buried half way up the gas tank in water going through a creek and it had no problem.

[fatcat]

i have a honda fatcat for sale if your interested

[storm_impulse]

?????????? weird. i have a yamaha BW80. i have never heard of a 200. anyone else have a BW 80? or is it a fat-cat? i have no idea. i was told mine was a BW80. is has a 3 speed 2 stroke engine. fat ass tires:) i used the front tire and rim on my X. the rim has a sticker that says "ride big"

[Rustytinhorn]

?????????? weird. i have a yamaha BW80. i have never heard of a 200. anyone else have a BW 80? or is it a fat-cat? i have no idea. i was told mine was a BW80. is has a 3 speed 2 stroke engine. fat ass tires:) i used the front tire and rim on my X. the rim has a sticker that says "ride big"

Yamaha made the BW or Big Wheel.
Rally4x4Racer has a Big Wheel 80.
They made a Big Wheel 200 and 350 also.

Honda made the Fat Cats.
I'm not sure of what models and sized they offered.

Your BW80 rim bolted right up to your 200x hub???

[badasskfx]

they sure look like a lot of fun to beat around the trails with. you dont see them to much but this past winter i think there were 2 of them i saw out on the trails.

no what you saw were ROKON'S you dummy pay attention.:D

[badasskfx]

?????????? weird. i have a yamaha BW80. i have never heard of a 200. anyone else have a BW 80? or is it a fat-cat? i have no idea. i was told mine was a BW80. is has a 3 speed 2 stroke engine. fat ass tires:) i used the front tire and rim on my X. the rim has a sticker that says "ride big"

you are right. i have two yamaha big wheel 80"s

[SWIGIN]

my dad took me to get a bw200 brand new in late 85 or so.... we looked at them for awile and decided to go look in the basment of the yamaha dealer (ware the used bikes were kept) to see if they had a used one.

well we found a under 1 year old 85 200x with a kerker pipe and a 12 to 1 piston in it and took that home instead..... i still never rode a bw but always wondered about them

[rally4x4racer]

BW80 that sleeps quietly in the garage... I'm too big for it and the kids are too small :crazy:

Where do you get parts for these? Yamaha dealer and ebay?

[rally4x4racer]

My BW80 has a 19 X 7 X 10 front tire..... The BW200 shoudl have the same front tire as the 200X?

[tri-shee]

I have a sky blue restored bw 80 and a 1986 bw 200es . I am in the process of restoring my 1987 bw 350 i have two of them . I have all new factory nos plasitc for my bw 350 . I also have 1986 honda tr200 fatcat .

[Yamada]

Can anyone tell me if his Big wheel 200 serial number start by 36X00 or something similar? I have a yamaha 200 cylinder and I want to know if it belong to a ytm or a bw. Thank you

[jcraig]

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/mcy/538598061.html

nice one here for sale. i am sure it will be gone after i get my taxes back. thats the way it goes.

[TJ BIG DAWG]

I used to have an 87 BW200 and I kick myself everyday for sellin it...if you got one KEEP IT! dont be stupid like I was!!!

[250rfreak]

rally4x4 has a 200 now.......

[3 weelin geezer]

Like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA-ztIvO4XU


For a second, you had me thinking of that first trike I raced around the house....the one with the two throttle like steering handles.

[Threes company]

After watching that video I have decided to call my local congressman and demand that those three wheeled contraptions be outlawed! Obviously they are nothing but death-traps... accidents waiting to happen! :beer

[rally4x4racer]

rally4x4 has a 200 now.......

and a 350 on the way from UT

[dirtbag]

hey everybody just browsing through ,makes me remember the bw80 my friend had once the restrictor was removed it was the funnest little bike because of its light weight, my friends dad had a 200 but always rode the 80 ,ohh would love one of those

[Vealmonkey]

Finally got some things finalized on the bw200, but still have to repair the side cover or find a decent used one. I figured I would put some pics up. Notice the pro-tec exhaust header and the supertrapp exhaust. Thanks to rally4x4 who recovered my seat for me, great job!

[Vealmonkey]

That's a fatcat, not a bigwheel. LOL

[Vealmonkey]

The great gazoo came over today and we worked on the BW. I had finally got spark back after the purchase of a really nice used stator set up. I had to get a new cover for the oil screen as mine was trashed. Also I had to come up with a better gasket, since the factory gasket didn't seem up to the task. A little experimenting at work and I ended up making a 2 part gasket, 1 part nylon or teflon gasket and one part rubber gasket which the 2 combined gave me the right width and thickness I needed to make a nice tight seal. So after installing that and filling with some new oil, we proceeded to put on all missing pieces. Filled with some fresh gas and after turning petcock to reserve and the tri z run switch, she fired up in 4 kicks. Sounded pretty decent with the Pro Tec head pipes and the Tig welded Supertrapp muffler. We putted it up and down the street several times. The tires were kind of low so steering was even slower than normal with the tri z front end. But it is cool though and unique. A good day all in all.

[Bryan Raffa]

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veal lookin for a side cover! never had to kick past two..even after a year...

[Vealmonkey]

I have an extra right side cover if you need it. I got a deal on a left and a right and I needed the left. I think the carb was a little dirty and I put less than a gallon of fuel in it and I think the carb was still filling with gas when I was kicking it over! LOL Yeah, I was kind of psyched about getting it running again. I pulled the neighborhood kids in the snow on their saucers! We all had a blast. Then pulled the partents on the saucers after the kids went inside! LOL PM me your address and I'll get that fender sent out to you.

[Bryan Raffa]

glad your finally enjoyin it..I was going to buy a 250r missile ..but going to cali. insted..good thing that missile is hidden...lets see a pick of yours.. you got racks?

[ATCLUVR]

I've owned both: Yamaha BW 200 and a Honda Fatcat. The Honda was definitely easier and more fun to ride. I think the main difference is that the BW 200 has such a wide rear tire, that it needs a jackshaft and a double chain setup to make it work and since the tire was so wide, it made turning kinda hard and unpredictable, but i agree with what everyone else said on here which is the fact that the BW will go anywhere you point it, mud hills, snow, over rock...very torquey.

The honda uses only 1 chain, so it rides more like a regular dirtbike, but handles like its on rails because of the wider tires.

[siderbox]

Do aftermarket fatcats count?
I have one of those missiles. Been looking for one for a few years. Finally got it last fall.
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[Vealmonkey]

That works in my book! LOL I always like the look of the 250r with the big wheels as a bike. Some people aren't too happy with them though, but I think they are pretty neat. And hey, if that is what you like, then that is what you like. Did you see the crf450 that the guy converted to a big wheel like bike? It's sweet as can be.

[siderbox]

I did see the 450. That guy did some very nice work on it.

[jadamek02]

I have a 1986 BW80, but no pics. It is great fun - I bought it to match my PW80 and PW50.

[3wheelmecca]

Ive never owned a bigwheel or a fat cat, but I did have a Suzuki RV90. That was the funnest bike I ever owned, it would go ANYWHERE, but I still love my trikes.

[dirtbiken]

man that is a awesome bike, the one on the front page of the honda 200 with truck tires is pretty cool 2!