The story of my 85 200x, she's a screamer now!
Well, for all who care to read it, here is the story of my now complete 200x.
I purchased it about 3 months ago (with a 350x headlight on it, looked very cool) and gave her a complete clean up, new oil, cleaned the carb and all, then proceeded to do a full inspection. I found the front brake res to be rotted out (the darn little window), the rear brakes had almost no stopping power, rear sprocket a bit loose on mount, 1 rear chain adjuster poorly welded, possible weak spot in bottom of tank and some other minor crap. The guy who sold it to me had some motor work done he had said. New piston, bore and so on and included the receipts. I got to looking at them and noticed the piston was a 12:1 comp. So I called him and sure enough he also had a xr200 cam installed, verified by the shop, I called and they did valve springs and so on as well. So i fixed up the brakes, new front master and pads, cleaned up rear calliper and it was good to stop again. Got a new sprocket and mount on the back. Went for a ride and the bad chain adjuster brakes. Limp home, replace and try again, the head pipe rots off at the motor. So I get that replaced with a Bassani pipe bought here, opens it up nice but now I have to rejet. I get it dialled up and go for a rip on the pond and it's very nice. Then my full Bassani exhaust shows up, i rejet again and have fun.
Then my new 28mm carb shows up, so I rejet it again and get it dialled in and now she screams. Then I crashed it into my friend out on the ice (blind spot, no fault) and killed the front end. So I put on a 83 250r front end from another buddy and now I am finished. 3 months in and it feels like this Trike and I have been through years together, we are already very well acquainted.
So here is the rundown on my Little Thumper Trike. She runs on a mix of pump premium and race gas but it's well worth it. (well it has had octane boost in it as well but we won't speak of it here)
1985 Honda ATC 200x
12:1 Wiesco piston 
Xr200 cam 
Valve springs etc
Bassani exhaust 
28mm Mikuni carb, old school 80's 
PK racing intake (it was spotted so i'll list it.)
Rebuilt brakes
83 250r front end w/fender 
Maier rear plastics
Handlebars from a 2007 Kawasaki, nice and low.
85 350x headlight. 
Thanks for reading, Be Cool.
Thomas, (I'll update with nice close ups of the parts installed in a couple days when my son is with his grandma.)
Last edited by CanadianThomas; 01-10-2011 at 12:06 PM.
85 Honda 200x, rider build almost complete, need aftermarket rear shock.
85 Honda 250es, with some work to do.
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