My newest trike to the family - '86 Big Red 250ES

[Thorpe]

I power washed the crap out of mine before I started my resto on my BR... Never had any issues with getting the electrical wet...

[82ATCsuperswamp]

MonroeMike - I haven't gotten the solenoid figured out yet. I looked at the wiring but don't know how I would go about wiring it up since it's a pole short.

I steamed cleaned the plastics and the frame. I cleaned up my 185 the same way and she never had any problems with the electrics

[C Kerley]

You're talking about painting your racks, I had mine sandblasted and painted them with Dupli Color truck bed liner. It's durable and has a textured/flat finish. I think total for all of it was about $25.

[82ATCsuperswamp]

Hi everyone. I've been working hard the past two weeks on this thing. Thanks to atc500x for an axle, I was able to get the front end back together last night. Today I finished putting it together and working out the kinks. I put new front bearings in, new headlight bulb, new front tire, and carb. I gotta get the choke cable figured out. I got the electric start working and now I got a serious problem. When I went to fire this thing up this afternoon, I heard a grinding sound. I took the starter cover off and sure enough, the starter gear along with the other gears are stripped. The one on the crank is good. If anyone knows where I can get the gears please let me know. Anyways, I put up some pics of other trikes that I have in my family. The rest are my inlaws. The '82 185S is one I restored before Christmas. The other 185S needs a carb. I've got one just got to put it on. I picked up the '84 200ES Monday night for my father in law. Needs work and will be next project. Anyways enjoy the pics and let me know what you think.

[tulsamike3434]

How much was it?

[82ATCsuperswamp]

I paid 250 for it

[MonroeMike]

The Big Red looks a lot better.

That 185s you did, looks good too.