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Thread: Should I trade my '98 CR80 for this Desert Racer ATC?

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    Should I trade my '98 CR80 for this Desert Racer ATC?

    Can you help me identify the mods on the ATC? The guy sent me more pics!


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    If you don't I will.....Take that and run....what a peice of history......man it's tempting just to fly out and find a cr 80 to trade the guy.....but thats just me...anyone else dig it??

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    man thats neat, i like the old original decals...what size/ model is it? i wasnt quite sure.
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    you ask a 3 wheeler forum to ask if you should trade a dirt bike for a trike. lol looks to me like the trike is a bit sketchy, but id take the trike and turn it around to look a bit nicer

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    I have no clue what the bore is but I know its either a 270, or Honda line 300r or Mugen 360 kit. The guy tells me its a 1984 250R, but I say its 81-82. The guy he bought it from got it for $2500 from a guy who raced it in the desert.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr_RPM View Post
    you ask a 3 wheeler forum to ask if you should trade a dirt bike for a trike. lol looks to me like the trike is a bit sketchy, but id take the trike and turn it around to look a bit nicer
    Nothing sketchy about it that bike has alot of classic goodies and a good resto job will make it shine. But I'd leave it looking the way it is and go over it . I tend to like the monster look of it.

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    Depends on if you want it to ride it or to just have it....That thing looks beat and probably needs work to run/drive right.
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    All it needs is a tube in the front tire. From what I can see it's whorth ALOT. lol

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    I'd definitely do the trade. But you need to get some more close up pictures
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr_RPM View Post
    you ask a 3 wheeler forum to ask if you should trade a dirt bike for a trike. lol looks to me like the trike is a bit sketchy, but id take the trike and turn it around to look a bit nicer
    If you asked here you already knew the answer!
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    That 250R looks like a turd to me... Someone please point out what I am missing on it? (cut me a little slack, I am a BR guy)
    No trikes. Too old, too crippled. Unless I find one I can't live without!
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    I wouldn't do the trade. You could get good money for that little CR80, money you could buy a much nicer trike with. Nothing really stands out on it IMHO. All that it has on it is a Mikuni TMX carb, a 200X front end, ratty aftermarket tank, some yellow spray paint and the wrong rear shock. If the guy paid $2500 for it, then he's an effin idiot. That thing's worth $300 tops. Be smart, nobody else would pay him the money that the CR80 is worth for that trike. You could buy a far cleaner 82R and have plenty of cash left over to pimp it out way beyond the machine you posted.

    By the way, that's a stock cylinder and head.
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    Dont do it! KEEP LOOKIN! First of all any Desert Racer can tell you never paint a plastic tank!,, I call BULL on the Racer!

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    no man dont trade it, that dirtbike is awesome .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bryan Raffa View Post
    Dont do it! KEEP LOOKIN! First of all any Desert Racer can tell you never paint a plastic tank!,, I call BULL on the Racer!
    Well he did the UGLY paint job. He said it had a VERY nice red tank and fenders. So when when he panted them it shure saved the plastics from fading.

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